I know I am going to take some flack for this, but please hear me out and hear my reasons before judging me.

I bought remote control training collars for the dogs.

Let me be clear, I am totally,  100% against the electric collars, whether they be for training purposes or for the invisible fence.  These collars are beeping/vibrating collars. 

Full disclosure:  Sampson was trained on an electronic collar and I was totally against it;  it was something Chet wanted, but after many arguments I gave in to Chet’s wishes and allowed it.  I myself only ever used the electronic collar once and when Chet deemed Sampson was trained, I sold it.

Chet has been pushing for a collar for Delilah and I outright refused.  He argued, Sampson was trained with it and look how he turned out.  I argued back, we had Sampson since he was eight weeks old!  We have no history of Delilah and no idea what an electric collar would do to her!  I told him, if you put the electric collar on and let me zap you, I’ll put it on my dog, until then…no way!  Needless to say, he wouldn’t do it, even though he insisted it didn’t hurt.

So what happened you ask.   I have been looking for a collar that beeped, and ONLY beeped.  A way to get Delilah’s attention if she was a distance away.  I have to admit, if she sees a squirrel she will chase it and pay absolutely no attention to us.

We are going to New Hampshire to visit my sister for Memorial Day weekend and my sister lives on 11 acres.  She is surrounded by woods that are filled with bears, coy dogs,dogotes,  fishers, moose, deer, and hunters..to name a few.  I am worried that Delilah will find too many items of interest and not pay any attention to us.

I was searching on Ryan’s Pets Supplies for a collar that beeped and I came across this vibrating collar, the description states it is a good training collar for a deaf dog.  I thought maybe a vibrating collar wouldn’t be so bad.  So I ordered two and they came today.  I told Chet, I am taking the collar and putting it on myself, if it hurts in the tiniest little bit, they are going back.  He agreed.

So I put the collar on and pushed the button.

It feels exactly the way your cell phone feels when you put it on vibrate.  There are no prongs sticking into the neck, nothing that would hurt the dog; it is a little plastic box that vibrates.  If I think the collar is detrimental to Delilah or her well-being, I won’t be using it.

Go ahead, let me have it.

I am going to see a Red Sox game tonight, so I won’t be posting a “real” blog.   However Sampson started journaling today (with a little bit of help from me of course) so I defer to his post if you are looking for something to read.