Hunting Dog Collars

Don't you just love dogs. We do in our family. We have two German Wirehaired Pointers. The oldest one is Jack. Jack is 3 years old and he has a very serious personality. He is all business all the time. Whether you are throwing a frisbee, a tennis ball or a stick he is very determined in what he is doing. You've heard the term "shop til you drop"....well this dog would "hunt til he dropped!" You can't say the word pheasant or hunting without him going totally beserk (we now have to spell words we don't want him to hear)and whatever you do don't let him see his hunting dog collar. You see he has his everyday collars, like the blue one you see here in the picture or his hunters orange collar, but that hunting dog collar means he gets to go hunting. When that hunting dog collar comes out he won't even eat!

Now you might ask "What's the difference between a collar and a hunting dog collar?" Well, it is a huge difference. The hunting dog collar is two pieces. The collar itself and then the remote control. Something like the TV remote only with fewer buttons. With some remotes you can "tone" your dog or if he is doing something you don't want him to do like chase deer, you can give him a little zing. The hunting dog collar we use has a locator button so if your dog gets out ahead of you or if the brush is too deep and you are having a hard time finding him, you just push the locator button and it will beep. This collar also has a "zing" button. We use the DOGTRA hunting dog collar and just love it.

This is a wonderful tool for you as well as for the dog. Jack learned very quickly what the tone meant and what the beep meant and the best thing is that he knows when that collar is on he had better be very obedient. It's like having invisible fencing, only less expensive. We even use it at the house when we are outside. It keeps Jack in his yard and out of the road. Like I say, Jack has learned to be very obedient with his hunting dog collar on. But then Jack is the serious one and has always been a great dog. A quick learner and very social.

Now our youngest German Wirehaired Pointer is Joe. Joe has a totally different personality and is not so serious unless he is hunting. Joey is just 1 year old. He likes to make you laugh and you can just see it in his eyes that he will get into mischief any time you are not looking. We put the hunting dog collar on Joe anytime we take him outside. He knows that if he doesn't mind he gets a little zing. Joe was out in the field guiding a bird hunt when he was 4 months old, of course he had his older brother Jack out showing him the ropes but he was pointing his first birds and his points were picture perfect.

The DOGTRA collar we have is a double collar. So we have 2 hunting dog collars with 1 remote. The hunting dog collars are waterproof and very durable.

I can't wait to tell you more about our two GWP's. There is so much to tell and so many great pictures of them.