PT10 Dog Device Blue Collar (Pro 70/Pro 550)

Before we got this training collar my dog was wild. To the point where we were going to give him up. He had food aggression, toy aggression and was the worst behaved dog! Stealing entire roasts off the counter, eating the bark off every tree in our back yard, digging up the yard. This was even with daily walks and once a week sled/bike runs of 10kms. He is a yellow lab named Ben. I wouldn't say Ben is the world's most well behaved dog now. But he is leaps and bounds from where he was! And he is very well trained now. Now this collar isn't a cure all for bad behaviour. It takes time, patience and consistency. We chose this training unit for its many features. The lights on the collar are very bright! Will light up your path. We live in the Northwest Territories in Northern Canada where in the winter we have near 20 hours of night. The add on collars was also a very nice feature. We have had this farming After a few months of training we now rarely use the shock on our dog. All we have to do is press the green button on the remote which sounds a beep and that is enough to stop the negative behaviour. I am not a professional trainer. I have watched videos and read many training books. Do some research on whether this is a good training method for your dog. If if you are a seasoned dog trainer you will not be disappointed with this collar! Our dog is a family pet that we want to also be a hunting dog. This unit has worked well for us. I would highly recommend the Garmin pro 550.

I have all three colors (black and red). All work well. Decent range. Battery holds for a decent time. Works well for training and bark control. I have two GSPs and will be getting a third one! Got this collar for the pup!

Garmin PT10 collar pairs easily with Garmin Sport Pro multi-collar remote, I found a Youtube video and it took less than a minute to pair. I may even make my own video, it was so easy. These training collars are IT! Battery life is outstanding, I charge them about once a week or every few days and it takes about an hour or so to charge. Out of the box, the collar fits many sizes of dog, they even come with a second set of additional longer prongs if your dog has a thicker coat. They are waterproof, have a light feature as well as "bark limiter" barking correction feature that can be turned on- the entire system is easy to use and easy to train. You can train your dog with a "beep" tone, vibration, or shock on a level 1-9. The remote can also be 'locked' as to not provide accidental commands, as well as an auxiliary mode to turn on the light or bark limiter. The Garmin PT10 collar/ Sport Pro system is a great choice for functional training and lasts for years; I have had this one for 3 years and counting- I've used it several days in a row, forgotten to turn it off, and finally charged it after a week or so. It has been swimming, in the mud, at the barn, and lived in the floorboard of my car in Florida for days at a time when not in use. With this durability and at this price point, I can afford to pair all three of my dogs' collars to my single Sport Pro remote and have great response from them all for on or off leash training. The PT 10 training collar is a great choice. I personally use the 'beep' tone function to recall, and tell my dog when they give me the response we are looking for. The vibrate feature is hit or miss- my young Labs don't seem to notice it at all so we use the shock on a low setting as a warning with verbal command, and use a higher shock setting for correction, which is generally followed by the command and performance of the desired behavior followed by a 'beep' tone as well as a treat for the learning moment. Having three of these collars in different colors is a great help since you want to make sure you are putting the right collar on each dog and having their collar reflect who gets what type of function as needed.

Had to add another collar for my new dog to my already existing handheld controller. These collars are the best I've ever found. Holds a great charge, waterproof, dependable distance, and all around good quality. Not cheap, but they stand the test of time and abuse from the acitve dogs racing into all sorts of things from brush to grass to water.

I've had various electric collars over the years. Some brands do one thing we'll. The Garmin 550 is so versatile. I can walk three dogs and control each one separately as needed. The simple color coded three position switch allows you to address one of three dogs. If a dog is wandering a bit further away than I want, I simply select their collar color on the transmitter and press the tone button. That usually brings them running back to me. If I need to give a dog a bigger reason to return, I can give an electrical stimulation. I seldom need to use a shock. But be aware using an electrical shock needs to preceded by collar conditioning so that shocking is properly interpreted by the dog. There are videos on the subject of collar conditioning.

Good...better battery life than the collar that came with the transmitter originally but still crappy battery life compared to collars made before Garmin bought tritonics. For the life of me I can’t figure out why they would change such an awesome collar that tritonics used to make

4 year review its still working great!!

We have used this particular collar for years on our two Boykin Spaniels for field training. There are many great features we love. We love the little light that we can turn on. Our dogs are deep chocolate brown, so after they go 20 feet out at night, you can no longer see them. Now I dont need to worry about them wandering our large property because I can always see them. We also love that this has GPS capabilities, although we have never used it because our dogs stay close. These are very durable and use them for duck hunting in swamps and in the field for pheasants, and the occasional dip in the pool. What we are not fond of is the battery. We seem to have to replace these every two years or so. But they are so incredible and work so we can send commands to both dogs.