How Should You Fit Dog Shock Collars?
Ensure proper and safe usage of dog shock collars – Learn how to fit them correctly with our expert guide. Keep your pet safe and happy!
Dog shock collars are being increasingly used by a generation that is short on time and does not have the energy or patience either to train pets. Dog shock collar fence products are also becoming very popular. Electric collars make an impact by delivering a shock to dogs via the prongs. The electric current requires proper contact between the prongs of the collar and the skin of the neck. Training collars send voltage stimulation once a control is pressed on by the handler. Anti bark collars deliver a signal due to a throat or noise vibration once a dog barks. Containment collars or electric fence collars send out a signal once the wire is approached by a dog. All types of collar need to be fitted properly. Use the following steps to fit shock collars on your dog.
Measure the collar
Check the proper collar to buy for your dog with the help of a measuring tape. You should measure the collar high on the neck of your dog, and keep 2 inches more for suitable length. Clip the hair from your dog’s collar and part its hair in order to get proper measurements. Buy a collar of the same length or more. Some companies make collars of adjustable size, which can be reduced to size by buyers. If an adjustable collar is available, choose one with prongs of varied lengths – especially in case your dog has heavy hair or long hair.
Get your dog’s neck ready
Prepare the neck of your dog to attach the collar. Check the neck properly and find out whether there are any signs of cuts, injury or abrasions. Before you fit the collar, you need to wait for any damaged skin to get healed. Brush or comb the hair. If your dog has short prongs or heavy ruff hair, you should cute, trim or clip the hair short in the area where the collar will fit the neck. Measure how wide the collar is, and get the high neck hair beneath the jaw shortened. If you wish to reduce the risks of irritation, clean the neck area before fitting dog shock collars.
Fit the collar around its neck
Once you have prepared the area, fit the collar about the neck. Fasten it properly in order avoid too much slippage and make sure that the metal conductors stay in touch with your pet’s neck skin. Check the prongs and ensure that the skin stays in touch with the collar once it moves. You should not tighten it in such a manner that can limit easy bending of the neck or hinder any of the motion of the collar. Adjust the length of the collar or add holes in it if you want.
Make weekly adjustments
You should check the dog shock collars and make all the adjustments needed at least once a week, in order to ensure proper fit. Get damaged or lost posts replaced and tighten the posts in order to ensure that the collar continues fitting it in a proper manner. You should check every week whether the collar fits the neck snugly and whether there the contact between the metal conductors and the skin is consistent. In case the collar gets very tight, make adjustments.
