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Review on ๐Ÿ• Garmin Pro 70: Advanced Dog Training System for Optimal Results by Natasha Weston

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Barklimiter doesn't work for us

I ordered one in February and spent several weeks getting it to work. He counted a large number of barks but didn't seem to warn or correct my dog. But the manual mode and fix worked amazingly. So I thought I got a bug. I ordered a replacement in early March. But i have the same problem. She just barks, ignoring the built-in bark limiter function. When I get home and check the meter, it reads 50-60 barks if I've been gone for several hours. I also hear constant barking when I'm working at home. But if I put this collar in the default pull mode and just squeeze it in the T position for a second, the dog immediately stops barking and even comes to the door to enter, where he feels safer. I only manually corrected her to level 2 twice in February and she still seems to remember. Today a short buzz ended with her barking for 4 hours. So it's not the collar itself, but the bark stopper that must be defective on many (all?) of these collars. I called Garmin support and explained what I was trying and how the gauge summed up. He offered me to buy another collar at a big discount (perhaps at their expense). This collar always has the right mode that he thinks my dog might need because he might be too smart for corrective logic or bark just in time to walk without correction. Haven't tried this collar yet but I think I will soon. However, I was disheartened when I opened it up and found that it has at least the same bell limiter function described in the literature and the bell limiter name in the literature, so I'm not sure if this will work differently for alerts and escalation. And I'm not sure if I want to get my dog to never bark again with the always right routine. I didn't decide to go back at this point because it responds so well to manual controls.

Pros
  • Feels good
Cons
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