Review on 🐶 eXuby Shock Collar for Small Dogs - Dual Collar Set (Small & Medium) with Training Clicker – 3 Modes (Sound, Vibration & Shock) and Rechargeable Batteries by Pamela Bellancoutt

I WON'T GET THIS AGAIN AND WON'T RECOMMEND THIS TO OTHERS. Pros: > Great training collar to increase alertness - beep, buzz, shock (details below) > Great battery life! (Never tested to exhaustion, but collars work fine for 3-4 days, 16 hours a day. I charge remotes once a week or 2.) Cons: > Remotes are terrible! For this reason, I CANNOT RECOMMEND these devices. (Details below.) > Collars are very difficult to adjust (and/or change collar size). The clips on the receiver are too tight for the straps. Change or adjustment requires patience, finger strength and tools. You can control 4 functions with the remote control: 1. Flashing light: completely useless. Too dark, except that the remote control works when you hold the receiver in your hand. 2. Beep: This distracts them from what they are doing and gets their attention most of the time. Now that they're trained, I rarely have to go beyond this feature.3. Vibration (Buzz): Adjustable strength (actually the frequency of the buzz), 0-100. This is very effective and generally more reliable than Shock. This depends on your dog, but I find that any setting of 50 and up is equally effective. Now that the beep has taken effect, I only use it when something really gets her attention. Impact: Adjustable strength, 0-100. This is the last resort, but it can be very effective. I have found that a setting around 60-70 is good for my dachshunds. This is somewhat unreliable due to collar adjustment issues. I don't want it to be too tight, but too loose means the effects are negligible. Getting it right is very important, but very difficult. (And growing dogs.) Now for the problems with remote controls. The pure button design is the root of the problem. Pressing most buttons changes something when the remote is awake. The only feedback on the display. If the remote is sleeping, you MUST press the "Mode" button to wake it up. When awake, pressing the mode button will cycle through the collar functions listed above. This means you almost always have to look at the display before signaling the dog. This makes fast signaling almost impossible. With two dogs that need guidance, the dual collar handling seems great. Glad we have 2 separate units as we quickly reverted to separate controllers for each dog. It was too difficult to make sure you selected the right collar (again, you have to look at the display) and then give a signal. (And with a remote/necklace, the 1-2 switch becomes a nuisance, like if you accidentally pressed it and suddenly the remote doesn't control anything.) A physical switch would allow a single remote to be used. Another problem with buttons is accidental clicks. We only use collared treats as a backup to keep the kids engaged. One day in the pasture I bent down to give a puppy a treat. She came but whined and urinated. The second time this happened, I realized that I was holding the remote to my body as I leaned forward. The mode changed from "Beep" to "Shock" and I pressed the signal and shocked her. (She has very strong cravings for treats!) In my experience, a physical on/off button would be desirable, but using a button other than the mode button to wake up instead would make it more convenient. Device. (It would have been a lot more expensive to ditch the built-in flashlight and use that button as a wake-up call.)