What if you have a dog with a relatively high "prey drive," say a Staffordshire Bull Terrier. He's in his yard, wearing his GPS collar, and the boundaries have been set using the app. Uh-oh! He sees the neighbor's cat across the street! Will the collar keep him in his designated yard?
Love your videos. So based on your review 3 weeks ago "SpotOn vs Halo 4 Collar: Which One Comes Out on Top?" I purchased a Halo 4. After purchasing I saw this review and was very worried. I then received and tested the collar and got similar results to yours in this video. I then video chatted with Halo and that is definitely a strong point for them. US based expert to talk with. I found out that the way I was testing the collar was not correct. The Halo customer service person informed me to make sure the orientation of the collar needs to be correct when testing. The charging port must face down toward the ground and then if manually testing holding in that configuration bounce your wrist up and down. When I tested it this way it was 100% accurate when I approached the boundaries. I will still need test on the dog for a real usage experience. But when testing the way I stated above it made a big difference.
I've done some testing with the Halo collar a number of different ways and it's interesting you mention that because that's exactly how I calibrate the collar when it's acting quirky. One thing that concerns me is my dogs aren't always bouncing much as they walk. They're just kind of lolligagging in one direction, and the collar's antenna tends to slide around and end up on the bottom, even if I have it to the correct tightness, allowing for two fingers to slide in between the collar and their necks. I'll look into it some more and I appreciate you bringing it up!
So confusing. I was about to pull the trigger on the Halo4 yesterday after your review -- now today, I wont. Situation is that I need some kind of virtual fence -- my dogs are active. If they see a deer -- they will fly fast. My hope was that a virtual fence would stop them -- now, I'm confused?
The virtual fence will stop them with proper training. The problem with the Halo 4, at least in my testing, is that it doesn't always reliably go off right where the invisible fence barrier is placed. There is a static shock option, but I don't use it for my dogs.
I can understand that. There's still a lot of work to do to perfect GPS smart collars, though I think we're getting close. What kind of radar collar did you go with?
pawious f900+. Just received it yesterday. Haven’t had time to even set it up yet. Our pup is still a bit too young to use it though so I’m not in any real hurry. She is still learning how to leash walk without tripping whoever is holding the other end of the leash.
What if you have a dog with a relatively high "prey drive," say a Staffordshire Bull Terrier. He's in his yard, wearing his GPS collar, and the boundaries have been set using the app. Uh-oh! He sees the neighbor's cat across the street! Will the collar keep him in his designated yard?
Love your videos. So based on your review 3 weeks ago "SpotOn vs Halo 4 Collar: Which One Comes Out on Top?" I purchased a Halo 4. After purchasing I saw this review and was very worried. I then received and tested the collar and got similar results to yours in this video. I then video chatted with Halo and that is definitely a strong point for them. US based expert to talk with. I found out that the way I was testing the collar was not correct. The Halo customer service person informed me to make sure the orientation of the collar needs to be correct when testing. The charging port must face down toward the ground and then if manually testing holding in that configuration bounce your wrist up and down. When I tested it this way it was 100% accurate when I approached the boundaries. I will still need test on the dog for a real usage experience. But when testing the way I stated above it made a big difference.
I've done some testing with the Halo collar a number of different ways and it's interesting you mention that because that's exactly how I calibrate the collar when it's acting quirky. One thing that concerns me is my dogs aren't always bouncing much as they walk. They're just kind of lolligagging in one direction, and the collar's antenna tends to slide around and end up on the bottom, even if I have it to the correct tightness, allowing for two fingers to slide in between the collar and their necks. I'll look into it some more and I appreciate you bringing it up!
So confusing. I was about to pull the trigger on the Halo4 yesterday after your review -- now today, I wont. Situation is that I need some kind of virtual fence -- my dogs are active. If they see a deer -- they will fly fast. My hope was that a virtual fence would stop them -- now, I'm confused?
The virtual fence will stop them with proper training. The problem with the Halo 4, at least in my testing, is that it doesn't always reliably go off right where the invisible fence barrier is placed. There is a static shock option, but I don't use it for my dogs.
I’ll be honest, I’m interested in gps fences but I’ve read too many negative reviews. We decided on a radar collar system.
I can understand that. There's still a lot of work to do to perfect GPS smart collars, though I think we're getting close. What kind of radar collar did you go with?
pawious f900+. Just received it yesterday. Haven’t had time to even set it up yet. Our pup is still a bit too young to use it though so I’m not in any real hurry. She is still learning how to leash walk without tripping whoever is holding the other end of the leash.