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posted March 08, 2025 06:24 AM
One year old beagle wants basic obedience and rabbit tracking re-education.

Owners want review of training and easy-to-learn collar/remote device.

She's a companion/sport purpose hound, getting too independent-minded. We don't want to lose her.

Garmin? SportDog? Other recommendations?


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posted March 08, 2025 07:31 AMHide Post
We have used the Educator collars in the past.

https://www.educatorcollars.co...cator%20Dog%20Collar

For tracking, we have used the Garmin GPS collars.




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posted March 08, 2025 07:54 AMHide Post
For tracking, we have Cube trackers on both our dogs collars.


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posted March 08, 2025 08:50 AMHide Post
A beagle? It can be done, but you’re fighting some basic instincts. Get in touch with a local trainer that will work with these types of collars. I had a Plott hound- same idea as a scent hound. Great local trainer helped me shape her, explain what I could ask of her and what might be impossible. Good luck.


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posted March 08, 2025 08:58 AMHide Post
If you're an Apple user, there are collars that hold Air Tags securely.



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posted March 08, 2025 09:10 AMHide Post
We use a garmin e collar we’ve had for at least 10 years for obedience training, and Luna wears a Tile we got when we got the life 360 in our phones



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posted March 08, 2025 09:15 AMHide Post
We’ve had good service from Sport Dog collars. The only thing I’ll say is that the collar (at least for us) is a small part of the training, used occasionally to remind/correct. It isn’t the be all, end all. Most progress seems to be made with time and positive reinforcement.

Edited to fix “all say” to “I’ll say”. Not sure if it was my silly fingers or Apple’s silly autocorrect, sigh…

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posted March 08, 2025 10:10 AMHide Post
You might find some value in watching the informational/selection videos on Gun Dog Supply.

Acquaintances of ours who use hounds for guided bear and mountain lion hunts have e-collar needs that are different from what I need for upland hunting with a single Brittany.


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We've had decent results with our Garmin collars. Before that we used a couple variations of Sport Dog from Amazon. The first Sport Dog collar was good, but when we got a second dog and got a similar SD model set up for two dogs we were disappointed in effectiveness, range, and battery life.
 
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posted March 08, 2025 08:27 PMHide Post
We have two Garmin collars and have been happy with them.


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posted March 08, 2025 09:45 PMHide Post
Gun Dog Supply e-collar buying guide.

Fwiw, different function than you are looking for I believe but Garmin Sport Pro is what I use for my spaniels. Nearly the perfect layout for me.

You’re going to want tracking functions though.

Here’s a good link for you…

https://www.gundogsupply.com/d...de.html?megamenumenu


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