Dog Training & Anti-Bark Shock Collar 800m | Tone, Vibration & Static

Most dogs never need more than the vibrate.

A dog that won't come back is a dog that stays on the lead, and that's a miserable weekend for both of you. The problem is rarely stubbornness. It's distance — once they're two paddocks away and locked onto a roo, your voice stops existing.

This is a 800-metre remote collar with three modes: tone, vibration and static. The tone is a beep the dog learns to associate with "come here". The vibration is a buzz on the neck — the same feeling as a phone in your pocket, adjustable across 99 levels. Between them, those two modes do the work for most dogs, and they're what we'd have you start with and stay with.

The static mode is there, and it's adjustable across the same 99 levels. We're not going to pretend it isn't. But it's the last thing to reach for, not the first, and there are parts of Australia where you're not permitted to use it at all — see the Q & A before you order.

What It Solves

• Recall that fails at distance: they're brilliant in the yard and deaf at 400 metres. A tone they've been taught reaches further than shouting does.
• Livestock and wildlife: a buzz breaks the focus the instant they lock onto a roo or a mob of sheep, before it becomes a chase you can't call off.
• Camp manners: keeps them off the picnic table and inside the camp boundary without tying them to the bullbar all weekend.
• Nuisance barking at the campsite: the vibrate interrupts the bark without waking every other site at the boat ramp.
• Working two or three dogs: one remote runs up to three collars, so you're not juggling handsets on a farm or a hunt.

Key Features

• Tone and vibration first: both are adjustable 1 to 99, so you can find the lightest setting your dog actually responds to instead of guessing.
• 800 metre range: line-of-sight on 433MHz. Timber, hills and buildings will cut that down — treat it as a best case, not a guarantee.
• IP67 receiver: the collar unit is sealed, so creeks, rain and mud are not a problem. The remote is not rated — keep that one dry.
• Up to three dogs, one remote: two-dog and three-dog sets are listed as variants, in nylon, rubber and hi-vis straps.
• Backlit screen: blue backlight on the remote so you can see which mode and level you're on after dark.
• USB rechargeable both ends: 3.7V 300mAh lithium in the remote and the receiver, about four hours to charge, roughly a week on standby.
• Static mode present, and last: adjustable 1 to 99. Prohibited in some states — check the Q & A before you buy.

Q & A

Is this legal where I live?

Not everywhere, and this is worth two minutes of your time before you order. Electronic collars are prohibited in New South Wales, South Australia and the ACT. In the Northern Territory, training collars are permitted but remote-controlled ones are excluded — which is what this is. Victoria permits them only under conditions: an authorised collar, a dog over six months, and anti-bark use only on the assessment of a vet or a qualified trainer. Queensland, Western Australia and Tasmania permit them, subject to the usual cruelty provisions. New Zealand has no ban. This is a guide and not legal advice — the rules change, so check with your state's animal welfare authority. If you're somewhere they're prohibited, please don't order one. Email us instead and we'll point you at something that will actually help.

Do I have to use the static mode at all?

No. Tone and vibration are independent modes and plenty of owners never move past them. If you only ever use the beep as a recall cue, the collar has done its job.

What should I try first?

Tone, paired with something the dog already wants — food, a ball, praise — at close range, in the yard, before you go anywhere near open country. The beep has to mean "good thing over here" long before you rely on it at 400 metres. If tone alone isn't cutting through a distraction, go to vibration at the lowest level that gets a head turn and work up only if you have to.

Will it really reach 800 metres?

In open, flat, line-of-sight country, near enough. Through timber, over a ridge or around sheds, expect a good deal less. 433MHz travels well but it doesn't go through hills.

Can the dog swim in it?

The receiver is IP67, so yes — creeks, dams, rain and mud. The remote in your hand is not rated, so don't drop that in the water.

How many dogs can I run?

Up to three, from one remote. Pick the two-dog or three-dog variant at checkout — the extra receivers come paired.

How long does the charge last?

About a week on standby from roughly four hours of charging, both the remote and the receiver, over USB. Heavy use on a working day will pull that down.

Specs

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Everything we know about this one is written down: the Specs for the supplier's published figures, and the Q & A for the questions buyers ask before they order.