Is there a setting on my Tritronics electric collar that is dangerous for my 35 pound Border Collie?

Hello Cindy,

I bought your DVD on e-collar training and loved it. Now comes the training, and I have a question. I am using the Tri-Tronics Sport Combo G3 collar for Becky, my 3 year old border collie, who weighs 35 pounds. I have set the collar intensity the way you suggested, and got her "look at the leg or ground" response at a very low setting, less than the number 1 on the dial, when she was relaxed in the house.

Outdoors it was a different story when she was "focused" on a task, which was staring at a stick, waiting for me to throw it. There was no response at all even when I went up to 4-5 on the dial. Before raising it any higher, I thought I'd check with you to see what you recommend as far as a high intensity setting for a focused border collie, who I feel would run around without noticing her leg had been cut off if it meant getting to her stick.

So, shall I just keep upping the setting until I get a reaction under these circumstances, and how high should I trigger it if there was an "emergency attention" circumstance such as a squirrel falling out of a tree twenty feet in front of her, in order to get a response to my command. So, in effect, for a 35 pound border collie, which setting would be too dangerous?

Thanks for your help.
Bob