Halo Collar

Over the years I have tried all kinds of radio transmitter collars to try and keep my dogs in the yard. I couldn’t do buried wire collars because my property is huge and we live on a giant granite hill in New Hampshire so burying isn’t feasible. The radio transmitter collars were a pain because they all had roughly circular coverage but my yard is not circular and it is very hilly so the coverage pattern wasn’t something you could expect a dog to learn. I had always stayed away from cellular GPS collars like the Halo because of the initial price, but if you add up all the other things I tried, it would definitely be more expensive than the Halo! The main features I like are the cellular connection that allows me to always see where the dog is on my phone, coupled with the ability to send feedback through the app, ranging from a tone, a vibration, or a shock. I’ve had lots of portable correction collars before, but all it takes is one deer in the woods and the dog is out of range of a normal transmitter collar before you can even get it out of your pocket. With the Halo, no matter where he is, I can give him a correction, and he knows what that sound means - he’d better get back in the yard or he’s going to be in for a shock! This collar coupled with the cameras I have around my yard allow me to leave the dog door open 24/7 - even if I’m in a different state I know I can see where he is and correct him if necessary. It’s a game changer!

We love the Halo system. We have been using this product for almost 3 years now. I have three dogs currently using the collars. 2 are 100 lb Labs and the other is an 85lb German Shepherd. We live on 7 acres that is mostly fenced with woven wire cattle fence. At our Previous home, our two labs were accustomed to an underground fence system, so it was no problem for them to convert to the Halo system. Our German Shepherd was trained using the halo collar system starting at about three months of age. He learned quickly because I worked with him daily to help him understand the differences in the different stimulations and tones. What’s nice about the product is that we always know where our dogs are using the Halo app on our iPhones. Keeps them off of the fence line and from engaging the other dogs or farm animals on the opposite side of the fence or digging under. If we need to call them back to the house it’s very easy to open the app, Select all dogs with the proper tone, and they know to return to the back door at the house. We also use it when we’re traveling to with our dogs to visit relatives. We can just set up a new boundary line, walk them around to identify the boundaries, and then let them go. Just like so many other products, you do run into problems that need to be resolved, and when we have encountered any problem, the Halo team has been very responsive to provide resolutions. We love the product!

We’ve had our collar for almost a year now and it has been life changing for our pup! He is mostly German Shepherd with a fair amount of Great Pyrenees and Alaskan Malamute thrown in so his best days are when he can roam our property at his leisure and walk the perimeter making sure nothing has crossed that he doesn’t know about. It’s even more enjoyable for him if the weather is below 25 and snowing. Not so much for me! Haha! This collar has allowed him to be a MUCH happier dog. He learned his boundaries very quickly and easily and hardly ever pushes them anymore. Tracking him down a mile away and in our neighbors property used to be an almost weekly adventure and reached the point where he was just rarely off leash but I have not had to do that even once in almost a year. The product is not without its glitches - new technology rarely is - but the company is clearly committed to keep making improvements with every update and my experience with customer service has been wonderful! They even offer frequent live zoom meetings with the owners of the company and members of the customer support team where you can learn more about the collar and ask questions. As I mentioned, there are still a couple of glitches with things such as battery life or the communication between collar and app being “outdated” more frequently than I would prefer, but I have no doubt those issues will keep being improved and resolved and I can update my review to 5 stars soon! Thank you Halo!