Real Dog owner here with an American Lab who had ...
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The bag arrived OPEN on the top!  The rip was about 4 inches and I left a packaging feedback.  I had no idea we don't have a return option even with PRIME.  I am alarmed that the the food content might be contaminated and would prefer a replacement from Amazon or ProPlan.  But I am not sure if it will get here soon enough.  Will have to go to a local Retailer cause our Puppy has sensitive skin and can NOT eat any other formula.
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We have a 1.5 year old lab that has an abundance of energy and sometimes needs to be corrected on making mistakes like knocking people over or rushing through doors stepping on peoples feet and pushing them out of the way (he's very much a puppy still).

The biggest feature we liked with this collar was the ability to use the vibrate feature which other reviews said worked very well (which I can no attest to)... our 75lb lab stops dead in his tracks when the collar is vibrated.

Our biggest issue was that Ace would like to run outside our 2.5 acre back yard and into neighbors yards or just not come back when called for - this collar has excellent distance and has worked every time we've used it long range even in the rain.

I've only given it three stars because after taking the collar off one day the entire electronics came popping out from the inside of the block unit, I'm not sure if I could've been shocked from this but I know that if our lab would've been the one to discover this it wouldn't be working today.

Luckily it happened before I put it on the dog so I was able to re-glue it together (that's how it's assembled originally.

Seeing the insides I can say that manufacturing sure looked decent, no nasty solder joints or cheap looking components so that's a positive.

Other good things is the battery sleep function seems to work really well and battery drain seems to be minimal as we've let our collar go without a charge for three days without issue, even with our energetic lab almost never stopping :D

Overall I recommend this product and hopefully my experience with the collar spilling its guts was a singular incident (I haven't reached out to Dogwidgets regarding this yet so nothing bad to say regarding customer service and this issue).

If I decide to reach out to Dogwidgets regarding the issue I've experienced I'll update my review with their customer service experience.
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I've know Joel for 13 years, my husband and I purchased our first Lab puppy from Joel.  We hired him to come to our house to train us to train her, what a life changing experience that was.  This was the first positive puppy experience I've ever had, due to Joel working with our family.  He knows what he is doing and is a great person.  Keep up the good work.
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I will swear by this! I have a VERY mentally head strong and strong pulling lab/golden mix that is 50 lbs and drags me around like a rag doll, even after walk training classes. She likes to be the front of the pack and likes to just sniff and investigate everything she can. She loves to run where shes going and not walk but the first time I tried the Halti on her she WALKED with me by my side and not only that but she didn't leave me out of breath from trying to struggle from her pulling. Walks with her had become a nightmare for my husband and I but now they arent! We also have a pure breed golden who is a decent walker but with my husband in the military and being gone time to time I had been fearing walks without him when ever he got the call to leave. However, since we got the Halti peace in our household and my sanity for the times alone is restored! Thank you Halti, money WELLLLL spent!
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Both of my dogs a Chow and an English Pointer, hear the package open they go crazy!  We love our dog's and care for their health; so made in the USA not CHINA!  Sold us, thank you.
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Give this to my two labs and they have no issues whatsoever with it. They eat it as a 'treat' or I can put it in their food.  No vomiting, no stomach issues.  Started this when my baby lab (1yr at the time) was dxd with hip dysplasia on the recommendation of my brother-in-law who is a vet.  The ortho wanted to do surgery right away.  I was leery of it and had my brother-in-law look at her x-rays (wish he lived closer) and he said because she's not even fully grown yet, to wait it out a few months.  We started her on a mobility prescription food, daramaxx, the cosequin DS and swimming once a week at a dog pool and she's done wonderful ever since.  We've stopped the swimming but are doing the rest. She's 3 now, and although we know she's getting worse, her pain level stays manageable and she's still mobile.
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We got this food because our Black Lab has diabetes.  We were prepared to have to gradually tradition her to the new food but she ate it with no problems.
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I have a  german shep. chow  and they worked great,so far.and everything was there in the kit.  it was marked used.
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I have a lab with a rear hip problem where she was limping real bad on her left leg. The vet gave me some med that I looked up and has all sorts of nasty side effects so I decided not to give it to her. I had read of other dog owners giving this to their dog and how well it worked for them. I am pleased to say that after near 2 months of giving her about 3/4 of a scoop every morning she is doing way better. She is now using her leg much better and way less limp. I think it will only get better as time goes by and I continue giving this to her and it is safe to use with no side effects.
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Sent our swabs to the company on January 28th.  Received notification that the swabs were received on February 1st and got the results on February 11th.  They seem pretty accurate to me!  We are thrilled to see what our little puppy turned out to be.  The rescue shelter told us he was likely a chihuahua/beagle mix, but the DNA results showed Boxer/Dachshund mixed with pug/Irish Setter/cattle dog.  I think the results are spot on!  Cute report too!
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I have a 5 month old lab.  Have trained many a dog in my lifetime but felt I need some help with this one.  She's a digger in the lawn,  I can't keep her out of garden beds where she likes to eat whatever is growing and although she responds to "come" inside, not outside.  I'm fully fenced in so that's not a problem.  I also have an 11 yr. old lab whose only fault is she loves to eat hosta plants (which in only one episode has taught the puppy to do so as well).

The collar has had a zero impact on the puppy.  Her only response to the the sound and the vibration is a tilt of her head showing curiousity.  The shocker doesn't seem to even be noticed - I gone up to 20 on this one.  I've read the reviews and am not comfortable going any higher.  I think I just have to return this....
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I've used two of these, and the results were totally spot-on each time. And it's not like I gave them any possible hints when making my dogs' profiles, beyond gender and weight. These tests are accurate, but it's important as others have mentioned not to contaminate the samples. Wait a couple hours after your dog hasn't eaten/drank/licked anything, and don't touch the swabs to anything.
You should also know, there there's a limit to these tests. They only go to great-grandparents. If you're dog is very very mixed, your results may not be very revealing (although that in itself is pretty interesting). And if your dog is of a newer or less common breed, it don't be in the database.
For example, one of my dogs is mostly American Pitbull Terrier, but APBTs and other big pitbull breeds like the American Bully are all branched under American Staffordshire Terrier, their foundation breed. Which means my dog's results came out to be pure AmStaff, but not by a large margin, and her ancestry was not very homogeneous, which makes complete sense. She's kind of an AmStaff, but not really. She's 100% pitbull, but not 100% AmStaff, although she qualifies as being AmStaff. All the bull-and-terrier breeds (unless they come from the same specific bloodline or kennel) get mixed and interbred a lot, and it's important to know that all of them will fall under American Saffordshire Terrier, or possibly the Staffordshire Bull Terrier, although less common since that is the smallest pitbull breed and not as commonly used outside dog show bloodlines.
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I have 2 pups that are littermates.  I purchased 2 tests and sent them in.  I was completely surprised when the results came back showing one of the pups as lab/boxer/shitzu and the other pup as collie/husky/novia scotia duck dog.  I called DNA My Dog and asked how in the heck results could be completely different on brothers.  They asked me to email them a photo of the 2 pups.  I have posted this photo below and it's quite obvious they are brothers.  So DNA My Dog emails me and says the samples must have been contaminated and that they would redo the tests at their expense.  2nd set of results come back completely different-UNBELIEVABLE-these results were worse then the 1st set of results-they had one of my pups labeled as basenji/boxer/collie and my 2nd pup as Australian shepherd/border collie/and some other weird breed.  LOOK AT THE PHOTO I HAVE PROVIDED AND YOU WILL SEE DNA MY DOG SHOULD BE REPORTED FOR UNETHICAL BUSINESS PRACTICE.
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We have our first American Akita, which differs from the Japonese one like "Hachiko", in far more gentile and color being smoke, white and black. Ours now is 7 years old and has had to have both knees rebuilt, despite a loving semi sheltered life. She is without a doubt far more intelligent than many of my friends (;- ). That said, hope my friends do not read this review. I have owned many dogs in my life, starting with my little dog that was a fox terrier, that I had my very first memory of, when I picked him out from the rest of the litter on my First (yup #1) birthday. I had that dog for 21 years. From then on, I owned many Labridors that were of constant companion with one exception of a "Redbone Hound" that proved to be the finest Pheasant Dog I ever saw, including TV tials.  My Akita is far beyond many humans in that she is well cognisant of how I feel or what I think. I too share that bond with her, and God I pray will help me as strong as I am, I have bonded with her and know not how it will end. I love her as stong as I love my sons, possibly stronger. They are beyond description, and one can overlook thier stuborness. She waits for me for a midnight walk at this writing on our Island night rural streets, inhabitated with various wildlife including buck deer.
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Have a 12 year old Chocolate lab and this is actually the 2nd one I have purchased for my lab.  She still acts like a puppy back has arthritis in her back legs from old injuries and also now has those annoying fatty tissue deposits with one being in her chest.  It's causing some discomfort in her front leg.  May be a bold statement and different for others but in my experience over the last 2 years is this: My lab has considerably less pain, discomfort and stiffness when sleeping on these beds.  We let her roam the house and lay anywhere she wants during the day but when we are away from the house or at night, we have trained her to sleep on only the 2 orthopedic beds we have in the house.  I really think these beds are extending the life of our lab and am so thankful for them.  We have a third dog bed in the basement but now my lab won't even really touch that one or lays on it for awhile and then constantly gets up and becomes restless.  Highest recommendation possible and worth the extra money
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We hesitated for over a year to purchase a product like this, as we are generally opposed to this type of corrective device.  In June of 2010, however, we got a lab/border collie/possibly-a-touch-of-pit mix puppy whom we adore, but he is a real HANDFUL and a VERY high-energy dog.  Whatever else he is, he is definitely a "working dog" and is best when he has a job to do, despite lots of loving attention, being walked at least a of couple miles a day, being loved, played with and having endless tennis balls to chase (adore those tennis ball throwers!).  He patrols our four acres with great vigor, and has totally eliminated the fox issue we used to have -- they simply don't come over the wall any more.  It should be noted that he is also a house dog -- sleeps in our room, cuddles with us, and is sweet, loving and precious.

However........he had some bad habits that a lot of work on our part, classes, videos, research, countless books and a private trainer could not help us eliminate. It should be noted that I have had dogs for all of my 54 years and we are not inexperienced owners.

One of the  biggest issues was his inclination to try to "herd" and nip at us when we were out on long walks or walking empty-handed across our property. For some reason, when we carry anything in our hands, he doesn't do it. Another challenge was his tendency to chase our two cats if our backs were turned -- didn't hurt them, just chased and annoyed them, and to play a little to vigorously/energetically (though not viciously) with our twelve-year old Pug and my son's six-year old Lab, though they adore each other.  Finally, in desperation, we purchased this collar.  Problems solved in only one day.  We have only used the mildest, "vibrate" setting and a strong "NO" to correct inappropriate behavior, and the dog is no longer exhibiting the behaviors. Not sure how long we'll use the collar, and we do not ever let him see the controller in our hands.

Please know, again, that this was a last resort and that for most dogs, patience along with good and consistent training is the better choice.
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I purchased the Wisdom Panel 3.0 DNA test on Amazon because I had adopted a rescue dog and I wanted to know more about her.  I was impressed with the information provided on the report and how quickly/professionally the whole process was handled.  Attached is a photo of the makeup of our dog.  The shelter thought the mother dog who came in at the same time with her 3 puppies (one of which we adopted), was an Anatolian Shepherd by her appearance.  I do believe the report is correct.  Turns out the mother dog is 1/4 Labrador retriever; 1/4 Golden retriever; 1/4 Siberian Husky and 1/4 Great Pyrenees.  The father dog was half Labrador and 1/4 boxer/ 1/4 mixed breed.  I was able to share this with the people who adopted the mother dog and other two puppies so they have better information about their dogs as well.  I liked that the MDR1 test was also included and I could share with my vet.  I would highly recommend this test to those interested in learning more about the background of their dog.  The little pup in the purple harness is our adopted dog, and the other dog is her mother that is part Lab/golden/Siberian husky and Great Pyrenees.  Well worth the price I paid to have this information.