Halo Collar 4+

My friendly and fun-loving golden-doodles were very spotty in staying at home. I live in a wooded area and had to leave my dogs gated on my large porch most of the time since they would often run off to explore the woods. Sometimes being gone for half a day. This was not safe for them and caused a lot of stress for me.
After a lot of research, I finally broke down and invested in two Halo collars. They were both refurbished. On delivery, one initialized perfectly while the other did not. I used the Dog Park option and had a video call with a rep right away to resolve the issue. Super support team and function of the Halo app. I did end up having to replace the one collar due to an issue with it not track correctly. The return process and easy and had a replacement within a few days. The replacement is working great.
The training process was a little off-kill for my dogs since I had already done some basic training with them. I did most of the recommended training with one dog and found it became more confusing to her because of the previous training. So after some basic training to associate them to the collars , I let them loose and both adapted great to the recall and mild correction. Now they have no static correction and are very responsive.
They are free to roam the property and know their boundaries and are very happy dogs. I’m am stress free. It was working the investment!

Hey there - thanks for your review. We are so glad that the halo collar is working for you! If you ever need help with anything, please visit us in the virtual Halo Dog Park at dogpark.halocollar.com, or in the Halo app under Settings > Halo Dog Park.

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!

Thank you so much for sharing your journey and we're so glad you're in our Pack!

Our dogs have had some short range collars for the last year since it was within our budget, but finally managed to get one collar for Christmas this year. The dogs love being able to enjoy our WHOLE property now! My only con is battery drains much faster in the cold, so if we are away from home (our dogs are livestock dogs) and temperatures drop I’m worried about the collar dying before I can get home to charge it. Other than that, I have no complaints! The design is sleek, and more comfortable by far than the other collars we had. The fence feature and app are easy to manage and modify, and I love the extra training features it comes with! My favorite part of the collar itself is that it comes with 3 different nodes you can attach. Long, short, and a flat piece that doesn’t poke your dog’s neck at all. This is what we will be using once our dogs are accustomed to the new boundary, as the verbal warning from the Halo is sufficient to bring them back in, and there’s really no need for the prongs (we used them on day 1-3, and since haven’t needed them). Our dogs like to wrestle, so sometimes they’d injure themselves on the prongs. The peace of mind this adjustable feature buys is more than worth the price. 10/10 for Halo Collars! Now we can take the dogs ANYWHERE without fear, and since we go in the mountains a lot this is crucial.

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