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OK, so a lady (who shall remain nameless) told us about an incident with her dog and his IUC-5100 remote training and fence collar – the Innotek IUC-5225. (The IUC-5100 is a Contain ‘N’ Train combined remote trainer and fence product). The collar and remote are shown below:

She has a very powerful dog who gets out of the yard and can cause havoc. When she first got her Contain ‘N’ Train unit, she was using only the training collar since the fence wasn’t installed yet. So, she’d put the training collar on the dog and let him outside, always keeping the remote nearby.

She realized she hadn’t seen him in a while, so she started calling his name. He didn’t answer. She went running around to his normal spots in the yard. Not there. She thought he’d got out again, so she started the collar stimulation. Nothing. All the way up to nine. Nothing. Then she walked around the corner of the house to see him sat, looking a little dishevelled, right where he’d been the whole time. By the back door!

She said he’s been a different dog ever since, but please, please, all of you out there: don’t allow the panic to set in. Act quickly and decisively if you think he’s trying to escape, but make sure he really is!

When we say multiple dogs, we mean more than two. I used to joke that the big difference is going from one to two dogs, and any more just turns into a slightly bigger pack. That was until Hurricane Katrina hit, and we spent much of September 2005 rounding up stray dogs and finding homes for them all. We could for the little’uns, but not the big’uns, so we ended up with nine, big dogs! I digress …

If you have multiple dogs and need a trainer, you are confronted with two choices: 1) use a hunting dog trainer, or 2) use a two-dog trainer with multiple remotes. If you are not sure if you need a hunting dog trainer, then you probably don’t. They are more complex, and have a long range – over 1,000 yards – and consequently are more expensive than a regular trainer.

That leaves you with the option of the two dog trainer and multiple remotes. We know how expensive it is to feed the pack and take care of vet bills, so you’re on a budget, right? (How did we guess!) A great trainer for this purpose is the Innotek BT-502A Two Dog Remote Trainer.

Although the remote only controls two dogs, more units can be purchased. The trainer knows which remote to talk to via an ID and it is possible that the ID number of your new trainer will match the ID number of the orginal. In this case it is an easy fix: there is a process for resetting the ID number in the owners manual.

So, there it is. Help could be at hand. We know what it is like when the inmates try to run the assylum!