The American Beagler Forum

I had a really bad experience with these collars very recently.

A while back I could not hit one of my beagles less than 1/2 mile away in open country. Didnt get her back for a couple days, she was found less than a half mile away from where I was attempting to hit her on level 6 and got nothing....all on a full charge.

This time it was much worse. Full charge on the transmitter and receiver, had my best beagle get hit by a car, again less than 1/4 mile from where I was. I had bumped her an hour earlier on level 1 and she squealed and came right in. Went to hit her an hour later as soon as a race was over, and nothing. I couldnt even hit her on 6 at the same distance as earlier.

So long story short, I lost my best dog who was hit by a car and I couldnt hit the dog on level 6.

Today I called Tri Tronics. I have always had nothing but good luck from the Beagler unit I had before "upgrading" to the G2 Classic 70.

The lady on the phone acted like she had never heard of a problem from the Classic 70 G2's before (which I have heard many people complain about their range and dependability AFTER I purchased mine).

She makes 2 statements that totally shocks me (no pun intended):

1.) She asks me how tight I had the collar on the dog. I told her that I keep it very snug, not tight enough to choke the dog. She tells me that it should be tight to the point that you cannot force your finger under it. Their website says that it should fit "snug".

2.) She said that you will have better results if the collar is mounted on the side of the dogs neck instead of under the chin. Makes no sense to me because their head will protect the collar from getting pulled away from the neck when going through brush, etc.

This is in no way a Tri Tronics bash fest, but after losing an extremely nice young female it is tough to swallow when I couldnt hit her on the highest intensity at 1/4 mile.

But I am curious to find out if anyone else on the board has had or is having issues with the Classic 70 G2's.

Please let me know. It will be interesting to see how Tri Tronics makes this right with me once they receive my transmitter and what is left of my collar. My advise is if you are having problems, lets hear it. And you should call Tri Tronics before it is too late.

I had the same problem as you. I had to change the contact points out to get through the hair to the skin. My issues were resolved after I realised my AKC beagles were part English setter and Bernise mountian dog.

HAIR HOUNDS

I am sorry for your loss. I have used the classic 70 for years and had no complaints. I've had many beaglers that I know use it as well with no problems.

I wonder if when you put the collar up to level 6 if the dog didn't just take off running away from you because the shock was so strong. Sometimes if the dog is really close and you hit them on too high of a setting, they will just drop down and won't make a sound. As soon as you let off they take off running to get away from it. Not trying to defend or condemn anyone here.

Again I am sorry for your loss.

My hunting partner has a collar sent in right now because it would not reach out. Seems to be alot of folks having some problems with this G2 unit.

Just my luck I bought a 5 dog a couple of months ago. I have alread lost one of those collars. Don't know what happened. Bad luck I guess. Can't blame that on the unit. Now I have a 4 dog.

I have had the same problem you described. I called Tri-Tronics they told me that not had any problem like I described. I know most of the time mine works fine, but sometimes I just don't think it gets out like it should. I have used Tri-Tronics for years and never had a problem, but something about this G2 just does not seem right. The wanted me to send the unit back to them so they could check it, I guess I should but I use it every day and usually don't have a problem. I know of one person that put longer contact points on his and solved his problem, I know another that put the old metal antenna on his that Tri-Tronics used years ago and said he had not had any problem since. I think the problem with mine is I run in thick cover and the signal is just not getting through.
Sorry you lost your dog.

I was wondering the same as Tim H, a level 6 is super high-I've seen beagles take off running the other way on a level 2, especially if they don't have a lot of experience with e-collars, are young, or haven't been hit with that high of a shock before. If she squealed on a level one, I would think a 6 would make her crazy. At 1/4 mile away it should definitely be working. I've never had any problems with the G2 and I've been using them 3-5 times a week since they've come out-but that's not to say that others haven't had problems.
Sorry about your hound.

ked wrote:Seems to be alot of folks having some problems with this G2 unit.

oldhunter wrote:I have used Tri-Tronics for years and never had a problem, but something about this G2 just does not seem right.

I hate to keep harping on this - sorta - but sounds like it's time to call TriTronics and ask if they too have started having any product or component part(s) manufactured or assembled in China. If they are or ever do have stuff made in China, say good-by to reliability.

I saw a g2 set that wouldnt hit a dog 100 yards away in an open field.

I like the XLS the best, I guess I wont (upgrade) until I cant get Batterys for my set.

I have one of the first series of Trashbreaker g2s. If I can hear the dog I can correct him. My buddy had one of the second series g2s and the transmitter was bad after one month of use. Tritronics did replace the unit.
I have been using the tone rather than nicking the dog. It took some conditioning, but it gets there attention or they get popped. The only time I would use 6 would be if the dog was running trash without a doubt. JMO
I saw a buddy drive a young hound further and further away with 3 and 4.
The hound has not been the same since.

o.k. first off i think tri-tronics are great and i have had problems with my g2 unit BUT it was solved very quickly and easy..... when i read this post i was stuck by the thought that turning the unit up to 6 verses 1or2 and any other level will make the unit REACH OUT THERE!!!!!!!! if the unit is not responding at the lower level turning the unit to a higher level will not make it respond. in other words the numbers on the transmiter ONLY change the level of stimulation and not the distance you can stimulate a dog. also scott sorry for your loss....

scott green:

I couldnt even hit her on 6 at the same distance as earlier.

One thing I forgot to mention earlier, I have a friend that has a 2 mile G2 that he could not reach his dog. He notice that the light on the transmitter would not come on when he pressed the button. He played with the battery pack until the light would come then he could shock his dog. When I had my problem I did not think to see if the light was on or not, I will try to remember the next time.

Do you guys keep ur batteries charged on the collars and the transmitter?? Maybe that is what happend.

i baught a new g2 3 dog last year n had it about 3 months n had to send it back the transmitter quit working i sent the whole unit to them n they sent me a loaner i thought that was very business like n pretty darn nice of them they fixed the transmitter n sent it back no probl;ems yet other than my yellow collar dont tone as loud as the other ones but my dog can hear it thats about all i ever use is the tone took awhile to get dogs trained to the tone but they come now guess they know whats next if they dont sorry about your dog thats a real bummer jb

Huntin54, Do you really think we are stupid enuff to run with dead batteries, then wonder why it dont work?

Zach had a g2 70 that he could shock his dog if it were standing beside him, but 100 yards away he couldnt touch it, he had to try to run her down off a deer. It was a perfect setup wasted, we watched the deer come out, then the dog running them. He never could hit her, even with nothing between us and the dog.

I have never had a problem with a new set. I bought a used set off of the Collar Clinic, one collar wouldnt tone or work right. The set I have now is the Classic 70 G2 EXP and it works fine. JMO Tom