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Anyone else having any problems with your dogs beating their legs up on garmin collars,some of my dogs do it and others don't,just wondering if there was a fix? Thanks

Run bigger dogs

No,but I have DC30's.

Some times it helps if I turn the collar around so it hangs differant.

I don't think a dog's size has much to do with it. I've seen a male that was all of 16" have the wounds from the Garmin collar. I think a dog that runs with his head down all the time will beat their legs up. The dogs that lift their head more , when trailing ,wont beat theirs up as bad , if at all.
The 16" male mentioned here was a head always down type hound.

Does the dog have crooked legs? I've seen a few that hammer the heck out their legs because they bow in a bit kinda like a bassett.....after a few hours they were literally bleeding from it.

check the zip ties on the antenna. . . the zip tie will destroy their legs, wrap it in black tape if you have to.

Chris I was having problems. Buf I figured out id u put the closest to the head it helps its some

I am having this problem to the extent that I'm considering sending the collars back. Cant be good for their legs to get beat on time after time.

Swamper AR wrote:I am having this problem to the extent that I'm considering sending the collars back. Cant be good for their legs to get beat on time after time.

What collars do you have?

johns03272008 wrote:

Swamper AR wrote:I am having this problem to the extent that I'm considering sending the collars back. Cant be good for their legs to get beat on time after time.

What collars do you have?

Garmin Alpha is what I have. One female I only ran once with this and she came back with a raw bare spot on by her knee. She's 12.5". I have some bigger it doesn't get as bad but for the money....... I think they need to get the size down. I do like knowing where they are at. Is the Tek collar any smaller?

I also have the alpha got one dog hits his leg other two no trouble yet.not sure there is a fix .they just need to make them smaller I think

The Velcro pads that goes on the handle bars of a kids bike to keep them from knocking there teeth out will work for you collar.

thanks hillbeagles will try that

No problem been there. The foam pipe insulators works too.