Monday, September 1, 2008

AVERY Sporting Dog Products - Reversible Collar and Training Lead

Product Review by Teresa Patterson, PSP Field Staff

Leash

Leash


Cost
Reversible Collar - $9.99
Trainer’s Lead - $9.99

Product Features

Collar:

  • Heavy-duty webbing sealed in a waterproof sleeve.

  • Super tough powder coated steel buckle and D ring.

  • Three sizes to fit any dog.

  • Multiple colors. (Shadow Grass, (Killer weed) KW-1, Break-up)

  • One side camo/one side blaze orange.

  • Tough Quick-release buckle


Trainers Lead:

  • Heavy-duty 1 inch poly webbing.

  • Durable coated steel hardware.

  • Double webbing for durability.

  • Trigger snap & quick release buckle.

  • 6” wrist loop.


Drake



The waterfowl and upland bird season is almost upon us and I needed to versatile collar and lead for Drake.  I knew that a short lead would be my best answer. Drake is fresh out of basic training and I am still training him at home.  So controlling him on a short lead enables me to guide him more easily while we are training and in the field.

While goose hunting we usually like to keep our dogs staked down.  Dogs are as excited as we are about hunting. In the heat of a hunt  they see that first bird drop you never know what they may do. I have seen even the best trained dogs break from their blind at a fallen bird.  This can be an accident waiting to happen.  I found the Avery Trainer’s Lead very versatile for at home training and in the Field.   It’s inexpensive and yet very durably made.  The part I like best is that it can easily be hidden and is short enough to keep the dog in the blind. Not to mention the quick release snap. This is the feature I like the most. It can easily be reached and can release the dog on command for a retrieve. Not to mention there is no long leash or rope dragging behind them, getting muddy, wrapping around their legs or knocking over the decoys.

The Avery reversible collar is another great new product.  This collar is ideal for the dog that hunts both waterfowl and upland birds.  The collar has the same quick release snap as the Trainers lead and can quickly be switched from Camo to blaze orange in seconds. Which when hunting upland birds I always like to have some type of orange on the dog for safety reasons.

I have the KW-1 camo pattern.    I like both of the products.  They both seem to be made well and have held up to my use thus far. Both are very reasonably priced.  I would recommend these products to anyone who has a dog they are training or for use while hunting.

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