14 reviews forTrixie Dog Training Discs

When dropped these spook dogs, it's an easy way to cause reactivity and fear in your pet. They're very effective at what they're made for. There are far better and safer options out there, backed up by scientific evidence to help train your dog in a way that benefits you both, rather than scaring them if they make a mistake.

Please don't try to train your dog by frightening it. There are much kinder - and more effective - ways. Zooplus - please do better and remove this aversive tool.

I have an 8 month collie who, after owning many dogs all my life, I was about to rehome. Her main problem was aggression towards other dogs. She started chewing an armchair and I threw them on the ground next to her. She hated the noise. Bingo I got a reaction. Within two weeks I have fallen in love with her, she is almost perfect. We are both relaxed even around other dogs. A little rattle and she stops immediately and listens to me. Literally amazing. Soon I won’t even need them.

I have never been able to use clicker training because of hand weakness. These training discs are similar but have the opposite function. If the discs are rattled the dog does NOT get the treat. It makes a distinctive noise and gets the dog's attention even when it is excited by a running cat :-)

These are effective IF used correctly As a behaviourist with many years experience they must be thrown on the ground once only, while giving a low verbal 'NO ' . Timimg is crucial Use them when it is thinking about doing something e.g barking ,jumping ect Never throw them when dog is already adrenalised It will make them worse.

Tried this with a small hyper dog, no response whatsoever.

These can make the behaviour worse, like other outdated quick fix training equipment, if it does happen to stop the behaviour, it is only suppressing it for the short term. The dog's emotional state of mind is compromised as they are unable to express how they are feeling. Using kind and force free methods is a much better option.

As the owner of Olantigh Dog Training we use these discs all the time on some dogs that have behavioural issues. If introduced correctly with my methods they work brilliantly

Might as well just throw a bunch of keys on the ground. Not sure I'd like to chance trusting my hand into my pocket onto the sharp edges discs.

I am sorry but I bought these and tried them out when walking my dog and had no response whatsoever. A small jar with stones in would have worked better. Very poor quality too.

I tried everything on the market from pet corrector sprays, stones in a tin, whistle, treats, lead control etc., to try to calm our very excitable dog down, stop him pulling on a lead and stop him jumping up at visitors. These training discs really do work and so simple to use. I can highly recommend these and especially for the price. There're brilliant.

My dog listens to these disks as if they were the only thing in the world that is interesting. just brilliant.

I use these discs to teach my puppy not to engage in risky behaviour. She really gets startled by them and looks very sad, so I prefer not to use them. But they have helped her stop eating everything she finds on the street, which is more dangerous than being startled by these discs, and they help her stop when she gets bitey zoomies and becomes a danger to us. So my advice is to use them only in emergency situations, because they cause stress for your dog.

This isn’t an educational tool, it’s an instrument of mistreatment that’s no better than the infamous can. Scaring your dog (something you’d never do to a child, right? But apparently it doesn’t bother people when it’s an animal) isn’t education—it’ll just create fearful associations and trauma. When I see comments comparing it to slaps, tea towels, etc., it’s clear what these discs are really meant for…