They are made alot tougher. You can google for the reviews on them. But everybody that has used to 30's know the collar shreds up, the chargin is a s-o-b, and we have about 4 that dont work very good anymore. The reviews say they dont pick up any better, but a couple of weeks ago ours picked up at 3.4 miles for just a brief sec, which was all we needed.

I think it's better to get as close as possible. 1) You can be certain that it is a hog you're dogs are baying 2) Sometimes its a small hog in alot of brush and a catchdog is not needed 3) The hog may be close to a river, creek, pond and you need to put a lariat rope thru you're catchdogs vest to pull it out of the water 4) The closer you are to the hog the quicker you can get ur catchdog off and save some damage to the hog and ur dog.

I would definitely go with the 40's. I just bought one here a couple of weeks ago from buy.com for 197 total and it only took 4 days to get here.

yes i got her at about 10-12 weeks old and she turns 3 in nov. from a guy who worked at a prison and lived near clarksville. she has become a very nice hog dog

Oh ok cool I thought I recognized her. The guy you got her from is my cousin. Here is her sister penny

Nice!! Did you get Daisy from a guy north of Clarksville?