AD i agree to a certin point in the wind factor and dogs walking around with small loops yea i agree. But when i first started out i do rember a few that did not slide smoothley and easy they required some pressure to slide meaning i know the wind didnt knock them down. We have 30 to 50 mphs 30 are real common in ks so i have delt with that as well. but when the loop is down and moved pretty good indication, I started useing and makeing my own that function like i wanted them to and the catch rate went up with less dry fires. I bought several factory snares last year and there still in the shop they suck they way they function. very stiff on the slide.
And yes coyotes bust threw grass and such look what happens when you try putting on a collar on a dog that hasnt had one before and that should prove my point to ya. they can feel the difference between brushing grass and something starting around there neck. My dogs at home you can take a feather just ever so slightly touch there neck and i mean slightly while there sleeping and they can feel it. They know when something is different. The younger dogs not quite as much you get an older dog you bet.
