The dog will have 2 or more notches
They are for varying degrees of sensitivity
one will be a notch that makes the trap harder
to fire. That's what you'll want to use until you
get a handle on it

If you have a #110 trap, it should be like 4 1/2 × 4 1/2
with a single spring

Hopefully, you cleaned all the factory oil and grease
from it and didn't wax coat it like folks do for
foot hold traps. That'll make it fire too easy