Sentences with phrase «of dog shock collars»

With the above in mind, it's important to take a look whether other dog training methods and techniques are more effective than the use of dog shock collars.

Be sure you are correctly following the instructions and guidelines for whatever type of dog shock collar you choose.

While we don't strongly recommend the use of dog shock collars or any other device that may hurt our dogs, there will always be instances when such technologies are an absolute must.

Basically, there are three types of dog shock collars feature basic shock mechanism with varying intensities to control your dog's aggressive behaviors.

Moreover, another big study (13) conducted by Cooper et al. on the welfare of dogs and the use of e-collars has found a clear risk the use of dog shock collars presents.

A study by Blackwell et al. (7) has analyzed the use of dog training collars and came to the conclusion that, as the above graph shows, dog owners are most often confused or ignorant about the aspects of dog training, including differences between negative and positive punishment, and negative and positive reinforcement, which was observed as the main reason to choose the use of dog shock collars for training.

I've thoroughly reviewed Blackwell's study and several accompanying papers, have taken an extensive look at all claimed negative consequences of dog shock collars and whether there's some good scientific evidence on the pros of using dog training collars aside from the arguments made by author Steven R Lindsay.

But as indicated in the Blackwell's study, the primary problem is that most dog owners are unaware of the strength of these dog shock collars, and have no idea the pain a certain level of shock may deliver to the dog, or by how much they are increasing the strength when turning it up and what the delivered shock actually does to the dog (10).

It is clear, however, that there are negative consequences to the use of dog shock collars, which could be a good enough reason to stop using them and instead switch to alternative dog training methods.

Plenty of dog trainers, owners and other canine experts have publicly demonized the use of dog shock collars and brought up some great points.

The experts» opinion on the use of dog shock collars isn't consistent, however.

While the use of dog shock collars is safe and effective, they should only be used on otherwise healthy, sound - minded dogs.

The biggest reason that there is so much controversy surrounding the use of dog shock collars is because there is so much misinformation out there.

A few days ago, I stumbled upon a news article in which a mother was accused of shocking her toddler with one of these dog shock collars.

Dog Shock Collars: They Hurt and They Don't Work A few days ago, I stumbled upon a news article in which a mother was accused of shocking her toddler with one of these dog shock collars.