Good product to
use as a responsible dog owner.
Not exact matches
My study of
dog bite - related fatalities occurring over the past five decades has identified the poor ownership / management practices involved in the overwhelming majority of these incidents:
owners obtaining
dogs, and maintaining them
as resident
dogs outside of regular, positive human interaction, often for negative functions (i.e. guarding / protection, fighting, intimidation / status);
owners failing to humanely contain, control and maintain their
dogs (chained
dogs, loose roaming
dogs, cases of abuse / neglect);
owners failing to knowledgably supervise interaction between children and
dogs; and
owners failing to spay or neuter
dogs not
used for competition, show, or in a
responsible breeding program.
If you're going to
use a training tool with your
dog, especially something
as controversial
as a shock collar, you need to be a
responsible dog owner and do your research.
People, who are the most critical of the AKC, have never participated in AKC events or
used the AKC
as a helpful resource to become a better breeder,
dog trainer or
responsible pet
owner.
Responsible dog owners know that things such
as following leash laws, making sure that all
dogs are registered or licensed and
using humane training methods are key to ensuring safety for the community.
It is a trait that makes
responsible owners proud when
used positively, such
as: flyball, disc
dogs, scent work, obedience trials.
To equate
responsible owners with people who
use their
dogs as backyard breeders, or guard
dogs (chained all day and night) with those whose
dogs snuggle on the couch and receive proper training is simply wrong.
«10 Delise, based upon her study of fatal attacks over the past five decades, has identified  poor ownership / management practices involved in the overwhelming majority of these incidents:
owners obtaining
dogs, and maintaining them
as resident
dogs outside of the household for purposes other than
as family pets (i.e. guarding / protection, fighting, intimidation / status);
owners failing to humanely contain, control and maintain their
dogs (chained
dogs, loose roaming
dogs, cases of abuse / neglect);
owners failing to knowledgably supervise interaction between children and
dogs; and
owners failing to spay or neuter resident
dogs not
used for competition, show, or in a
responsible breeding program.4