Advice Needed

[SANDMEDIC]

I have to agree with all of the replies.

I to had to escalate to using a shock collar for a one year old dog that was getting a bit too loud for the neighbors and barking at the wind. (even on 20 acres I still have neighbors).

I used this for other things like house breaking, too aggressively playing, and running away when my daughter would exit the gate in the yard.

After less than a month of using the shock collar (rarely), a year later she still knows she cannot go out the gate, bark for hours and hours and only barks at intruders and strangers, and the aggressive play ceased.

She is really well behaved now and is quite possibly the best dog I have ever owned.

She is very active, runs like a greyhound and plays fetch for however long you can keep up throwing the ball.

After a single shock, she would run away and stop with a puzzled look. It prevents her from being afraid of her masters and cowering as well.

I was not an advocate prior to using it.

I invested in a high quality one with a range of over 1 mile, which comes in handy.

The collar does have settings for different grades of shocks although I only had to use the lowest setting.

Hope this helps.

[Just Plain Ruff]

have you ever felt a shock from the collar? Think stupid people tricks and you will get a picture of my wife's brother and a shock collar.

[Lone Star]

have you ever felt a shock from the collar? Think stupid people tricks and you will get a picture of my wife's brother and a shock collar.

Could this be your brother-in-law?

*WARNING* Do NOT attempt to drink ANYTHING while watching this video clip!!!

[SANDMEDIC]

Well to be honest, I actually did check it out on my arm. I did it only because I felt guilty for using such a device. Expecting a pretty severe shock, it wasn't bad at all, I would say less severe than a 9V battery to the tongue.

I was too chicken to turn it up to the highest setting, thankfully I didn't have to go any higher for the correction of bad habits of my dog.

[Richard B the EMT]

The anti-bark shock collars and electronic perimeter fences had not yet been put on the market when my dog was alive, possibly had not been invented yet.

We had my dog for 14 years, the ambulance mascot dog, possibly related as both were street strays from the same street, for 17 years.

[johnhays110966]

With little children they are seen as rodents to a dog the dogs nature is to be a predator that is their wild instinct not a good idea to even leave the child around a dog unless you are present incase anything does happen.

[itku2er]

Well I had a real bad dog bite when I was 7 I still have the scar to prove it, 33 stiches in the back of my leg. But the dog was put down from the animal control people cause the owner never kept up with the shots. I agree dogs and kids dont always make a good combination, every animal has the potiential to become aggressive and territorial when they are felt threatened. The shock collar thing I do not agree with if you need such a harsh device then maybe you dont need the animal at all. Just my two cents worth here.