Comments on: Please sign the Petition Against Dog Shock Collars

By: Carolina

Carolina — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 00:46:58 +0000

MY VOTE FOR BAN OF SHOCK COLLAR !!

By: Nancy Houser

Nancy Houser — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 03:44:56 +0000

You are so right, Anna. People with common sense and care for animals are able to use shock collars. Unfortunately, the crazies and the abusers use it as a weapon. When can a person tell the difference when they sell the collar to a customer?

By: Anna

Anna — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 16:06:50 +0000

I think shock collars are ok if used correctly. We have a West Highland Terrier she is a 3 month old girl. We are trying to train her and she has done very well with it. We keep in on a low setting, I have shocked my self with it and it just feels like a pinch. Our shock collar also has a warning beep that if she doesn’t listen we push it and it will beep at her and she knows if she doesn’t listen the next time she will get a shock and most of the time that is all it takes to get her to listen. Just having it on her she behaves better. Now if I had it on the highest then yes that is cruel and wrong but we would never put her through that. We also used to have a Grate Dane and we had to use a higher setting for him because he didn’t feel it. We only used it for 2 weeks. It is very useful in training your pet if used properly. If you are concerned if it will hurt the dog then try it on yourself first. Depending on the size of your dog you can adjust the intensity of the shock.

By: toni

toni — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 23:31:25 +0000

Also, you want to make sure that you are not encouraging this behavior. Avoid ruff games like tug of war and wrestling with her. Stick to fetch or hid and seek. You can practice her sit stay while you go hide her favorite toy.
Children have a lot of energy too. So your dog may be feeding off their energy as well.
Depending on how old your children are you may want to have her on a leash when playing in the yard with your children. You can also tether her to the couch when your kids are around so she cant follow them around. This will help teach her to stay calm while your children play, while still being able to be with her people.
You can also use peanut butter as a training treat so that she can practice licking when hands come toward her rather than chomping at a hand with a treat.
Hope this helps.

By: toni

toni — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 22:16:27 +0000

It sounds like you are doing a lot of things right, however, from what I can tell from your post your dog is not understanding that what she is doing hurts. What you want to do when she mouthes you is give a loud high pitch yelp or scream, stop what you are doing and cross your arms. If your are consistent in doing this every time, she will understand that it hurts.

By: Needs Help

Needs Help — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 22:19:00 +0000

So in reading all the thoughts here, I am still confused on if I should use a vibration shock collar on my 1 yr old dog. She is a sweetie, but LOVES to play bite. I was taught by trainers (and all books) a dog should NEVER put their mouth on you to bite. We have done training, clickers, treat… well most everything and she still does this with us. My kids are getting scared of her when she gets like this, she jumps up grabs their arms and when she comes down it scratches the kids. I do not have the extra funds to keep taking her to training classes. We are doing everything else right. We play ball with her in the morning (which she bites me to get the ball, I dont give it to her and then I have to stop playing with her), I am home with her during the day, we walk her every night, she has plenty of space outside to play, and we doing training (basic commands) with her every day too. Everytime I scold her with a strong no, or hand clap, or loud noise, or shaker can, or water spray bottle… she thinks we are playing and starts to bite. Also if we walk away from her she jumps up behind us and bites our clothes or arms (rips the clothes) or if we stand still she does the same. So I have done everything written here on the posts… unless someone wants to train her and us for free what can I do next then use a vibration shock? Any help?

By: Terri Kimbro

Terri Kimbro — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 23:03:36 +0000

I strongly I am against any mefhod of shock how would you like it to be controlled like that.

By: Nancy Houser

Nancy Houser — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 23:57:02 +0000

Please send me further information so we can do a post on this. This is something that needs to go public.

By: Sara Thomas

Sara Thomas — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 23:53:55 +0000

I recently learned That the Jackson County Humane Society in IA is allowing trainers that use shock collars to come in and practice their shock collar techniques on the shelter dogs! Please contact the Humane Society and ask them (nicely) to stop.

jacksoncountyhumanesociety@hotmail.com
23354 Dark Hollow Road

Maquoketa, Iowa 52060

By: June Waggoner

June Waggoner — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 08:21:28 +0000

There is enough cruelty in the world of all kinds. Animals depend on us for love and care. In return they give us love, faithfulness and companionship. They are dependable and some times keep us from harm. There are ways to train a dog without the use of a mean device such as a shock collar.

For the love of animals, please outlaw them and all cruel devices used on our precious animals.
I love them all. They bring many hours of pleasure in ones life.