How do you feel about shock collars?

For the most part, I find them unnecessary, however in some cases, it is the best option. For example, an old friend of mine has a dog that can jump very high and will always escape if given the slightest chance. They put a collar on her and now she doesn't try to escape because she knows the consequence. If she were to escape, she could get hit by a car, get shot by a farmer, get taken to the pound, get in a fight with another dog, etc. The shock collar allows her to play outside in the yard and still be safe. By the way, this is an older dog and it is just in her personality to be adventurous. They've had her for many years and have tried to train her, but to no avail. This was the last option and it has worked.

An electric dog collar does not cause a dog pain. The dog is very sensitive to the electric shock, and when he feels a slight tickle from the collar he avoids the shock by not approaching the electric wire where he would get a real shock. Electric dog fences are Wonderful for the dog and the dogs Master as well. This invention is very humane because it gives the animal freedom, so that the dog no longer has to be tied with a chain, or shut in the barn all day.

Yes i agree completely Angelee, i am absolutely disgusted by the practice and can't believe that anyone would want to do this to their pet. I would hope that their pets are taken away from them as the dont deserve to have them in their lives. I have always loved all my pets with all my heart. I would never do this to any of my animals, I wouldn't even be around someone who treated their animals this way. I dont even think they are legal are they?

Hi Angelee I find it to be a form of abuse as no pet should be subjected to being shocked. This is terrible to think of and can't imagine a human wanting and or liking it. There fore, for anyone to think this is okay would baffle me as I think it can hurt their nerves. I personally would never use this on any pet and would not like myself to be shocked either.

I think it's animal abuse. I agree dear, there are way better forms to educate Dogs and love is always necessary. People who wants to buy these collars, operate to shut up a Dog, declaw a Cat should just stay away from animals, if one doesn't accept their nature they don't love Animals.

I fully agree with you the shock collars for dogs is to harsh there are way more better treatments for this, i dont understand why someone could have the heart to shock there dog. it is a form of animal abuse and it needs to be stoped

I can understand the escaping dog thing completely. One of my neighbors used to have a dog just like that. I say used to because he finally got taken by the pound. Another neighbor of ours went and rescued him, took him to the vet to get checked out and have his shots done and the dog has not once tried to escape from them. I think it is because his new owners take care of him and are giving him the attention that the first ones did not. Now I'm not saying that this is the case for all dog owners with this problem but there are better, more humane alternatives to shock collars. Look it up if you need to know.

The use of shock collars, for me, are brutal. Yes, there are ways of training dogs and other animals, ones that won't hurt them. Like people, some animals do have a pre-existing conditions like cardiac problems. Once the shock is delivered, it may cause them to die because the shock delivers electric waves that might shock the heart and cause its rhythm to go insane. Such poor animals.

I don't like to even know about dogs having shock collars on. It is abusive. It causes pain and fear in the pet. Shocking them causes them to be too scared to be happy I think. The people didn't shock the dogs that I knew about. They have a fence and if they try to go throuh or under the fence they get shocked. They calso have miniature horses in an electric fence.

I agree with you. Also, for the most part, they don't even work. My boyfriend's dog was run over even though she had a shock collar on, and all because his family was too cheap and lazy to put up a fence. In my opinion, if you're going to have a pet, you should get a fence as well as anything else they might need to keep out of trouble, NOT something as inhumane as a shock collar. Sometimes I wish the people that put the animals through that would be given a shock collar of their own...