Any use of anything to restrain a dog from doing what we call is "abnormal" behavior (is normal to them), is as matter of fact, cruelty.. shaking coins in a can, my dog is TERRIFIED of loud noises, she flinches and shakes when she hears it... So in essence, we can basically label almost everything we've done to restrict our dogs from certain behaviors as cruel treatment
OBVIOUSLY you should not spray it in the eyes, that's just so evil and what demented idiot would do that? Bitter apples is safe and non-toxic. Most pets wont get used to the taste so it's quite effective again and again.
It's like kids eating non-toxic glue or crayon.
I've used it on my previous pets and recommend it to my family and friends and noone have had problems with it, neither them nor the pets. AND it's seldomly used and i've never used a full small-sized bottle on any single dog during wee-months of training.
That's my suggestion, but if anyone wanna go with a shock collar, beats me. |