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I have a partial migraine right now, so that is probably contributing to my rant. Please forgive me, but I have seen multiple posts in the past couple of weeks recommending or advocating shock collars for use on yorkies. I don't get it. Posters say it is just a little tingle to the dog, then go on to state the dog yelps when zapped.

Just in case anyone is convinced these collars are nothing more than an irritant to a dog...

In a tazer, which are designed to "bring down" a 200 lb man, the amount of joules "emitted" are .3 in the most common tazer. In a common shock collar advertised for small dogs, the calculated joules are .11. This .11 joules is applied to a 5 to 10 lb dog. In relation:

.3 brings down 200 lb man ----- what does .11 do to 5-10 lb dog?

That is over 30% of the amount of joules applied to 2.5 to 5% of the body mass of a man (size of dog).

Sweating dog should increase conductivity of electricity.

I think if the collar is going to be considered, it needs to be on a much larger dog than a yorkie (if you believe in negative training).

I'm done ranting. Sorry. I know there are very smart ppl on this site who are probably just as horrified as I am to read someone is applying a shock collar to a yorkie.