I personally would never use a shock collar on a pet dog as you don't need to hurt or shock one to properly train it. Dogs are super smart animals. It can really mess with some dogs' minds to have this mindless & sudden shock come out of no where & they begin to fear life & often you. They connect your smell with that collar & what happens to them - don't think they don't. I would withdraw that type of treatment, usually only used to rehab only aggressive biting or fighting dogs that repeatedly attack people or other animals to save them from euthanasia & substitute learning how to become a loving, responsible & successful leader/trainer/best friend to my dog. Have you tried the Nothing In Life Is Free training methods? That training is easy & big dogs get right on board very quickly. They are so intelligent - they don't need shocking.
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