When I was working at a kennel in Huachuca City many years ago and shock collars were just coming out, had an interesting demo. Fellow had a high dollar hunting dog he'd just bought a while back as well as one of them fancy collars he wanted to show off. Sent the dog out running through some commands till dog ignored him on one, he hit the shocker, dog took off in a panic run, we searched for days, never found him. If you train a "No" command proper its all you need, even a new pup will pick up on it in a few tries. Hitting, Shocking, Choke Collars and Pinch Collars are a thing of the past, its actually quicker using the new methods and no chance of "Breaking" the dog. I've seen some messed up dogs in my time from people that thought they could use some pain gizmo to get him when the pup messed up. You can bring a dog back with love but it takes time. |