What is the Humane Society's stance on dog training techniques that employ electronic collars?

Answer 1

used to work at petsmart when i was younger and from what i know electric dog collars are considered inhumane. if its just barking that u dont like get a citronella spray collar. if its other things take your dog to training. its not that expensive.

Answer 2

I don't know what the Humane Society's policy is (and there are many different Societies), but here's mine.

Shock collars should be used as a LAST RESORT, after you have tried everything else using the PROPER techniques with help from someone who REALLY knows what they're doing. Pet owners often want a quick fix - they expect a dog to obey like a remote controlled car. I will NOT work with people like that! Some breeds will never be reliable off leash - and they shouldn't be expected to. I do not believe that these collars should be sold in pet stores where any fool can buy them. the problem is not with the harshness of the correction, but its randomness. People who don't understand dog behavior cannot give a correction at the right time - and the dog gets the wrong message and doesn't understand why he is being zapped.

The other problem is people with CHILDREN, who think zapping the dog is funny. This should NEVER EVER be in the hands of a child, allowed to torment a dog until he's INSANE.

I recommend real fences over "invisible" fences every time - the only exception being a dog that can jump or climb a 6' fence. Then I might recommend an invisible fence to keep the dog from getting too close to the barrier. A real fence is better for several reasons. An invisible fence requires a lot of training time on the owner's part (which they usually don't do) and the dog IS getting an electric shock, no matter what those companies say. Also, there is nothing to prevent a stray dog from coming on to their property and attacking their dogs. Also, in many states there is an "attractive nuisance" law - suppose their dogs are loose in their yard, contained by an electronic fence and being good. But some little kid seems them and comes into the yard to pet them. If the dogs knock the child down and injure him or bite him - the owners could be liable.

Answer 3

I don't know what the Humane Society's stance is, but if you need an electronic collar on a dog you shouldn't be allowed to have a pet.

People ask an animal with a brain much smaller than theirs to learn their language when they can't even understand theirs, and when they are too lazy or stupid to train them properly take the moron's way out and shock them into submission,

I think, I truly hope, there will be a special hell for people who abuse animals. To me anyone who would harm an animal, abandon them, or torture them aren't worthy to be called a human being. They are the lowest of the low.

Getting off my soapbox now...

Answer 4

I know this answer wont help much, its more of reassurance but......we just started this kind of training on our dog. She is wild and we needed her tamed. We had already sent her through training 2 times. Now at 1st i was dead set against this kind of training cuz i dint wanna hurt her. We finally ended up buying one and we both tried it on ourselves and made sure it was safe. Its not this horrible shock that most people think it is, i know i sure thought that. I don't know if you have ever done this but if you get a 9 volt battery and stick your tongue in the little hole it jolts your tongue a bit. that would give you a better understanding of it before u buy it cuz they are pricy. As we found there are several different ones mainly a barking one or a trainer one. We opted for the training and anytime she does something major undesirable thing she first gets a waring which is a beep coming from the collar, if she doesn't comply she gets a small shock. Now i gotta tell ya after a few hours of use we already see dramatic improvement. Shes not perfect yet but she is getting there. And we only got it yesterday. If you have serious issues with your dog and have tried alternate means of correcting and training, then i would definitely recommend doing this method. But only after you have tried it all. I hoped this helped at least a little.

Answer 5

The only time I've seen it necessary was when a guy down at the dog park was told he had a boxer when it was actually a boxer/mastiff cross (it's about 150lbs now). So huge and really hyper and would get too rough with the other dogs. He only used it when the dog was unable to be restrained when it was about 8-12 months old.

I understand why to use it, my dog was horrible when she was that age and I was given one and I used it once and couldn't ever let her go through it again. I should mention mine's a 110lb boxer/GSX and I really didn't need it. That one time was too much and I wouldn't do it again.

I'd only use it as a last resort and only for extreme bad behaviour modifications on extra-large dogs.

Answer 6

I agree with dog trainer, good post!

HSUS does not think anything is humane, including owning dogs. Don't look to them for advice, most of their 'facts' are either lies or a deliberate twisting of the truth.

Answer 7

WHO CARES???

*THEY*(HSUS,peta,AR types) ARE ALL NUTZ!!! They are working toward ELIMINATING ***ALL*** PETS! Use propaganda(LIES!) to do it!