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DogTraining Collars
In his book Handbook of Applied Dog Behavior &
Training, Volume Three, Procedures and Protocols, Steven R. Lindsay said:
"Both radio-controlled and behavior-activated electronic devices have been
recognized as effective and humane training equipment when used properly and in
accordance with humane principles."
"Electronic training is most effective when it is used
to enhance basic modules and routines previously shaped by means of
conventional reward-based training." "No comparable techniques or tools
currently available can match the efficacy and safety of the e-collar for
establishing safe and reliable off-leash control. If minimizing the intensity,
duration, and frequency of aversive stimulation during training is recognized
as a significant factor in the definition of humane dog training, then the
radio-controlled e-collar must be ranked as one of the most humane dog-training
tools currently available."
"First, at low levels, the term shock is hardly
fitting to describe the effects produced by electronic training collars, since
there is virtually no effect beyond a pulsing tingling or tickling sensation on
the surface of the skin. Second, the word shock is loaded with biased
connotations …third, the e-stimulus or signal generated by most modern
devices is highly controlled and presented to produce a specific set of
behavioral and motivational responses to it."
Dr Randall Lockwood, Senior Vice President of the
American Society for the prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) said :
"We recognize that older products were often unreliable and difficult to use
humanely. But we feel that new technology employed by responsible manufacturers
has led to products that can be and are being used safely and effectively to
preserve the safety and well-being of many dogs and strengthen the bond with
their human companions."
Leading vet Dr Phyllis Giroux writing in The Whole
Dog journal said : "In the past ten years at our training center, we have
'rescued' over 100+ dogs that would have been turned in to shelters or
euthanized because the dogs were deemed uncontrollable. These are dogs from
normal households that failed to learn for whatever reason. These dogs come to
our training center and spend two to four weeks learning how to respond to the
training collar. We do not punish with it, but teach the dog to pay attention,
learn right from wrong, and develop self-control and a solid sense of teamwork.
These dogs go back home with their owners, who easily maintain control by
occasional application of a tone or stimulation to remind their pet of the
rules."
Dr Janet Steiss of the Tuskegee University College
of Veterinary Medicine conducted a four-week study of adult shelter dogs'
physiological and behavioral responses to bark control collars. At the
conclusion of the study, Dr. Steiss and her team concluded that electronic bark
collars were not only effective in controlling excessive barking, but that they
also did not cause any lingering adverse physiological effects.
Norwegian researchers F.O. Christiansen, M. Bakken
and B.O. Braastad conducted a two-year study of the effect of electronic
training devices on 114 hunting dogs, specifically breeds which exhibited a
strong instinctive drive to kill sheep. A group of dogs was given a sheep
confrontation test in the first year: they received an electronic stimulation
for predatory behavior if they wandered within two meters of a sheep.
In the second year of identical testing on the same
group, the dogs showed weakened, delayed, and hesitant behaviour. Only one of
the 114 dogs that received electronic stimulations the first year required it
the second year. From a psychological standpoint, the dogs' owners reported "no
negative effect on the dogs' behaviour during the year following electronic
training.
A word about pressure necrosis Pressure
Necrosis is a commonly misunderstood condition. Some individuals mistakenly
believe that Pressure Necrosis (also known as "contact dermatitis"), caused by
a too-tight collar, is a burn that appears to have been caused by the collar.
This is simply not possible. According to Dr. Dieter Klein, "The electric
properties and performances of the modern low-current remote stimulation
devices (with current intensity of less than 100 mA) are comparable to the
electric stimulation devices used in human medicine. Organic damage, as a
direct impact of the applied current, can be excluded."
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