The Risks Of Using An Electronic Dog Training Collar

An electronic dog training collar is a dog training equipment that is primarily used to facilitate small electric shocks on the dogs on which it is attached to. It is placed around the dog’s neck in place of the original collar and the owner or trainer of the dog has a transmitter that can remotely send signals to the electronic dog training collar. The transmitter in the hands of the owner or trainer has button which the individual can push in order to send the small electric shocks to the dog via electrodes implanted on the electronic dog training collar.

Kinds Of Electronic Dog Training Collars

There are three basic kinds of electronic dog training collars. These include the manual collar that needs a person to press a button to activate the electrodes, the collar that is activated when the dog barks and the collar that activates itself when it comes close to the perimeter where the dog is not allowed to cross.

Inhumane Treatment

One risk of using an electronic dog training collar to regulate and monitor your dog’s behavior is that there have been times when the collar randomly discharges electronic shocks on the poor dog even without it doing anything wrong. This can undo the good that the collars have done and may confuse the dog especially if it is just resting and not doing any training. This can be solved easily by taking the electronic dog training collar off when training is not in session but for those collars that curb barking and monitor the dog’s perimeter this can be confusing.

Another risk of using an electronic dog training collar is that the owner of trainer may not be able to fully control the emission and send out a shock that is too long or too intense that it can harm the dog. Some dogs who can tolerate smaller electric shocks may need bigger and longer electric shocks which are actually very inhumane.

The dogs might also eventually figure out that the collars are the cause of its discomfort and become unruly when the collar is off or may even refuse to have the collar out on. Regression may also occur when the dog has figured out that the shocks come from the collar and behave only when the collar is on it.

Another risk of using an electronic dog training collar is lesions which stem from using the snug collars. The lesions are not from the electric shocks but from the snugness of the collar which is necessary for the electrodes to come in contact with the dog’s skin.

The risks of using an electronic dog training collar far outweighs the benefits it gives us. With proper training and patience owners can usually achieve the same results as an electronic dog training collar.