And you really should look up why shock collars can actually be damaging mentally to your dog and make them aggressive years down the road, or if not aggressive it can make them fearful, mistrustful, anxious or shy. Most dogs I’ve had in my shop that came in wearing one have not been that well behaved and have been fearful, anxious, or nippy. If you don’t wanna take my word for it, skip to the articles and read those. I’ll also include some sites that are about positive reinforcement training.

Shock collar training is a quick fix and eventually can cause behavior problems down the road. I would 100% never ever use a shock collar on a dog and run far from any trainer that says they use them. Not for an underground fence, barking, nothing. It really makes me sick people think it’s okay to use pain (and yeah it may not hurt you but dogs can be more sensitive and that is how and WHY they work-it has to cause pain or discomfort for them to stop a behavior. In fact I’d almost guarantee your trainer used a high enough setting on the collar to cause enough pain to stop the dog and told you to use a lighter setting because by this point, he already has learned to avoid pain by suppressing his behavior)

And yeah stop and suppress behavior is what it does. It actually doesn’t teach them to make the right choice. If someone says it takes 3 weeks to completely train your dog and it’s off site, they’re doing it wrong. To train a dog to choose good behavior (yep, dogs can choose) it takes longer than that and consistent positive reinforcement (which aversive trainers will claim doesn’t work because they don’t understand how to do it correctly-it’s not just shoving treats in your dogs mouth) Good trainers should want you there so you can learn to build a good relationship with your dog to trust and want to please you-with shock they can actually learn to associate you with the shock and will only behave because they’re afraid of shock. Dog training is not regulated so that means ANY person can just claim they’re a trainer.

None of this is just crap I made up...it’s what I learned from certified dog behaviorists. Your dog might never turn aggressive or bite because of it....but then again....you never know what’ll happen down the road because as with any quick fix it doesn’t always last. Part of why there are so many dog bites (apart from not recognizing calming signals a dog gives before they resort to biting most the time) is due to aversive training such as shock, pinch, choke, or “dominant” based training. We wouldn’t do this to teach kids, so why is it okay to teach a dog like it? I don’t believe it’s humane or the best method.









I could find many more but that’s the basics of it. Here’s the sites about positive training.






I hope someone considering using a shock collar will read these and choose not to. I’m even willing to help find people a good positive reinforcement trainer in this area.