Shock collars are fine. I've shocked myself before with my Rottweiler's collar. It isn't fun but it isn't especially painful. Dog trainers will tell you that shock collars are effective are perfectly humane. I don't know about giving the clicker to a neighbor, though. Too much potential for bad blood to develop.
On 11/22/06, Robyn wrote: > > I'm with you, Ray. I don't think I could give my neighbor the remote to > a shock collar, but honestly, we were thinking about getting one for out > dog (that *we* controlled) so that we could make sure she knows that > barking is not ok when we are around (We do reprimand her now, but it's > tricky to do so while she's outside and we're inside - this could make > it more immediate...). I know several dog owners who really like these > for their (now very well-behaved) dogs but I'd have to do more research > before I'd be 100% convinced that it was humane/necessary. > -- --------------- Robert Munn www.funkymojo.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:221194 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
