Electric shock dog collars: Call for ban after study finds the are less effective than other methods

Using electric shock collars to train dogs doesn’t work and ‘positive reinforcement’ is a better tool, a new study found. Researchers from the University of Lincoln looked at the value of training dogs with and without remote electronic collars compared to positive reinforcement. More than 60 dogs with ‘off-lead behavioural problems’ were involved in the … Read more