Uh-uh, no way. And I'd never use one of those "shock collars" either, after I heard the story of my hubby's friend Jayson. Seems Jayson and his wife have a young Lab that's home all day alone and has a serious barking problem (cause-effect relationship, I'd say). They got a shock collar and put it on the dog--dog kept barking. Jayson thought the collar might be broken, so he put it on his own neck--not too bright, but whatever--and the collar hurt Jayson so badly he refuses to put it on the dog ever again! It practically knocked him to the floor. Now they're actually looking into other non-cruel methods of training the dog not to bark, which is probably what they should've done in the first place...