SHOCK COLLAR!! GRRRRR!!!!! DUCK TAPING DUKE's MOUTH!!!

[Desert Arabian]

Originally posted by petlover
I just found out that poor Duke ( doggie) at the place where I keep my horses, has been wearing a shock collar. It is only because he barks at the horses!! You should never put a shock collar on a dog. Whatever the reason. How would they feel if somebody put a collar on them and shocked them everytime they mistakingly did something wrong?

Shock collars are not cruel (IMO). They do not expose the dog to everlasting mental and physical pain which would seriously hurt them. If you put a shock collar made for dogs 90 pounds on a 15 pound dog, that would be rather cruel, because the dog would be dealing with a shock too large for its size. The shock is quick and mainly just spooks the dog. However, the duct tape is cruel, because that prevents the dog from doing other things from barking- i.e. eating and biting to protect itself. My neighbors dog Nikita used to wear a shock collar, and she barked constantlyand was never phased by the collar.

Yes, you do want to use every precaution to keep a dog quite around horses (unless its a cruel action, obviously), because you do not want to deal with a horse that has been spooked by another animal or object. A 950+ pound animal raging out of control is not a good thing at all. I have had that happen to me many times, and I almost got killed one time by a horse that went out of control by spooking at an object. He missed my head by 1/2 foot, if I hadn't of ducked out of the way, the blow would have killed me instantly. The dog could be placed in danger too, because the horse could decide to protect the herd, person, itself, etc, and kill the dog. The horse will view the dog as a predator.


Maybe you could take some action, and tell the owners not to tape the mouth shut. Offer them some logical advice on what to do!?!?

Edit: spelling booboos.