UK Kennel club calls to ban e collars

[Drew Good]

Hey Guys,

I ran across a post over on RTF about the UK Kennel club calling to ban e collars over there. There are some pretty graffic claims with it also...

http://www.thekennelclub.org.uk/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=1236&d=pg_dtl_art_news&h=242&f=0

Drew

[Huntmaster]

Here is just a few of the big boys that support Tri-tronic!

http://www.tritronics.com/part_01.asp

I also email Tri-tronic to see if we" that are for the collar can help, Ill let you know what they say!

[just chessies]

Just another band wagon for uneducated people to get on, it do,snot matter what you use, if you give a person a spoon and if he or she works hard anuff at it they can stab them self in the eye. If the e.collar is used properly it has great value in field training

[Huntmaster]

Tri-Tronic got back to me, but just to saY: Tom -

I have forwarded your e-mail to the appropriate department.

________________________________

From: support@tritronics.com [mailto:support@tritronics.com]
Sent: Sat 7/21/2007 1:53 PM
To: Tri-Tronics Customer Service
Subject: Other

Will keep yous posted, when I hear from them!

[rocko]

“Rufus was a typical adolescent Labrador Retriever: Rufus’s energy was a bit much for the younger children. A pet supply store (sold) a product that promised to solve problems with the push of a button. One rainy afternoon, a neighbour, sent his son out to the pen to take Rufus for a walk. Rufus wouldn’t let the boy get near him. He said Rufus had this green colour round his neck under the training collar. I carefully removed the collar to find a huge gaping hole in Rufus’ neck, under one of the prongs”.

Dr Susan Benson of the Animal Medical Centre in Preston, Idaho who treated Rufus’ injuries claimed: “This was one of the worst electrical burns I have seen other than dogs who have had contact with high power lines.”


WoW......that is crazy.......

[Huntingonthebrain]

One has to ask the question... if the dog was in the kennel.. what was an e-collar doing on the dog... I guess it could have been a bark collar. I guess my thought is: Shouldn't either collar be used only under supervision???

[Kevin Hannah]

“Rufus was a typical adolescent Labrador Retriever: Rufus’s energy was a bit much for the younger children. A pet supply store (sold) a product that promised to solve problems with the push of a button. One rainy afternoon, a neighbour, sent his son out to the pen to take Rufus for a walk. Rufus wouldn’t let the boy get near him. He said Rufus had this green colour round his neck under the training collar. I carefully removed the collar to find a huge gaping hole in Rufus’ neck, under one of the prongs”.

Dr Susan Benson of the Animal Medical Centre in Preston, Idaho who treated Rufus’ injuries claimed: “This was one of the worst electrical burns I have seen other than dogs who have had contact with high power lines.”


WoW......that is crazy.......

If left on the dog the contact points can cause irritation and if left on for very long periods of time the contact points could cause these issues without ever being turned on.

Electrical burns....unreal :thmdn:
Just enough knowledge to be dangerous.

Kevin

[Kevin Hannah]

From the article,

Shock collars work by emitting painful shocks to the dog, increasing in pain level as the dog continues its ‘undesirable’ behaviour and by pressing a button, the shock is transmitted to the dog’s neck via two large prongs. They train a dog to respond out of fear of further punishment rather than through a natural willingness to obey through positive training.

Much more unpleasant and painfull then some of the "training" aids utilized prior to the development of the modern day collar and collar programs.

It just shows what a little bit of knowedge on a subject can get you.

Kevin - Non practicing member of the BSE club (bute, shoot and electricute)

[Huntingonthebrain]

Kevin you signature would seem to apply here.... "Your Retriever is smarter (MUCH SMARTER) than the bonehead who wrote that article". Here

[Tim]

These people seem as well informed and open minded as the gun control people. :icon1_lol:
Question though, how did a vet in Idaho become involved with the UK Kennel Club ?

[Big Bird]

Here is just a few of the big boys that support Tri-tronic!

http://www.tritronics.com/part_01.asp

I also email Tri-tronic to see if we" that are for the collar can help, Ill let you know what they say!

I don't want to ruin your party, but it is not so much that the "big boys" support Tritronics than tritronics supporting us. It is a two way supporting system .. we endorse them , they give us preferencial treatment .

Tritronics is a great qualitity product, when used correctly!!!

[Huntmaster]

Not to sure what, (ruin your party) means. But Im sure you wouldnt have a link to womens underwear on your site, and you did say, Tritronics is a great qualitity product, when used correctly!!! Sounds like support, but I could be wrong,,,sorry! I support Tri-Tronics as soon as I bought from them, again and again, and will continue. You are right the collar has to be used correctly or your dog will be ruined, same as a gun in my book, but look at all the misfits using them. :stupid: