Outrage De Jour: Shock Collars

I guess the OyTube community is all aflame and burning down the innernet because some turd brained, chit skinned influencer was using a shock collar on his dog. Not surprisingly, he’s a progtard. Apparently he had the pooch wired for 220V and the collar was way too tight. - and the monkey lit him up when the dog barked too much.

I've been around the innertubes too much to get outraged on command anymore. Shitty, rotten people say shitty, rotten things, they do them, evil walks the earth - especially people like these. If they're worth my while I might troll them or antagonize them for sport and entertainment but otherwise I generally tend to ignore stupid people.

The shock collar is a training aid. Just like the spikey choke collar (such as the one The Niglet wears) - is a training aid. Their primary purpose is NOT to inflict pain - but to get the dawg's attention. The best way to train your dawg is with a bag of cookies and a rolled up newspaper and the dawg decides which one he gets. It takes time. There are no shortcuts. Bigger docile breeds naturally tend to thrive on compliments and treats much more than pain and punishment. My experience is that once they learn they are even eager to show off their tricks and obedience to commands. Rescued dawgs and traumatized dogs are another can of worms.

Pete The Meat dabbled with shock collars on his purebred, papered and tattooed Schutzenhunds and I just turned my nose up at them the second I saw them. Properly employed, they are only "hot" enough to get the dawg's attention - like a tap on the shoulder. I think they eventually dispensed with them too. You're far better off with a bag of treats in your pocket to reward good behaviour. The spikey collar is there if the dawg decides to get snippy and pissy - and all dogs do at some point just like humans - and the correction is final and instant. Whenever I use it, I find the first excuse I can to reward the pup and compliment them afterward. You never want to end a training or play session on a negative hurtful note.

Crate your dogs if you can. That is also essential. Train the dawg so that he regards his crate as his bedroom and his quiet time private space. Do NOT use the crate as punishment! Having said that - if you have to ream the dog out for yapping or being obnoxious... sending them to their crate is a great way for them to settle down and behave themselves. My retarded pup has big problems going from play to quiet time and sometimes I have been sorely tempted to get the bloody fish bonker out! But they are generally seldom and not habitual. Habitual behaviour problems mean you have to do some remedial work of some kind and think about it. The good news is that most of them can be rectified without hurting either of you.

For what it's worth... this blog is officially against shock collars and directly opposed to idiots that use them improperly. If you want a good dawg... DO THE WORK.