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Avoid Dog Shock Collars – This is Why

Posted by Steve Hamlyn On January - 17 - 2010 1 COMMENT Subscribe here

This is a heart breaking story of a lady who wrote a review of a dog shock collar at Amazon.com. You can see the original review on this page > Amazon shock collar review. Just scroll down to the review by “GiftGiver”.

If reading this does not tell you that shock collars are utterly cruel (and should be banned), then I don’t know what further evidence you need. Please read this story all the way through and DO NOT put your dog through the same situation – it is so unfortunate to see that these collars are still on sale and people still buy them.

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At DogBarkStop.com we do not recommend the use of any electric shock or static shock collar to control a dog’s excessive barking.

Yes, they may stop a dog from barking but so will administering any type of pain. Using pain to control an animal is archaic and cruel, therefore this site takes the approach of reviewing and recommending only the small selection of humane bark control devices that are available and educating people about why they should avoid electric shock collars, ’static’ collars, ‘correction’ collars and any other such device that is termed in a way to mislead you, the buyer, into thinking that it is a humane product to use on your beloved pet.

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