Yuki Nagato
Data Overmind Humanoid
Take a look at this.
Now imagine it being around your neck.
Not nice, right? Well that's what thousands of dogs around the UK have to put up with when they go out for their walks.
Want to know what these collars do to the poor innocence dogs who don't mean to do any wrong?
A quote from the RSPCA about these prong collars;
"While legal in the UK, the RSPCA advise the use of prong collars can cause fear and compromise the welfare of dogs.
Along with other adversive training techniques, prong collars may also worsen the behavioural problems they aim to address, and potentially place owners at considerable risk. A number of scientific studies have found an association between the use of aversive training techniques such and the occurrence of undesired behaviours in dogs.
We believe that the use of such training techniques is not only unacceptable from a welfare perspective, but that this type of approach is not necessary for the modification of dog behaviour.
Dog trainers across the UK use reward-based methods to train dogs very effectively. Where dogs have behaviours which owners find unacceptable, such as aggression or destruction, qualified behaviourists achieve long term changes in behaviour through the use of established and validated techniques of behaviour modification without subjecting dogs to training techniques which may cause pain or distress.
The RSPCA urges people to use reward-based methods to train dogs, rather than techniques that could potentially put a dogs welfare at risk. It is important that any behaviour expert has appropriate knowledge, skills and experience. "
If you are a UK resident or citizen, I beg of you on behalf of the dogs suffering from these collars that you sign this petition set up; http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/58850
Share it with your friends, whatever, just get the word out there to get these evil devices banned.
Now imagine it being around your neck.
Not nice, right? Well that's what thousands of dogs around the UK have to put up with when they go out for their walks.
Want to know what these collars do to the poor innocence dogs who don't mean to do any wrong?
A quote from the RSPCA about these prong collars;
"While legal in the UK, the RSPCA advise the use of prong collars can cause fear and compromise the welfare of dogs.
Along with other adversive training techniques, prong collars may also worsen the behavioural problems they aim to address, and potentially place owners at considerable risk. A number of scientific studies have found an association between the use of aversive training techniques such and the occurrence of undesired behaviours in dogs.
We believe that the use of such training techniques is not only unacceptable from a welfare perspective, but that this type of approach is not necessary for the modification of dog behaviour.
Dog trainers across the UK use reward-based methods to train dogs very effectively. Where dogs have behaviours which owners find unacceptable, such as aggression or destruction, qualified behaviourists achieve long term changes in behaviour through the use of established and validated techniques of behaviour modification without subjecting dogs to training techniques which may cause pain or distress.
The RSPCA urges people to use reward-based methods to train dogs, rather than techniques that could potentially put a dogs welfare at risk. It is important that any behaviour expert has appropriate knowledge, skills and experience. "
If you are a UK resident or citizen, I beg of you on behalf of the dogs suffering from these collars that you sign this petition set up; http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/58850
Share it with your friends, whatever, just get the word out there to get these evil devices banned.
I rehabilitate severely neglected and abused dogs for an animal shelter and in all my years of training I have never had to use tools or methods that hurt a dog. It is possible to train a dog with just a stable routine and positive reinforcement 
