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Well actually there are a lot of dogs bred for specific purposes (such as working) who do great in other aspects of life. Thousands upon thousands of Greyhounds (bred specifically for racing) go on and enjoy home life. There is a Lab on my street who was going to be shot because she wasn't a...

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Plenty do. They get the dog to fear punishment for not coming back. In which case there is no point tying a dead chicken to an electric fence! After all dead chickens don't flap about or make noise! And would you please just quit going on about nature. Nature is NOT responsible for attaching...

The fear of being shocked or being suddenly jerked back is what recalls them!

Except science has PROVEN that dogs and humans are a lot more alike than previously thought and are better at reading us than our closest living biological relatives - the great apes! It should also be noted that humans are animals too. As for cause and effect. Humans aren't exactly in the...

So now you are saying that people should tie dead adders and sheep to electric fences and get dogs to shock themselves to make them too afraid of going near them? Besides, just because snakes bite and sheep kick does NOT make it okay for us to hurt dogs! Get the message?

I am not being arrogant. I am just appalled by the fact that you lot are sugar coating abuse and calling it 'training'! And DR's dogs will recall because they are afraid of having something unpleasant happening to them. Mine recall because they are happy to do so. There's a bit of a difference...

Except nature doesn't tie a dead bird to an electric fence for the sole purpose of a dog shocking themselves now does it?

And I suggest you stop living in the dark ages of dog 'training' and start learning what modern science is PROVING!

What part of the field belonging to my friend's neighbour (who I know does NOT own a gun) did you not read? And my dogs were not on their leads when they were playing as I would not have them on leads when they were running about! They also have really good recalls when they are OFF lead and...

I KNEW there was NO chance of my dog being shot! I KNEW there was no chance of him being strangled because I was there with him! I KNEW there was no chance of him cutting himself because it was smooth wiring! And that was a one off!! At least I don't deliberately hurt my dogs in the name of...

Or not let the dog wander freely in the first place!

I used the stealing of and attacking of dogs as examples as to why electronic fencing for dogs isn't safe. And ester has admitted to using a 'freedom fence'. They are also known as invisible fences or to use the most appropriate term electric fences. They rely on a dog receiving a shock (via a...

But you do NOT need an electric fence when you can have a proper physical fence! If you happen to live in an area where physical fences are forbidden (some housing associations are quite strict about that) then perhaps you shouldn't get a dog in the first place!

So it did harm him then! And no, an electric fence (either taped or invisible) is a lot worse. If a dog does manage to get out of an electric fence (perhaps while going after a cat or whatever with their adrenaline up) then the chance of them returning to the property are slimmer because they...