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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My SIL and her boyfriend have two dogs. One is 7 and the other is 4. They adopted both and have had each since they were puppies—each is a lab mix. We saw them over thanksgiving and I have been thinking about something ever since: they have shock collars on both dogs. The boyfriend also hit one of the dogs on the back when it growled at one of us and then once again when it showed its teeth. I don’t have dogs, but this all seemed really bad to me. Both dogs seem anxious and have unpredictable behavior, so I guess that’s why they make them wear those, but I read afterward that shock collars can make anxious dogs even more anxious and that they can breed distrust with their human. I mean—of course the dogs were hostile to us—how can you trust new humans when the human who takes care of you will shock and hit you? I am very surprised that SIL allows this. They have been dating a long time, but we see them very rarely, and we’d never met the dogs before Thanksgiving. I’m not sure what my question is here, I guess I just want confirmation that it makes sense that I’ll still bothered by this. [/quote]

Yes, it's not good. If the dogs aren't entirely reliable they should be boarded or crated in a quiet area away from noise and guests. We took our dog to a vet behavioral specialist-- her stance is that if a dog has anxiety, you treat it as anxiety (with understanding and management), not something that you can train or dominate or scare out of them. [/quote]

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