Progress on Cruel Training Aids!!

Great news! We are making an early start. As I mentioned in my previous post my intention was to build towards 29th April 2007 The International Day of the Dog (IDOD) to encourage caring dog owners who have been badly advised to hand in the various cruel gadgets they been sold to deal with behavioural issues.

As I've said so many times before THEY DON'T WORK!!! At best they replace one problem with another usually much worse. How do you then deal with that? More pain, more stress, more trauma?

Anyway let's be positive. Since my last post on this subject I have been contacted by two dog owners who have got the campaign off to a good start. One has an electric shock 'Training Collar' which they bought to deal with a particular problem and now realise that it was counter- productive. They are now sending it to me to educate people as to the sheer cruelty of such equipment. When it arrives I will post pictures here. The second owner was advised to buy a riding crop to 'encourage' their dog to sit instantly and to reinforce other obedience exercises. That piece of equipment is now also out of circulation.

Watch this space for updates.