There was one article in particular I liked, but cant find it right now. I want to say it was in dog naturally.
But they talked about links to thyroid issues as well as just upping general reactivity and anxiousness. Then, depending on your beliefs of course, just wearing a collar in general is said to block the "chi" or energy flo.
But they talked about links to thyroid issues as well as just upping general reactivity and anxiousness. Then, depending on your beliefs of course, just wearing a collar in general is said to block the "chi" or energy flo.
http://www.peterdobias.com/communit...an-cause-disease-and-possibly-lead-to-cancer/
I cannot say I agree with training collars at all. My dogs wear flat, leather collars to keep their tags on. That's it. I use a slip lead or a harness/leash but a leash is ONLY for safety... it is not for training. I want my dog to behave me, not a collar. Imo, a training collar is counterproductive to teaching my dog to obey my commands. It's one more step to overcome to get to a naturally well behaved dog. Leashes and collars break, people make mistakes and drop leads. A dog who obeys you, and focuses on you over anything is a dog who is safe no matter what.
Putting training collars on puppies is unimaginably lazy and careless. When a puppy is in their socialization window, the LAST thing you want to create is associations between painful collar corrections & seeing other dogs/people on walks. I'm not going to say that every dog in every situation doesn't need a training collar - but certainly no puppy deserves that kind of treatment, when they haven't even been given the chance to learn what you want from them.