Training dogs with help of the shock collar: short and long term behavioural effects
MBH Schilder, JAM Van der Borg - Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 2004 - Elsevier
Behavioural effects of the use of a shock collar during guard dog training of German
shepherd dogs were studied. Direct reactions of 32 dogs to 107 shocks showed reactions
(lowering of body posture, high pitched yelps, barks and squeals, avoidance, redirection
aggression, tongue flicking) that suggest stress or fear and pain. Most of these immediate
reactions lasted only a fraction of a second. The behaviour of 16 dogs that had received
shocks in the recent past (S-dogs) was compared with the behaviour of 15 control dogs that …
shepherd dogs were studied. Direct reactions of 32 dogs to 107 shocks showed reactions
(lowering of body posture, high pitched yelps, barks and squeals, avoidance, redirection
aggression, tongue flicking) that suggest stress or fear and pain. Most of these immediate
reactions lasted only a fraction of a second. The behaviour of 16 dogs that had received
shocks in the recent past (S-dogs) was compared with the behaviour of 15 control dogs that …
