SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- The use of electronic collars, or "e-collars," to shock an animal to train them is currently being debated in the legislature. Some families blame those collars for harming and ...

If you’re a dog person then you know most things improve in the company of a good dog: walks, runs, drives, hikes, hunts, cold beers, and camping trips, just to name a few. By the same token, not much ...

Hannah Gillihan is a Certified Dog Trainer at Zoom Room Dog Training, a destination for pet parents to play, learn and develop communication skills to deepen their connection with their pup. Negative, ...

“Balanced” is one of the more deceitful words used in the unregulated field of dog training. This approach utilizes both positive reinforcement (rewards-based) methods and aversives (physical ...

In January, Russell Upol, 36, was walking his lhasa apso, Anapol, in a tree-lined Tulsa neighborhood when they came upon an unleashed German shepherd. When the big dog approached, “the owner said, ...

The results of a recent study have revealed that the immediate effects of training pet dogs with an electronic collar cause behavioural signs of distress, particularly when used at high settings. The ...

Editor's Note: This story has been updated to include additional precautions on e-collar and shock collar training that are addressed in the audio portion of the story. Listen to the episode above for ...

There are few worse feelings than not knowing where your dog is; GPS dog collars can fix that. It’s common to lose sight of your pup when hunting thick cover, and it’s guaranteed when you’re running ...

No matter what you call them – shock collars, e-collars, or the more scientific-sounding “collar mounted electronic training aids” – are designed with the most basic form of learning in mind, operant ...