The Collar Trains the Trainer: Why Shock Collar Trainers Ignore the Science
Canine Behavior · Force-Free Advocacy The Collar Trains the Trainer Sixty-three scientific studies and sources. 169 organizations. Not one study for the other side. Here is why none of it reaches the people holding the remote. Ask a balanced trainer for one study. Not fifty. One. One peer-reviewed study showing that a shock collar, a prong collar, or a choke chain gets better or faster results than reward-based training without putting the dog’s welfare at risk. Not a study showing the collar can stop a behavior. Everyone knows it can. A study showing the three things the sales pitch depends …