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Saturday, July 04, 2009






The headline of this article from August 1960 is surely sickening enough but it's only when you read the text that you can more fully appreciate the horrifying mentality of the charming individuals who invented this 'device'. I can only say that these bastards probably missed their true vocation by being born too late, because had they been around a few years earler, they would most likely have gone down a storm in Auschwitz or Dachau....

EDITOR'S NOTE: I'm not sure that I agree. I was, after all, woken up at six this morning by an earnest young border collie rooting through the waste bin in our bedroom, and deciding to growl noisily at something insubstantial outside the window - probably a rook. I think electronic leashes sound a jolly good training option....


Retrieverman said...

Believe it or not, but virtually every single gun dog in the US is trained using this device, which is called an "e-collar." I'm not a fan of the device, but to train a working retriever for trials and tests in this country, you almost have to use them. In the UK and all of Europe, this is not the case.

I have books on working retrievers, which suggest the following methods:
shooting them with a sling shot or bb gun, taking a whip or riding crop to them, slapping them around with a bamboo pole, and using a livestock electric prod to their backsides. As a result of breeding for dogs that put up with these methods, most working retrievers bred in this country are tough and very wild dogs.

Retrieverman said...

I wouldn't use those devices on a dog like a BC.

Syd said...

What a fantastic device.
It could be used on small children, to train them to become civilised human beings, instead of Chavs, chavettes and hoodie wearers.