England has just announced that they will bring in a ban on the use of shock collars. Yippee!

Wales did this over a decade ago.

In this episode I go through what an e-collar is, and why they are considered an aversive tool for training.

There have been many arguments (mostly by aversive, and balanced trainers) and users of these ecollars about why they need them, and why reward trainers are useless - their words, not mine.

These include the rights to be off lead wherever, the alleged rise in sheep attacks, and deaf dogs.

There are more accusations in the media that have no founding whatsoever (such as rates of euthanasia and 'ecollars saves lives' - but stats show that just as many, if not more, dogs are PTS after having a shock collar used on them) but I haven't covered all of these.

What I do say is to look at your ethics, your values, and what does your gut tell you about using corrections on your dog?

Controversial topic - but only if you promote using pain to train.