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I do not believe that a shock collar is cruel.

That is a viable method for keeping the dog safe in a large open area. The dog will learn the boundaries quickly.

What is cruel is what the owner of these dogs in the story allowed to happen.

When I was much younger, my step uncle in south carolina had this wonderful husky named bear. I used to love to go up there and visit bear. They let him run free of course. Up there there was about a mile in between each house.

One summer I went up there hoping to see bear, but bear had been shot one day and died. I was very sad.

My dog has caught on very quickly. We tried all last summer and any time she got lose she ran on other peoples property. We are lucky in that most of the neighbors have horses. But, the collar works. Very quickly she has caught on. Yesterday she was out with my husband. We live in the woods. He was in the garage. She was real close to being off our property, she looked toward the house and then stepped further into our property without being told or zapped.

We borrowed the one we have from my BIL, I am going to buy her one, just in case she forgets.