[defconw]

We live in ranch country. I have a young lab. We have a shock collar on her now. Some people will say it’s cruel. I’d don’t think it is. She must stay with us at all times. I don’t want her shot. She must stay on our property. I feel sorry for the dogs for having an irresponsible owner.

[chris37]

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.

[Hot Tabasco]

I worked with a guy who was transferred to our Shelbyville KY stamping plant many years ago. He and his wife bought a house in the country with no fenced yard. One day he let his two huskies out as he usually did and they wandered to a neighbor's property that had cattle on in. Well, the huskies killed one of the cows.........

He not only had to pay for the cow but put the dogs down too.........very unfortunate and stupid on his part.