http://www.sportdog.com/Gear/E-Collars/All-Purpose.aspx
This is the one on my dogs neck. Huge orange collar with a big green shock box. Hard to miss.
And actually, the Goldie in question never left the property. A fact you continually ignore in your quest to rationalize this cops cowardice.
I didn’t ignore that it never left the property ... I don’t care that it never left the property. Big difference.
As for the collar — prior to this conversation, I wouldn’t have known what it was, so a special collar wouldn’t have stopped me from shooting a dog. I’ve seen shock-collars, but they’re not all “invisible fence” collars, some are noise reduction collars, and some are just bright ID collars. Even with the collar ... the dog charged a cop that was off-property, so it didn’t appear that the collar was having the deterrent effect it was intended to have.
In short, if a dog charges me ... I’m not going to take the time to study its collar before reacting, nor will I be waiting to survey where the dog is in relation to an imaginary property line.
If your dog is confined ... make sure its confinement is clear to passers-by that might feel threatened by a dog with invisible-confinement.
SnakeDoc