Topic
Shock collar
About: Shock collar is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 12 publications have been published within this topic receiving 348 citations. The topic is also known as: animal shock collar & remote training collar.
Papers
TL;DR: In this article, the authors compared behavior patterns in terms of frequency and duration of bait station visits for 5 wolves fitted with shock collars to 5 control animals inhabiting wolf pack territories in northern Wisconsin during summers of 2003 and 2004.
Abstract: Lethal control alone has not proven entirely effective in reducing gray wolf (Canis lupus) depredations in chronic problem areas. Opponents of lethal control argue that more emphasis should be placed on integrating nonlethal strategies into current management. However, few evaluations have tested the effectiveness of nonlethal options. We compared behavior patterns in terms of frequency and duration of bait station visits for 5 wolves fitted with shock collars to 5 control animals inhabiting wolf pack territories in northern Wisconsin during summers of 2003 and 2004. Shock collared wolves spent less time and made fewer visits to bait station zones than did control animals. During and after shocking, wolves shifted 0.7 km away from the bait station zone. Although active shocking did restrict wolf access, which could be useful in controlling wolf depredations during a limited time period, conditioning was not clearly demonstrated once shocking ceased. The effect of shock collar design and operation on long-term conditioning and shock-conditioned wolves on pack behavior needs further study. If long-term conditioning is possible, shock collars could be used by wildlife managers as a nonlethal wolf management method in chronic problem areas where lethal control has proven ineffective.
66 citations
TL;DR: Two commercially available antibarking collars were evaluated for efficacy and user satisfaction as reported by owners after a two-week trial period and most owners expressed a preference for the citronella spray collar.
Abstract: Two commercially available antibarking collars (i.e., a citronella spray collar and an electronic shock collar) were evaluated for efficacy and user satisfaction as reported by owners after a two-week trial period for each collar. While both collars were effective in decreasing barking (88.9% for the citronella spray collar and 44.4% for the electronic shock collar), most owners expressed a preference for the citronella spray collar. Owners perceived it as being more humane and indicated that they willingly would use it on a long-term basis to decrease their dogs' nuisance barking. While the citronella spray collar has some drawbacks, it is another tool for managing excessive barking.
34 citations
TL;DR: Five dogs with acral lick dermatitis were treated with remote punishment utilizing precisely controlled, momentary shock from an electronic training collar, and the problem resolved in four dogs.
Abstract: Canine acral lick dermatitis is characterized by excessive licking on areas of one or more limbs, usually near the carpus or tarsus. In this prospective study, five dogs with acral lick dermatitis were treated with remote punishment utilizing precisely controlled, momentary shock from an electronic training collar. The problem resolved in four dogs. Resolution was defined as one month in which no shocks (i.e., no electronic shock collar worn) or Elizabethan collars were utilized and no licking had occurred sufficiently to recreate a gross skin lesion. Relapse during the follow-up period of six-to-12 months occurred in two dogs, but licking stopped after brief retraining periods.
13 citations
Patent•
21 Feb 2013
TL;DR: In this paper, a shock collar assembly with proximity sensors detects the proximity of a collar relative to a remote and administers a shock at a predetermined proximity, and a control is operationally coupled to the collar.
Abstract: A shock collar assembly with proximity sensors detects the proximity of a collar relative to a remote and administers a shock at a predetermined proximity. The assembly includes a collar and a pair of probes extending from the collar. A collar processor and a collar transceiver are coupled to the collar. The collar processor activates the probes upon receiving a first level signal when the animal is within a first predetermined distance from a remote. A remote processor, a remote transceiver, and a control are coupled to the remote. The remote processor activates the probes upon sending the first level signal when the animal is within the first predetermined distance. The control is operationally coupled to the collar. The collar processor activates a collar alarm and the remote processor activates a remote alarm upon receiving a second level signal when the animal is within a second predetermined distance.
3 citations
Patent•
12 Oct 2017
TL;DR: An animal training system includes a shock collar that may be worn around a neck of an animal, which can deliver an electric shock to the animal when the animal moves beyond a pre-determined trigger distance from the control unit as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: An animal training system includes a shock collar that may be worn around a neck of an animal Thus, the shock collar is in electrical communication with the animal The shock collar has a first transceiver A control unit is provided and the control unit may be carried The control unit is in communication with the shock collar Thus, the control unit may determine a distance between the shock collar and the control unit The control unit selectively actuates the shock collar when the shock collar moves beyond a pre-determined trigger distance from the control unit Thus, the shock collar delivers an electric shock to the animal The shock collar thusly informs the animal that the animal has moved beyond the pre-determined trigger distance from the control unit
2 citations
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| Year | Papers |
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| 2017 | 2 |
| 2013 | 2 |
| 2009 | 1 |
| 2005 | 3 |
| 2004 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 |