Post by bradley300 on Jun 15, 2010 10:23:47 GMT -5
ive had a bark collar on my coon dog to keep him from barking in the pen and things went wrong this week.
first of all, let me say i live in an apartment so he stays at a relatives house so i dont get to see him unless i'm refilling his auto feeder (once a week) or taking him hunting. anyway this is the first week i havent taken him hunting so its the first time its been a full week since ive seen him.
when i got to him i noticed he was barking, alot so i figured the batteries in the collar must be bad. went to take it off and once i did his neck was missing some hair and burned a little. also, in a weeks time, a growth had formed under the colllar the size of an apple and was slowly choking him. you could see where the collar was tightening around his neck. luckily his demeanor hasnt changed, he is swallowing fine and i squeezed the growth and it doesnt seem to bother him. hopefully its something the doctor can fix cheap.
i took off his e collar (and his normal collar for good measure) until i can get him to the vet but now i'm really wary of e-collars. i need to keep him quiet and really dont want to put another collar on him. what are the other options and are they effective?
first of all, let me say i live in an apartment so he stays at a relatives house so i dont get to see him unless i'm refilling his auto feeder (once a week) or taking him hunting. anyway this is the first week i havent taken him hunting so its the first time its been a full week since ive seen him.
when i got to him i noticed he was barking, alot so i figured the batteries in the collar must be bad. went to take it off and once i did his neck was missing some hair and burned a little. also, in a weeks time, a growth had formed under the colllar the size of an apple and was slowly choking him. you could see where the collar was tightening around his neck. luckily his demeanor hasnt changed, he is swallowing fine and i squeezed the growth and it doesnt seem to bother him. hopefully its something the doctor can fix cheap.
i took off his e collar (and his normal collar for good measure) until i can get him to the vet but now i'm really wary of e-collars. i need to keep him quiet and really dont want to put another collar on him. what are the other options and are they effective?
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