Petco is no longer selling electronic "shock" collars and is calling on the pet industry and consumers to "create real change." The San-Diego-based pet store chain announced Tuesday that it ended ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- The use of electronic collars, or "e-collars," to shock an animal to train them is currently being debated in the legislature. Some families blame those collars for harming and ...

No matter what you call them – shock collars, e-collars, or the more scientific-sounding “collar mounted electronic training aids” – are designed with the most basic form of learning in mind, operant ...

Hunting seasons last a couple of months, but our dogs live with us every day of the year. We need them to be well-behaved family pets as well as reliable hunting partners. That means training is about ...