The Scottish government have banned shock collars with immediate effect

Full story HERE

About time too, cruel devices.

Time the rest of Britain caught up . Come on England and NI

GOOD!

About time, & as F.F. said so should we!!

The Scottish government have banned shock collars with immediate effect

No they have not despite your interpretation of the online 'newspaper' story. You need to read the Scots government site not an online newspaper for accuracy, if you do that & read very carefully you will >understand< they are not going to ban them, make sure you read it carefully & transmit accuracy in your Sinbad style voyages around the net.

Speaking today, Cunningham promised to issue “strong ministerial guidance on the use of all painful training devices for courts to take into consideration in any cases brought before them regarding unnecessary suffering through the use of these devices”

Hollyrood (Scots Gov Site)
https://beta.gov.scot/search/?q=legislation+on+electronic+dog+training+collars
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Pasted on same subject:

Administrator, Date 05.12.17 11:09 GMT
"Scottish Government refuses to ban use of electric shock collars on dogs. The Scottish Government has announced its intention to continue to allow the sale and use of electric shock training collars on dogs, despite the UK’s largest organisation dedicated to dog health and welfare, the Kennel Club, and the Scottish Kennel Club presenting overwhelming evidence supporting a total ban on the cruel training devices.

The Kennel Club and Scottish Kennel Club were joined by leading animal welfare and veterinary organisations, dog trainers, behaviourists and MSPs during an event held at the Scottish Parliament recently (8th November) to ask the Scottish Government to ban electric shock collars. Dr Jonathan Cooper from the University of Lincoln presented research funded by the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs which included evidence of significant long term negative effects on the welfare of a number of dogs that were trained by electric shock collars.

The Kennel Club and Scottish Kennel Club are now urging dog lovers and anyone with an interest in dog welfare in Scotland, to write to their MSP asking them to show their support for an outright ban on the sale and use of shock collars. "

https://forum.champdogs.co.uk/topic_show.pl?tid=149265
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I am sorry if it turns out I have misunderstood the situation. I simply quoted the BBC headline from their website as soon as it appeared.... Still it gives some of you lot on here more to argue about i guess....

I am sorry if it turns out I have misunderstood the situation. I simply quoted the BBC headline from their website

Don't worry about  it, when you read the Scots Gov's script it can be very difficult to understand unless you've read gov things before. LOL, be warned, when you see a 'Raw Food vs Dry Food' thread just run for the hills or risk sleepless nights wondering how your dog will survive the next meal, whatever you feed him/her
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I would like to add that  I did not provide the link to the story , admin did the next day when a more accurate reporting of the situation was available. I merely -rashly it now appears -related the information as soon as I read it.

I merely -rashly it now appears -related the information as soon as I read it.

Don't worry about it, a lot of folks have probably done the same...That said, Im sure you've heard the saying ''What Can't speak can't lie'', well watch the vids below, they are the real stuff about e-collar use (No 4 is a training vid) and the standards of freedom permitted to an e-collar trained dog in different situations, it's health, all after foundation OB training & for the rest of its life (13 years 9 months), click links, different themes

Confidence Building In Nervous Dog
http://bit.ly/2s5xswz

Predatory Chase Recalls
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e06Ck8azVc4

After Dark Long Range Recall Tracking Beeper
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96ObRp4bGsM

4. Foundation Recall Training Robin McFarlan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsO66m4e820

Emergency Recall
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBWrgS51-kc

(Humor)
Fenton The Opera
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0L7BxaF7iU
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