Closer Look - Electronic Training Collars

Everything has the potential to be misused

Everything has the potential to be misused. A banana in the wrong place is one example.

Dont overwork your imagination. You get the point.

Take it from Wikipedia: Originally used in the late 1960s to train hunting dogs, early collars were very high powered. Modern versions are capable of delivering very low levels of shock. Used in a range of applications, including behavioral modification, obedience training, and pet containment, as well as military, police and service training.

History

Things have changed. Dramatically. During the Flower Power decade there was just one big setting. It was not remote controlled. Plugged into the socket it could blast a hell of a lot of electricity into a dogs neck.

The second generation took care of this potential misuse. Remote control came to the party and allowed trainers the options of three different settings high, medium and low.

Close, but no cigar. Responsible trainers continued to bad-mouth the potential abuse that one of these devices could inflict on an innocent dog.

Enter the 21st century. The electronic collar has become a tool that people can use to train their pup without causing the mutt to go blotto. Tunable controls and education have turned a shocking experience to one of gentle redirection.

After all, it runs on a small cell and not a car battery.

Lets go to the Chart

Want proof? This chart from the Phillips Consumer Electronics Company puts the current day e-collar into perspective:

To explain a joule is kinda complex. According to the site Wise Geek, To get an idea of the joule in everyday terms, consider the following examples. A joule is the amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of one gram of cool, dry air by one degree Celsius. A quiet person produces 100 joules of heat energy every second. Finally, the amount of energy required to lift a small apple one meter against the Earth's gravity is roughly equivalent to one joule. Oh well, we tried.

But heres the rub. With an e-collar were talking about microjoules. Get it? Its not all that much electricity.

How about a breakdown based on the chart above:

A "remote trainer" set on a low level emits 0.000005 joules (5 microjoules).

A "bark collar" set on a high level emits 0.0003 joules (300 microjoules).

A "muscle stimulation machine" set on a "normal level" emits 2.0 joules.

Set on a "high level" it emits 6.0 joules.

An electric fence energizer [a "charged fence" not a pet containment system] emits 3.2 joules.

A modern defibrillator can emit up to 360 joules.

Not all that shocking, is it?

by:Jake Theron

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