Clinical signs caused by the use of electric training collars on dogs in everyday life situations

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 369-380

  Schalke, E ^a   Stichnoth, J ^a   Ott, S ^a   Jones Baade, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dog; Electric training collars; Stress; Training; Welfare

Indexed keywords

BREEDING; CANID; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; TRAINING;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 34249304816     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2006.11.002     Document Type: Article

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