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 -- Shock collars at Petco are about to become a thing of the past. The company has chosen to pull them in store and online. A shock collar passes an electric current through metal ...

Assemblywoman Linda Rosenthal, D-New York City, is pictured at far right during a news conference urging Gov. Kathy Hochul to sign legislation banning puppy mills in New York state. Rosenthal has also ...

When training pointers, Josh Miller isn’t opposed to using e-collars. He just uses them after all fundamental work has been done. Josh Miller Here’s a joke: What’s the only thing two dog trainers can ...

It's sort of like a spanking, a short-lived physical punishment for unwanted behavior. But like spanking, people can't seem to agree if it's an acceptable form of discipline, in this case, for dogs.

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 ...

Popular streamer Hasan Piker faces animal cruelty accusations after a clip showed his dog yelping. Piker claims it was an accident and his dog wears a vibration-only collar. Critics, however, point to ...

A Johnson City veterinarian said she treated a dog that was suffering injuries from a shock collar while he was boarded at Off Leash K9 Training facility. Dr. Dana Still, who practices at Veterinary ...