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Title:Equine Notes Conference
Notice:Topics List=4, Horses 4Sale/Wanted=150, Equip 4Sale/Wanted=151
Moderator:MTADMS::COBURNIO
Created:Tue Feb 11 1986
Last Modified:Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:2080
Total number of notes:22383

1404.0. "Electronic Anti-Cribbing Devices" by BELFST::MCCOMB (Gareth McComb) Fri Dec 14 1990 09:47

    I see in our local horsey press hre in the UK that the latest import
    from the US is an electronic anti-cribbing collar for horses. The same
    company are advertising dog/cat training collars.
    
    Has anyone out there had first hand experience of these and how
    sucessful are they?
    
    MORE IMPORTANT ARE THEY CONSIDERED CRUEL?
    
    Thankfully I do not require them but a number of people in our livery
    yard may benefit from them if they work.
    
    
    
    		RGDS
    		GAreth
    
    
    P.S How much are they in the US.
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1404.1BSS::ZINNMon Dec 17 1990 15:368
    As far as the dog/cat collars are concerned, they are aimed at keeping
    the animals from roaming.  A transmitter wire is buried around the
    perimeter of the property, and a receiver in the collar gives a mild
    shock to the animal when it approaches the perimeter wire.  The shock
    increases as the animal continues toward the perimeter.  I would guess
    that a similar process is at work in the horse device.  I wouldn't
    conside it any crueler than an electric fence - it justs reinforces
    through pain avoidance.
1404.2NRADM::ROBINSONdid i tell you this already???Tue Dec 18 1990 08:404
    
    	There are also dog collars that emit a type of shock when the
    	dog barks, for example, to break it of incessant barking...