Championing Proven Solutions That Save Lives
Addressing the critical issue of dogs worrying livestock, and advocating for evidence-based solutions that protect both animals and farming communities.
An Ongoing Crisis
Dogs attacking farm animals represents an ongoing crisis across the United Kingdom. Current protective measures are inadequate, with yearly incidents continuing unabated. This concern extends beyond rural areas, affecting animal welfare, farming communities' financial security, and the dogs themselves — which may face destruction as a result.
Reward-based training alone cannot prevent determined dogs from following natural predatory instincts toward livestock. Neither physical restraints nor positive reinforcement alone sufficiently prevent livestock attacks in all cases.
“When used in accordance with qualified instruction, quality electronic training collars are unique and unsurpassed in establishing fast, effective, harmless and lasting avoidance between dogs and livestock.”
Research That Supports Our Position
Andelt Research
Demonstrated collar effectiveness by averting all 13 attempted attacks on lambs during the study. Electronic training provided reliable, lasting avoidance behaviour.
Tortora Research
Showed complete elimination of aggression in all 36 dogs tested. The results demonstrated that electronic training aids can resolve serious behavioural issues safely and permanently.
Professor Doug Elliffe
Critically examined the University of Lincoln’s anti-collar research, identifying it as “very seriously flawed” in methodology and conclusions.
Wales experienced a doubling of sheep attacks following the prohibition of electronic training collars.
Zero prosecutions for electronic collar misuse across two decades of legal use in the UK.
Agriculture committee member Tom Buchanan warned that a proposed ban in Northern Ireland would pose a “fatal risk to both sheep and dogs.”
Evidence That Speaks for Itself
Our survey of over 2,500 dog owners provides the most comprehensive real-world data on electronic training aid use ever assembled in the UK.
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