Dog owner fined £2,000 for using electric dog collar to train his border collie

By LUKE SALKELD

Pook used the collar on his border collie because it kept escaping from his home in Ogmore-by-Sea, near Bridgend

A dog owner who fitted an electric shock collar to his pet has been fined £2,000 in the first case of its kind.

Phillip Pook’s Border Collie, Dougie, got a shock every time he approached a fence surrounding the house.

The dog repeatedly tried to escape and was found wandering alone on a nearby beach wearing the illegal collar.

The couple who spotted him contacted the Dogs’ Trust charity, which traced the owner from a microchip implanted in the animal.


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