Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... In what is believed to be the first program of its kind in the country, the Humane Society of Boulder Valley is offering free dog harnesses in exchange for ...

What do these collars do? Choke: These collars are usually made of metal links and are designed to allow owners to control their dogs’ movements by having the collar tightening around the dogs’ necks.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BOULDER, Colo. — A Boulder woman hopes to ...

This is the secret that almost all small dog owners share but refuse to discuss in mixed company: We use shock collars. We use them often. We use them to keep our yappy dogs from barking incessantly.

Anyone can bring in a choke, prong or shock collar to the Humane Society of Boulder Valley’s retail store at 2323 55th St. in Boulder and exchange it for a free no-pull harness. Anyone who exchanges a ...

Q: Our lab/pit mix puppy is now 8 months old and we got a metal choke collar to stop her from pulling when we walk her. However even with it on she will pull ahead of us until she actually starts to ...

Question: Our pit bull puppy is 6 months old now and we’re having trouble with leash walking. He pulls, balks, and is just generally unmanageable. I’ve had several people suggest a prong collar, and ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A Boulder woman is starting a campaign she hopes will lead to a citywide ban on the sale of dog collars that choke, prong and shock. “I don’t want residents ...