No huge shock

LAST MONTH, friends tragically lost their 10-month-old cocker puppy when he was hit by a car as he ran across a country lane. They were devastated, as they had put a great deal of work into socialising and training their highly promising working-bred spaniel, who was a delightful character.

He was, however, headstrong and reluctant to return to the recall whistle and this certainly contributed to his unfortunate and untimely death. I suspect that sensitive use of an electric collar may well have made him more responsive to the whistle and,