A dog owner has called for urgent tightening of regulations and checks on home boarding businesses after her puppy was fitted with an anti-bark collar without her knowledge.
Maria Corrigan from Co Antrim said she was left distressed and concerned for her pup's health after learning Shiloh had been subjected to behaviour modification efforts using the battery powered collar.
The one-year-old Cocker Spaniel, Poodle mix, was in the care of Orla and Damien Purcell of Chez Purcell The Dog Hotel, in Newtownabbey, whose home boarding business claims to offer "a normal family setting" for pets.
