1 sure looks like him activating a shock collar because he doesn’t want her allowed to do anything other than sit in one designated spot while he’s doing his stream

2 is self-explanatory

  • Ilandar@lemmy.today
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    27 days ago

    I mean, what he said was that his roommate owned a shock collar, and that he was against them. It was a little unclear to me but it didn’t exactly sound like he was admitting much of anything in that clip (if the one you have in mind is also the one I’m thinking of).

    He says he bought it and still has it (at the time of the stream that was clipped from). He also said they’re incredibly effective. By itself that video doesn’t mean much, but there seems to be a consistent trail of evidence against the guy, certainly enough that no sane person would immediately dismiss the concerns.

    • PhilipTheBucket@piefed.socialOPEnglish
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      27 days ago

      Maybe. Like I said, the overall body language from the dog, and his tone of voice when he talks about her, and also him lying about objectively verifiable things, mean more to me on the topic than a lot of these clips that people are talking about.

      (For example, the fact that back then he was saying that shock collars are mean and he doesn’t believe in them, and he’s bringing that up now as a defense of himself, but then saying simultaneously that shock collars don’t even hurt anyway so even if she was wearing one it wouldn’t be a big deal. That’s… well, you know.)

      But anyway, like I say, I have never seen someone’s dog who is less happy to interact with them. She just seems defeated. She doesn’t lick him, she doesn’t perk up when he pays attention to her, she just sits there quietly while he’s rubbing her head or whatever, and then slowly obeys his commands to come here or go sit on her bed or whatever, with her head down. I realize that’s subjective but that is definitely my take on it.