Not banned yet thankfully 🙏 only a draft regulation has been laid out with no set date. Hopefully it never comes to action, it’ll force it underground and we will lose a great tool.

E collars are legal as things stand right now in England, Scotland and Northern Island (but not in Wales)

This method is still appropriate for a fearful dog (which is not extremely fearful by the way). The behaviour of biting must be corrected and this first phase in correcting this dog's behaviour seems reasonable to me, understand that this is the first step/ session to correcting this dog's behaviour and he needs consequences by way of deterrent initially. The other phase of desensitisation to people and knowing that decent people are no threat to him, can come later with further training by way of introducing him to more/many new people numerous times. But he has to know the action of biting people is not acceptable. I'm sure he'll be a much happier confident dog after going through the full training process. Good direct approach training by DDR

This doesn’t seem like a dangerously out of control dog who “randomly bites” as the title suggests. This is not an appropriate method to use on a fearful dog (regardless of the extremity of the fear). Flooding the dog like this is creating greater stress which is clear in the dogs body language even in its avoidance of the trigger stimulus . In turn you will create new anxieties and deeper fears. This dog needs a calm confident leader! Counter conditioning would be the best approach, teach a desired behaviour instead. Basic obedience would be a great place to start. Until then DONT LET RANDOM PEOPLE WALK UP ON YOUR DOG AND TOUCH IT. You are in charge you take control and advocate for your dog that’s how you will get a happy confident dog who knows that you are in charge. There’s times for no nonsense approaches this is not one of them.

Going into avoidance of people/situation is not a viable sustainable option, eventually the situation has to be met head on and dealt, remember you have random people who do not take know for answer and will come and post the dog despite being told not to. You also have in particular children who may have their own friendly dog and feel all dogs are the same and come and try pet the dog with no warning, they will be bitten by this dog this causing injury. The parents will then be quick to push for the dog to be put down. As an owner you can't control fully when such a situation will present itself these owners have done the right thing seeking the best professional help.

Going into avoidance of people/situation is not a viable sustainable option, eventually the situation has to be met head on and dealt, remember you have random people who do not take know for answer and will come and post the dog despite being told not to. You also have in particular children who may have their own friendly dog and feel all dogs are the same and come and try pet the dog with no warning, they will be bitten by this dog this causing injury. The parents will then be quick to push for the dog to be put down. As an owner you can't control fully when such a situation will present itself these owners have done the right thing seeking the best professional help.

Avoidance is a form of proactive management and it can be done this is even more important while the dog is in training for behaviour modification. -No one will touch your dog if you tell them firmly! People will listen if you know how to approach it (you will need to practice this until you perfect it, train yourself) - If you know your dog bites and a child is bitten and you as an owner did not do EVERYTHING possible to prevent such a situation the dog should be confiscated from you in the first instance and destroyed depending on the severity of the injury. The safety of people, especially children is a priority. - You can control certain variables in most situations. Use of a good quality basket muzzle would be a great idea. Modify your walking route to avoid situations of being in very close proximity to other people. The owners have done a great job by seeking professional help it should always be done in situations that you’re unable to manage. I’m critical of the methods of this professional.