Welcome to NAPET

National Association For Professional E-collar Training

“NAPET exists to bring clarity, standards, and ethical responsibility to e-collar training. These are specialist tools, and our role is to ensure they are understood, regulated, and used in ways that genuinely protect dog welfare.”

~NAPET

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We are a professional body dedicated to supporting ethical, responsible and professional E-collar training within the UK dog industry.

NAPET exists to provide clarity, leadership and structure in an area that is frequently misunderstood.

E-collars are specialist training tools that require appropriate knowledge, experience and ethical responsibility. NAPET promotes their responsible use by establishing clear professional expectations and supporting education led practice.

NAPET also recognises the changing regulatory landscape surrounding dog training tools. Under the UK Government’s Animal Welfare Strategy, Defra has indicated its intention to bring forward a public consultation on the use of E-collars in England, with a view to potential legislative restriction or prohibition.

In response, NAPET is preparing to engage formally with the forthcoming consultation process. The association will seek to challenge proposals for a blanket ban by contributing professional expertise, practical experience, and informed analysis, with the aim of ensuring that any future policy decisions are proportionate, evidence-led, and aligned with real-world dog welfare considerations.

NAPET is committed to constructive public engagement and informed discussion. The association’s role is not to promote tools indiscriminately, but to ensure that responsible, ethical E-collar training is properly understood, clearly distinguished from misuse, and fairly represented in public and policy debate.

NAPET exists to provide a credible, professional voice for responsible E-collar training, focused on education, standards and the long term welfare of dogs.

 FAQs

 

  • NAPET has been formed by a group of professionals who collectively bring several decades of hands-on experience, observation and education within the dog training industry. We are working together with a shared purpose and there is no “lone wolf” mentality here. Progress comes from collaboration, mutual respect, and moving forward as one.

  • We are currently building a regulatory framework focused on responsible and accountable use. This framework is being developed carefully to ensure it is robust enough to stand up to scrutiny and accountability, and to offer a credible alternative to prohibition.

  • The short answer is, we are not trying to be.

    We have joined the wider effort to oppose any future ban on e-collars and to support others who share the same goal. NAPET is inclusive by design.

  • The petition has been stress-tested and carefully constructed to pass government office screening without being diverted or dismissed. It is currently pending authorisation and will be released as soon as approval is granted.

  • Letter templates are now available on the NAPET website located in the resources, alongside other templates which can be utilised in support of opposing an e-collar ban. These are designed to make it easy for everyone to get involved, while keeping messaging clear, consistent, and effective

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