We first met Jango, a three-year-old female Husky when she was little more than a puppy. She is a beautiful looking example of her breed. She is a loving and valued companion to the couple with whom she lives. They are among our woodland-trail-walking acquaintances, and very nice, responsible people.

They never walk together on their woodland hikes with Jango; only one or the other accompany the Husky. Because the wife works irregular hours as a house cleaner and is home frequently during the day, throughout the working week she is the one to walk the dog they both care for. On the weekends, time off from his regular full-time work, he is the one to walk Jango.

Jango has been equipped with an electronic collar. Mostly, and originally because this very nice woman was concerned when Jango ran out of sight, and wanted to be certain that she could keep even a distant eye on her to keep her from getting into trouble. Jango soon became accustomed to being recalled by a slight shock at first and then a high-pitched sound, to remind her to return.

Jango is a friendly, well socialized animal. She is patient and good-tempered with little nuisance dogs like our two small poodles. But it soon became evident that she was interested in other animals that she might encounter running through the woods. And so, the electronic collar began to have another purpose; to instruct her to return to the person who would be walking her at any given time, if she was on the scent of, or tracking an animal.

There was the time she came across a little red fox which though it scrambled to make distance between Jango and its den, was caught by the Husky, mauled and injured so severely it died. That was one of the times the husband had taken her for her daily hike in the woods; he often forgot to use the collar, his wife never forgot.

On another occasion, Jango spotted a young female deer and sprinted after it, reaching the panicked animal just as the husband, who had 'learned his lesson' not to forget to put the electronic collar on the dog, shocked it sufficiently to compel it to return, while the doe ran off into the forest to safety from a dog which in its natural setting is a predator.