Yeah, I saw. Thanks for the timestamp. He was extremely cagey about putting the collar clearly on stream (he was sort of cradling it in his hand and briefly waving it around and then putting it back down off stream again). Also it’s weird that he apparently has the remote just sitting on his desk in front of him to demo the vibration feature the instant that someone asks about it. I have to say though it does look a little bit exculpatory (he at least does own a vibration-only collar), but also, the collar she was wearing when she made the yelping noise had the airtag on her right side, and I couldn’t see a big chunky piece, whereas the collar in my “record scratch” YouTube video and the one he’s showing on stream today have the airtag on her left side and a clear chunky piece. Usually people tend to put their dog’s collars on in the same alignment every day (and why would she even be wearing the vibration collar to be just sitting there on stream?).

It’s kind of inconclusive to be honest after watching this (and still sus to me that he keeps emphasizing that she has multiple collars, and saying things that are not true about training collars in general). I still am inclined to go with my first read of the whole situation. I do appreciate being able to see his counter argument that he’s at least somewhat addressing the allegations instead of just getting all emotional about it and saying his enemies are clearly bullying him for no reason (although he does do that also yes).