We have one and use it only when teaching a young dog to walk at our side.
We never have to do any correction with it, just the fact that it is there
on the dog tells them we must walk by our master.
With a regular collar, leather or choke chain our 10 month old male wants to
meet and love each
I have stayed out of this discussion so far as my experience with prong
collars is only second hand. However when we were in Germany in 1990 we
watched two good Rottie friends (very experienced trainers) trying to
deprogramme a German Shepherd that had been trained on a prong collar. The
owner had
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German Shepherd that had been trained on a prong collar. The owner had been told
this was the way to go but I think he was very inexperienced and the dog had
suffered quite a lot. A great deal of patience and love used to try
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I use a prong collar on my 130# berner-boy, Ian if we are going places that he might
lunge or pull my arm off! g Normally he is good on a round leather collar and will
stay by my side.
I feel it is better than choking him on a choke collar which can do damage to his
throat area. He behaves
Several trainers have written wonderful accounts of the proper use and
benefits of a prong collar. These collars do look like midevil torture
devices I'm sure we all agree. But looks can be deceiving.
In working with pet owners for many years, I discovered that a prong
collar is gift in some
Cathi
Massillon Ohio
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Just a comment that I wanted to make regarding this topic. I posed the
question a couple of months ago, about the use of different collars when I
was having problems with getting Stevie under control (he thinks he is
Pegasus when it comes to birds!) and after sustaining a rotator cuff injury
to
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Is there a proper way to put on a prong collar?
Yes, it is very easy. Just take it apart in the middle and put it back together on the
dog. Simply squeeze any two of
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prong collars are forbiddenand even if they was not forbidden I would not use
them. The feeling of the best for the dog is always the most important, more
Hi all,
Just my personal experience-at around 8 months of age we needed some extra
help with Bacchus. He was full of himself and I couldn't take the chance of
him pulling me off my feet on a walk [I've had a total knee replacement,
broke my hipetc, blah, blah].
We were taking obedience
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