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Re: [pyrnet] Training Collars

This training is being held by a reputable local dog training club,
with all the trainers being club members who have shown or done
obedience or agility with their dogs.  They have a really nice
facility where all the club's training classes are held.  And, as I
stated, they are talking about the prong collar *only* being used
during classes.  The lady who will be our instructor did a
demonstration where she put the collar from one of her small dogs on
her arm and had a class member pull on it to show that it didn't hurt
her arm.  But still . . .

On 5/10/06, Judith Stroh Miller <jsmiller@newmex.com> wrote:


On 10 May 2006 at 22:34, Pyrstaf@aol.com wrote:

> Well this might not be the current popular method I have switched to
> prong  collars as a tool in training over the past couple of years.
> I think that  they are more humane than slip, or choke, collars,
> particularly with beginning  dogs.  I switched after talking and
> working with a trainer who has trained  many breeds (and attained 4
> OTCH's) over many years.  I will preface this with the hope that you
> have a good trainer (not a 16  year old at Petsmart) and that the
> collar is fitted properly for your dog.  We call these collars
> "power steering" around here... Good luck!

All of the above is so important and to also remember that any type of
training equipment, is just that, a training aid.  Not to be left on
the dog when not training.  Below I have linked a study on Prong VS
Choke Collars.

http://www.cobankopegi.com/prong.html#AStudy