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04-12-2006, 10:15 AM | #1 |
YT Addict Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Harrison, AR
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| Collar for obedience training I'm hoping to start my Yorkie on obedience training soon. I haven't checked yet, so I may be anticipating trouble that won't happen, but I have a feeling the class is going to require a choke collar. A number of years ago I took a large dog to an obedience class in a small town in Oklahoma. The teacher required choke collars for all the dogs, even the tiny ones. Now we're in an even smaller town in Arkansas, so I'm expecting the same. I never, ever put a collar of any kind on Susan and don't plan to do it to please a teacher, especially not a collar you snap. What authoritative sources can I cite to convince the teacher that Yorkies shouldn't have choke collars? |
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04-12-2006, 10:25 AM | #2 |
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| I just today, went and spoke to our locat obediance school (all these posts are kinding scaring me LOL ) Anyway she said NO chock collar at all! especially for a yorkie. I don't know if your town will be different but I asked too because when I took our bulldog for classes they said I should get one for him...I couldn't though (no neck LOL) Hopes that helps. (I know each place can have different feelings about suck things, but this lady was ADAMANT that there was NO chock collars)
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04-12-2006, 10:27 AM | #3 | |
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04-12-2006, 11:04 AM | #4 |
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| Wow, that's great news. Maybe attitudes are changing. This great. |
04-12-2006, 11:23 AM | #5 |
YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: House Of York
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| Teddy has been doing obedience since he was 8 months old. He is 3 years old now. I've never put a choke collar on him. The choke collar is old school. The more popular method of training is "Clicker Training". Dogs learning obedience through "Clicker Training" usually wears a regular buckle collar. |
04-12-2006, 11:42 AM | #6 |
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| Our trainer does not allow choke collars. The only reason for the collar in her puppy classes is to attach a leash to so the dogs don't run away. Our more advanced classes were mostly off leash. We did not do any sort of physical correction. I took Loki in on a regular harness. The trainer immediately convinced me to put him in an Easy Walk harness, which is AWESOME. He does not pull even on walks (vs. just behaving at class). I love it and recommend them to everyone. Right now we are in Canine Good Citizen classes and they do not allow a harness during the test, but after regular obedience classes they assume your dog will not require a no-pull harness. We are working on walking with a loose leash on a collar every day now, and he is improving!
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04-12-2006, 09:36 PM | #7 | |
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04-13-2006, 05:19 AM | #8 |
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| NO Choke collars I am going to Obedience classes along with Reggie and our trainer said no choke collars on any dog. All you are doing by using a choke collar is hurt them and scare them into what you want them to do. He believes in rewarding good behaviors and ignoring bad ones by not acknowledging it. If you reward the good behavior, they will want to repeat it for the reward you give them. Especially with Yorkies, no choke collar. Reggie uses his harness for Obedience classes and it works just fine. Good luck and have fun with the classes. (They're really all about training us, not the dog, you know!)
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04-13-2006, 05:45 AM | #9 |
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| I'm really encouraged by the replies. It sounds like there has been a real change in attitude in the past six or eight years. Hopefully I'll be able to do this in the fall if not before. I'm really looking forward to it and I think Susie is going to love it because she loves to please. |
04-13-2006, 05:46 AM | #10 | |
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I read and spoken to people about the correct way to use it. I find it hard to follow and chances of strangling my dog is high. So, the only time I've had a choke collar on my dog is as part of a ghost costume for Halloween. Tiny looked really cute. | |
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