I use a "pinch collar" on Saffie & it works great for training. It's pretty scary looking but my trainer made each one of us put it on our arm first & she tugged & it didn't hurt or "pinch" at all. It just sort of makes a noise. She gave us handouts that had statistics on it stating that autopsies (sp) done on dogs (that had passed away from old age or whatever), showed that the dogs that had used choke collars regularly had trachaial injuries while the ones that had pinch collars did not. Saffie doesn't strain or surge with the pinch collar the way she would for a regular collar. If we're just going for a walk ( & not "working") then I use this great step in harness that I got from PetEdge.(It goes on like a bra.) I also use this harness to attach her to her car seat when we go in the car.
