They are called prong collars. I use them for my German Shepherd. They are great. For the small dogs you can get the "small size" (its itty bitty) and the plastic caps if you want. If you would like to see what it feels like put a large one around your leg thigh at the pet store and tug a bit. People might think you are crazy when you're doing this though.
I too thought they looked cruel at first and then did some research and bought one myself. The choke chains, are actually VERY cruel. In a study of 50 dogs with choke chains and 50 dogs with prongs, 48 of the choke chain wearing dogs died of neck complications from wearing the collars there whole lives and 2 of the prong collar wearers did, one was not related to the collar at all.. If you guys want I can dig up that study for you.
At our German Shepherd board we talk about trainers who scream at us saying how cruel they are and of course, we get new trainers. Like I said they LOOK cruel but are safer than the safe looking ones. |