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Old 02-19-2011, 12:13 PM   #14
concretegurl
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Originally Posted by SWHouston View Post
I suppose my shock at hearing of the Pronged Collar approach was just as profound as others here, HOW STUPID ! Sadie, please tell that lady how
many here think she's out of her mind ! I liked concretegurl's BOLD statements !

IMO:
I don't choke them,
I don't shock them with anything, buried or around their necks,
I don't jab my fingers into their throats,
I don't use a Collar for anything other than Tag Display,
I don't "set them up" to cause themselves pain, by prongs or other,
I don't train them to respond to "clicks"... MY voice only !
I don't confine them in small spaces, they're Dogs, not a pair of Sox.

AND, I don't think you're totallly wrong, just because we may not agree
on a point or two. (except for that crazy Lady mentioned first)
There are two "basic" methods/approaches to training...
Authoritarian and Nurturing, I happen to prefer the latter.
Thanks for noticing I bolded a few things for good reasoning...and again I don't promote the use of a Herm Sprenger "prong collar" it is a last resort for very specific situations: when everything else has failed and should only be used by someone who knows what they are doing...I don't think choke collars have any function or should be used at all as they are ineffective and dangerous.

I ditched the "prong collar" (again I had one with rubber ball tips) after using it once! I put it on inside out after that and used a soft muzzle to protect other dogs from bites during very forced socialization...we all learn the hard way sometimes, and honestly I still very bad about the whole situation personally.
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