I prefer the Buddy Belt because some of the choke free ones I have seen have square or rectangle leg holes and that seems weird to me sense a dogs legs are round. The buddy belt is really strong yet soft at the same time. My mom loved Callies so much when she rescued Sammy she got him one. Dont worry about putting it on wrong, every time I pick Callie and Sammy up from the groomer they have it on the wrong way