Apparently (and I use this because I'm not sure how accurate this info is), prong collars are much more humane than choke collars because prong collars limit the amount of pressure applied to the dog's throat so there's no risk of actually choking the dog to death. I've read of people mentioning a study that was done, showing that dogs on the prong collar had drastically less injuries than those on a choke collar.
Of course, I also saw a site that did not recommend the use of either collars on small dogs, such as Yorkies. Mainly because of their delicate tracheas.
By the way, the spikes on the inside of the prong collar is not supposed to stab the dog... according to several sites.
In any case, I won't be using them on my Yorkie... and the only collar she'll be wearing is a breakaway one. |