Quote Originally Posted by flip195
Rule of thumb should be if you won't use it on a 2 year old child you don't use it on your dog plain and simple.
Training usingf positve reinforcement may take longer but works better.
So, how then should I have gotten my 93 lb. german shepherd to walk by my side and not run away without coming home, nor pulling my arm out of it's socket? I would not use a prong on a 2 year old, but I did on my dog, under my trainer's supervision, and it worked extremely well. Perhaps positive reinforcement would have worked eventually, I suppose in the meantime I would just not give him walks and exercise. Then I would have been a bad doggie parent for not giving him exercise. Um, ok......