While Major has never used a prong collar, I'm not against them being used properly.

Major used the halti. It works well for him. He does not like it one bit, but he accepts it and he thinks that a walk with a halti is better than no walk at all. And I think that a walk with a halti is better than with a normal leash, him choking himself. I did train him well to walk without pulling, with a normal leash, but sometimes he'd lunge without me expecting it, if he saw a cat, dog, person, and that is really hard to handle. So I use the halti.

I believe all dogs are different as well. Kay mentioned that she stopped when Nala pulled. I tried that for Major, didn't work at all. He yapped and yapped and yapped. That is a training method that I'm sure works great for some dogs, but not at all for Major.

I am totally for positive reinforcement. But I also know every dog is different and respond differently to different training/band-aid devices.

I usually stay out of these threads, even though they aren't all that bad or anything, just because I always have a hard time typing out my true opinion. I usually end up wanting to go back on something I said, because it ended up being worded wrong. So hopefully this time I got what I wanted to say across.