Prong collars?

[Glacier]

I will say that I tested one at the pet store on my own leg, and, it didn't hurt at all! I figured if it didn't hurt on my bare skin, it wouldn't hurt Finn, either. And, he wasn't bothered by it at all. I tried the chain collar (choke collar) on my leg, too, and, was bruised for about a week.

LOL! I thought I was the only fool who did that!

I use a prong collar on Kayleigh occasionally, usually when we are going somewhere like the vet clinic, where she's likely to be anxious to start with and then exposed to a bunch of strange animals. Kayleigh has a very high prey drive and is aggressive to other dogs. The prong makes it easier to control her in those situations. On a regular walk, she doesn't need one anymore.

[finn's mom]

LOL! I thought I was the only fool who did that!

ha ha, nah...i can be pretty foolish, too. glad i'm not alone.

[lv4dogs]

ha ha, nah...i can be pretty foolish, too. glad i'm not alone.

Nope, neither of you are alone. lol, I've done that too, with all types of collars. Of course I test most things that I use/feed to my dogs. (insert blushing face here)

[pnance]

Nope, neither of you are alone. lol, I've done that too, with all types of collars. Of course I test most things that I use/feed to my dogs. (insert blushing face here)

I've done it to. At least I'm not alone.

I use a prong on Nikka and Hunter. Hunter actually doesn't need one anymore, but Nikka will pull if she's not wearing hers. I tried everthing from harness, gentle leader, collar, choke (she about killed herself on that), etc., finally a trainer recommended a prong and I can finally walk her w/o getting a soar arm from her pulling

[Bigyummydog]

Nope, neither of you are alone. lol, I've done that too, with all types of collars. Of course I test most things that I use/feed to my dogs. (insert blushing face here)

Me too! No blushing. I put it on my bare leg at the store before I bought it too.

ill be hoesnt,, at first glance at prong collar i said 'who the frick would use that on their dog?'

I thought the same thing. It is a creepy looking thing. But, if it's going to keep both of us safe, we're keeping it. My sister and I have been looking for one for her BLIZZARD. He's, I think, around 110-15lbs. And still a puppy.
MAXIMUS gets excited when I pick up his ugly collar and can't stop doing flippys, he knows we're going out. He ONLY wears it when we're walking, and he wears it above his regular collar.

[JenBKR]

. MAXIMUS gets excited when I pick up his ugly collar and can't stop doing flippys, he knows we're going out. He ONLY wears it when we're walking, and he wears it above his regular collar.

LOL Roscoe too! I pull out that collar, and he goes nuts! He knows we are going for a walk or ride (the ride would be to obedience class, which he loves - he has a girlfriend there!)

Poofy I definitely recommend the prong collars, but you would probably want the rubber tips because SammyJ is so small. Roscoe is NOT small so I don't use them.

[Jadapit]

I use the prong collar on all 3 of mine. I dont know how many of you have ever walked a pittie they are so, so strong. Right Barbra? I walk all 3 of my fur kids at once a lot. I need the extra control with that many dogs.

My fur kids also go nuts when they see their collars come out. They know that means a walk. I would NEVER leave them on my dogs as a regular collar. They come off the minute we are home from our walk.

[RobiLee]

I use the prong collar. I swore I would never use such a thing but I was having such a hard time walking my girls that I caved. I can now walk both of my dogs at the same time without any problems. If I thought that it was hurting my girls in any way I would not use it.

[wolfie]

I like the prong collar better than choke collars too. Choke collars do hurt, and you end up yanking on your dog's neck far too often. Prong collars (you're right Amy), you don't even have to yank.

I don't have to use any training collar for Daphne now though.

[Shelteez2]

LOL! I thought I was the only fool who did that!

You think you're a fool for that?? I put a prong and a choke chain around my neck to see what it was like... oh and a shock collar....