Its a wonderful tool for many dogs!

I've learned not to YA or NAY any tool for walking, as I've learned every dog is different & some so called "cruel" tools work the best for "that" individual dog. Bear is on a choaker & shes a gem 90% of the time (she can get moody with weird people, I don't blame her at all!)... + she has to keep it on 24/7 until she looses more weight. Her neck is SO fat her collar can easly slip off... when the choaker tightens, she cannot slip out of it (remember shes still in training & can be stuborn).

Take today at lunch for example. Chad was putting Bear out to pee & I was walking to the car.. bear thought she was going for a car ride & ran to my car... Chad chased her around my car (her thinking, opps I'm on the wrong side & ignoring commands). I grabbed her collar & she slipped out.. but she didn't try to take off, so I was able to grab her choaker... Chad returned her to the house fermly... naughty girl...

Shes good for not running away, but she'll avoid you like the plague by running around you & THEN running to the front door


One of the guard rotties I use to work with was insane! He broke a halti & dragged me with a choaker For the longest time the only way to walk him was chainning him up to the 4 wheeler (he was a 200lb rottie, all muscle!!)... we always went at his pace (there was a driver & a spotter, we just went around the back yard until he was tired). Then the prong collar came out. We bought that right away & PRESTO we were finally able to walk him

My old dog was on a halti & that was best for him.. he could heel off leash, but put a choaker on him & he would pull & pull & pull, no matter what command you gave him.. So I mad a 6" leash & always left his halti on during walks.. never had a command issue after that

3 happy dogs, 3 different tools