Dog Training Collars & Harnesses : Using a Prong Dog Collar

Using a prong dog collar helps to correct pulling with a gentle tug. Use a prong dog collar with tips from a dog trainer in this free pet care video series.

Expert: Kim Amatucci
Bio: Kim Amatucci is a practicing Pet Dog Trainer and Behavior Consultant. She has been training since 2002 and been working with her own pets for the past 13 years.
Filmmaker: Travis Waack

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• pet care
• dog training
• dog care
• harnesses
• leashes
• collars
• dog leads

[Gendus1]

there is less neck injury's with a prong collar than with other correction collars.

[dogwhisperer2]

Too much dragging going on. The dog should never feel tension while on the leash/prong collar. The handler should proactively give a crisp clear snap of the leash BEFORE the dog gets to the end of the leash. A dog will develope a tolerance for the aversiveness of the prong when steady tension is allowed (dead neck) and render the tool much less effective. There is a difference between administering a threshold correction verses a nagging dragging stimuli. This is why dogs continue to pull.

[fetterArsch]

You use it totally wrong! Everytime when that dog meets another dog he will be punished with pain! That will sooner or later create an agressive dog!

[mydogkanskidrums]

People, be very careful about choosing this training method. Dogs learn via association, and what this dog is learning in the video is that as soon as another dog comes towards him, or he goes towards another dog, he receives a correction. So, other dogs become a precursor to something he doesn't like, which can result in dogs that become over-reactive and even fearful of these situations. Dogs are social animals, you can't correct them for wanting meet another dog.

[sesshystar]

your to tense when holding the leash to begin with, and second of all the collar should be more at the top of the neck....

[Tutovillage]

The corrections are not firm enough and very bad timing.

First give the verbal correction. Then give at least 1.5 seconds for the dog to stop what he is doing. Give a firm correction if the dog not stopping what he is doing only after a minimum of 1.5seconds and max of 2.5 seconds.

And, The leash must be loose before and after giving a correction.

A firm correction == 1000 nagging corrections (Leerburg)

[jazzcollie]

even when she is turning he gets corrected for being good

[bendy0]

what breed is that dog



[jbenal]

@cylusxxx, how do you imagine the "correction" works if not by hurting the dog? Also, animals conceal pain, as any zoologist, vet, or ordinary pet owner can tell you.

[jbenal]

So, wait: you "correct" the dog (who, by the way, is showing stress signals out the wazoo, such as for example trying to leave the room!) while the leash is still slack, so that the correction is sharper, but if the leash is still slack then what is the dog doing to be corrected for?

[Wowwolf22]

Yes I have, actually, around my arm. Why not around my neck? It's going on my dog's neck, so obviously I should try it on my neck, right? Wrong. Compared to a dog's neck our necks are very weak. Dogs' necks are muscular, more comparable to a human leg or arm. And if you do try a prong collar on, you'll find it's not painful when tugged. It distributes pressure evenly around the neck, when used correctly. Everyone should learn proper use of these collars before using them (or bashing them).

[RootbeerWolf]

That Dogo pup seems quite calm around the other dog, rather curious than aggressive and defensive. . . I think they should use a dog with issues as an example for their products, so more people will be convinced that it does work.