Supet Dog Prong Collar, Dog Choke Collar Adjustable Dog Pinch Collar with Quick Release Buckle/Nylon Cover for Small Medium Large Dogs

I had seen prong type collars before, but I always thought they looked very inhumane. However, after working with a dog trainer, at her recommendation, I temporality put aside my apprehension based on her professional opinion and gave one a try. It worked so well, and required so little force or effort, as opposed to a huge amount of both when trying to control my dog with a regular type collar. I hated before using a prong collar how much strain and tension was on my poor dog’s neck when trying to walk with her, but that was eliminated when using this type of collar. I found that while it needs to be snug, if certainly doesn’t have to be tight, just like with a standard collar, and my dog actually looks forward to putting hers on now because she knows it means we’re going out. This is not the collar I have for my dog. Mine’s a girl, and she has a cute gold one. But I found myself needing to watch my brother’s dog for a week, a 90lb lab, without a lot of training, and on day one it became very apparent that a regular collar was just not going to work. That first day it was an excruciating tug of war just to walk around the front yard. I ordered this right away. I knew he’d like the black and silver colors, and I thought the removable, (and washable) cover was a nice feature. Luckily it arrived the next day, and the rest of the dog sitting week was much better for me and his dog. Just like mine, his dog was immediately far better at not pulling with this on, and requiring a mere fration of the effort to do so. They look like they’d be very uncomfortable, but the dogs really don’t seem to mind having them on. They don’t whine, nip at, or try to get them off. I can understand if you look at this, and think it looks terrible to use, I understand because I too felt like that, until I used one, and realized how much less stress on the dog’s neck this is, and how quickly they become accustomed to it and how effective they are. After returning his dog, he’s been continuing to use the collar, also with great results. Give it a try, just don’t put it on too tight, and don’t pull too hard, as it’s not at all necessary. I think you’ll be happier and your little friend won’t have a sprained neck.

Wrong collars are always my last resort. When my three month old puppy was already pulling me over and making me fall down in the driveway for my safety as well as her something had to give. I could not risk her getting loose and running off and getting hit, but I couldn’t have me constantly getting pulled over either. This collar has been amazing. I also like that it has the regular collar look to where the prongs do not easily disconnect from each other like I’ve had with a couple other prong collars. It is easy to adjust the size by teaching the songs and pushing them out of position in order to remove links. Due to the discomfort of the prongs, when the dog is pulling, it naturally encourages them to slow down and not cool and leave a little slack in the lead. Pending on your training method you may have to untrained yourself so that you do not harm your dog and allow them to self train with the new collar. I personally will always prefer to use a harness, but unfortunately, having a stubborn husky does not allow that, and as you can imagine, putting a harness on a husky equals pulling… most trainers will have you pull back or correct the dog but I have tried multiple things and this call is the only thing that works, but I did have to retrain myself to not pull back when she starts to pull to let her pull to her discomfort and make her self correct herself.

We have a giant gsd who is the only dog who pulls so much that its not fun to walk him. Finally this collar has helped tremendously and every day we work together with it, he walks better and better. My reason for 4 stars is that its not adjustable and I didn't know that when I purchased it. So its a bit big for my gsd. I feel that there's enough room near the clip that a small adjustment could be added to make the collar fit perfectly

Very effective collar for my reactive Siberian who ignores you to do as she pleases, LOL. My other covered pinch collar fell off her neck and right into the 80 feet of water below our boat, much to my dismay. I had unhooked it, but it did not seem to come loose, so I let her run up the steps ahead, and THEN it decided to fall off into the water. At least, she did not go in too. Thank GOD. She is sweet but reactive to seeing people and other dogs that she thinks want to play or visit with her, so the collar is a great to remind her not to go wild jumping and lunging. She totally ignores commands when focused on getting attention. It has a reflective strip on it too for night walks. I did have to removed one link to make it fit her better, and it was kind of hard to figure out how to do it, but we got it done. More illustration instruction would help this, I think. The turquoise color looks pretty against her light red coat, too, and the cover disguises the fact that she needs a little persuasion reminder to not pull so much. She is an AKC Champion and at shows runs around the ring and shows off without a problem, on a loose nylon show leash, but just walking down the dock or sidewalk seeing a "people" or "another dog", she is wild. Crazy Siberian LOL. Thanks for a great product!

Remember to train your dog with the collar. Satisfactory construction. Ordered two by mistake, Amazon refused return. still in original box, wrapping.

I upgraded to a different one. This ones was a little weird. No need for plastic tips. Dogs can handle it.