Leerburg | Buckle Prong Collar

Stainless Steel
Buckle Prong
with Leerburg Dominant Dog Collar

stainless steel buckle prong
Fits a 17" Neck
Product #830

The Buckle Prong collar uses the same idea as the Quick Release Prong Collars but with a snap release that is easy to open and close. This is great for those suffering from arthritis who still want the advantage of using a prong collar with their dogs.

This collar is only made in stainless steel and it is only made in one size. In fact, the comparable size stainless collar in a conventional quick release sells for $60.00.

We always recommend quick release collars be used with a second back-up collar. If by chance the handler would mistakenly grab your dog by his collar they could accidentally hit the quick release and the dog would then be loose. While this is more difficult with conventional quick releases it is something we believe trainers need to think about with this type of collar clasp. For that reason we only sell this collar as a training system - which means we only sell it along with a dominant dog collar that will serve as the back-up collar. This amounts to more than a 50% savings in the price of the dominant dog collar - which alone sells for $14.50.

Another bonus with this collar is that you do not have to handle the chain like you do in a typical quick release collar and you also do not have to to unhook the individual links to take the collar off or to put the collar on the dog. The buckle on these collars is much easier to open and close. This makes changing the collar a breeze and it only takes seconds!

You do have the option of purchasing additional extra links for this collar to accommodate a dog with a larger neck size. As is, this collar will fit a 17" neck. You can remove links to make the collar fit a dog with a smaller neck size.

The collar is made from stainless steel links that are a 3.2mm gauge. This collar is only available in one size.

IMPORTANT:

Dominant Dog Collar Sizing Instructions
Recommended Safety System for All Prong Collars
Why Use a Prong Collar

Buckle Prong Collar

Buckle Prong Collar with Dominant Dog Collar

Over time a chrome plated collar can rust. This will never happen with a stainless steel collar. This is a very important feature with a prong collar.

Extra Links

Extra Link

With the Stainless Steel Buckle Prong Collar,
you can add and remove links to fit your dog’s neck.

How to Fit a Prong Collar
A Leerburg Recommended Safety Procedure for ALL Prong Collar Use

A Leerburg Recommended
SAFETY SYSTEM for ALL Prong Collar Use

A perfect safety procedure to use along with a prong collar is a dominant dog collar. I offer this advice to ALL those trainers who use prong collars.

It is not unheard of (see the email below) for a mistake to happen and a prong collar comes apart when you need it the most. By having a dominant dog collar on the dog at the same time as the prong this will never be a problem. Simply attach the clip on the leash to both the prong and the ring on the dominant dog collar.

Dominant Dog Collar

Examples of why you need a backup collar
when using a prong collar

Ed,

Your Dominant dog collar saved me from having to chase and catch my 1 year old Malinois around the neighborhood. Having a dominant dog collar clipped with a prong collar really puts me at ease. My prong collar had un-clipped (quick release clip) itself twice. First time the prong collar un-clipped itself was when I gave a strong correction for inappropriate pack behavior. The prong collar just flew up in the air, just like the way it was shown on your Obedience or Dominant Dogs DVD. We were indoors at the time, so my dog did not go anywhere. On the second occasion, we were out on the lawn. My dog has predatory aggression, but is not dog aggressive (thank god!). I'm thinking that his high level of prey drive has something to do with his predatory aggression. Anyhow, my dog saw a cat sitting on our lawn and it got my dog's full attention. Because of the high level of distraction, I gave my dog a strong correction (he's a hard one), and before I knew it, the prong collar un-clipped itself, AGAIN. This time, the dog did NOT go anywhere because I had a dominant dog collar on him. After the prong collar had failed, I immediately said, "NO" and picked him off his feet with the dominant dog collar , and he settled down. Such pack behavior is no longer tolerated. As for the prong collar, I have no idea why it kept un-clipping itself, but it has not un-clipped itself anymore. I think it's just a thing that happens every now and then with prong collars. The prong collar I was using was not one of yours.

Thanks!

Julio

Ed,

I have a female Pit bull that weighs 65 lbs. and I am interested in purchasing a muzzle from your web-site, but I don't know what size to get. Could you please advise? She attacked a small dog when she got off of her pinch collar the other day, now I want to muzzle her to keep this from happening again.

Ed,

I recently purchased two Herm Sprenger Quick Release Prong Collars (item no. 783) from you. I had an incident recently with one of them that you should be aware of. I was walking my dog -- a 60 pound female chow mix -- when she became agitated at a poodle that was growling and barking at us and jumping up and down. I had given her a couple of corrections with the collar and thought I had here settled down and was trying to get her away from the other dog The next thing I new she was out of the collar and going after the poodle. Somehow or another the quick release bolt snap opened up and allowed the collar to separate.

I know the collar was firmly on the dog because we had been walking for quite some time and I had given her several corrections. I can't explain what happened but you should probably look into it so it doesn't happen to someone else.

Why use a Prong Collar?

I call a prong collar "Power Steering for Dogs." A prong is probably the most misunderstood training tool there is in dog work, next to the whip. So many people take one look at it and say "Oh! I could NEVER use that on MY DOG!" Then when I explain how its used and why it is used they call back and say "Ed, this is the greatest thing since sliced bread!"

I also get asked if a prong collar is appropriate for puppies. The answer is very simple. If properly used, a prong is one of the most humane and effect training tools there are. Can it be abused? Absolutely. Any training tool can be abused. If you want to learn how to train with a prong collar get my 4 hour training DVD titled Basic Dog Obedience.

When a prong collar is used in training, the handler must first realize that a dog who required a level 8 correction before will now, with a prong, probably require a level 2 or level 3 correction. What this means is that a strong dog that had so much drive that it was too much for a small person to handle is now easily controllable without a lot of effort.

If you are a new Schutzhund trainer or a police service dog handler, you are going to need a prong collar.

The first people I usually recommend for the prong collars have 3 to 4 month old pups that pull them down the street when they take them for a walk. These dogs need a prong. There is no correction needed from the handler when a prong is worn during walks. The pup (or dog) gives itself a correction when he hits the end of the leash.

When this happens, the handler is there to soothe the shock with praise if the pup yelps. Within one training session every dog is going to be walking slowly by his handler, there is no longer any pulling. In addition the handler is not the bad guy in this work. How could he be? He is soothing and praising the dog after it yelped from a self induced correction when it hit the end of the leash?

Older dogs sometimes need a prong collar when normal corrections with a choke collar do not have the intended results (which means they do not effect the dog). My feeling is that any time a dog required a level 7 correction for normal training, he needs to be worked with a prong collar from that point on.

It's the job of the handler to read his dog. New handlers tend to go out and give the same level of correction with a prong that they did with a choke collar. This is unfair to the dog

A prong collar is designed to be snug, almost tight, on the dogs neck. Many handlers need to take a link or two out of the collar to get the correct fit. Keep these links if you have a young dog, you will probably need to use them when the dog grows up. The point is that if a prong collar is too loose on a dogs neck, the collar loses its effectiveness.

Some dogs have very large necks, if you have such a dog you may have to purchase additional links for the collars. They are sold separately.

How to Fit the Leerburg Dominant Dog Collar:

We sell these collars in 1 inch increments, from 8 inches up to 28 inches in size.

Measure the dogs neck just under the jaw and right behind the ears. Use a string or cloth tape measure. The string should be VERY SNUG. It should be as tight a measurement as you can get it. It is VERY IMPORTANT that you have the tightest possible measurement located at the top of the neck directly below the jaw line. Order a collar that is the exact length of that measurement.

If you have measured your dogs neck properly and your dogs neck size is in between two sizes, then order a collar that is the next size smaller. For example if your string size is 13 1/2 inches then order a 13 inch dominant dog collar. (The hardware is smaller on the dominant dog collars that are 8 - 12 inches. The hardware is larger on the collars that are 13 inches and larger.) If you are questioning your measurement, please call us first and we will talk you through the process.

For example, if the string that goes around your dogs neck is 14 inches then you order a 14 inch dominant dog collar. DO NOT ADD INCHES FOR SLACK! The slack is already accounted for because of the hardware used on the collar.

It is SO VERY IMPORTANT to get a tight, snug measurement. There should be no extra room at all between the dogs neck and the tape measure or string.

When these collars are properly fit they will stay in place and not slip down the neck. If you start add inches to the string you will get a collar that is the wrong size. It will not stay in place and not be as effective for training.

Photo Examples of Proper Fitting

Dominant Dog Collar

This photo shows the correct fit of a Leerburg dominant dog collar. It also shows how to put it around your dogs neck, hooking the clasp to the "free" o-ring. Notice that the collar is snug up under the jaw and not hanging loose.

The photo to the right is an example of a dominant dog collar that is not fit properly. It has too much slack and will not stay in the correct place on the dogs neck - which is right up under the jaw bone.

It is very important that trainers understand that the proper fit will not only insure better training it is also a safety issue with the dog. The less movement in the handlers arm the faster the trainer is going to be able to take the slack out of the collar.

I am not a fan of choke collars as training collars. There are only a few legitimate training collars: a flat collar (leather or nylon), a prong collar, an remote collar (electric collar), and (with aggressive dogs) these dominant dog collars.

dominant dog collar - too big

This dominant dog collar is too big for this dogs neck.

How to Use the Leerburg Dominant Dog Collar:

dominant dog collar

Photo shows how to correct an aggressive dog - lift straight up!!
DON'T JERK!!

If you have an aggression problem you need to determine what level of correction to administer. With most dogs it only requires you to lift straight up on the leash and take up the slack in the collar. With these softer dogs they quickly learn that you have complete control over them.

With more aggressive dogs (on which other methods have failed) the handler should lift the dogs front feet off the ground for a few seconds until the dog settles down from his aggressive rage (see photo to left). This also shows the dog that you will not tolerate what he is doing. Most aggressive dogs only need to have their front feet lifted off the ground a few times to realize that you can take their air away when you want. This is not painful for the dog.

Where a prong collar will often make matter worse, the dominant dog collar will take drive out of the dog.

The key for this work is to make sure the handler is stronger than the dog. In other words, "don't pick a fight you could lose"

dd collar feet up

With most aggressive dogs you only need to lift the front feet off the ground a couple of inches like you see above.

What handlers should not do with these collars is jerk the collar like you would with a prong collar. That’s not how the dominant dogs collars are intended to be used. Jerking on a choke collar will cause muscle damage to the dogs neck.

Lifting the dog up the way I have explained does not cause any damage to the dog, it simply takes their air away. This is not painful but it really gets the dogs attention.

The most important thing that the handler must do during this process is to remain calm and not scream or fight with his dog. The concept is to let the dog know that you are the boss, that you don't need to fight him or scream at him or anything else to take his air away.

Detailed information on the use of a Leerburg Dominant Dog Collar

A full list of prong collars available

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