The sliding ring on the dominate dog collar stays tight on her throat because of her coat getting stuck in the ring. It seems a bit tight. What do you recommend?

Hello Cindy,

I have a 13 week GSD. She's a long hair that we imported from Germany.

I've bought a lot of wonderful things for her from your web site including a good selection of DVDs. She's definitely got a mind of her own and even at 13 weeks was starting to pull so hard on the leather collar that I order your puppy prong collar and a dominant dog collar as a safety back up.

Here's my problem. It's her coat. The sliding ring on the dominate dog collar stays tight on her throat because of her coat getting stuck in the ring. This also happens with the prong collar but not as badly. The collars work when I pull on them put don't release fully when I release pressure. When I check the tightness of the released collar it just seems too tight to be correct. She doesn't complain but I know that they're still very tight on her.

I know that you sell fur saver collars but I need to be able to stop her pulling. What can you recommend?

By the way, I really am really leaning a lot from your DVDs with Michael Ellis. It turns out that I live about 20 min from Fairfield, CA and will be taking one of his 2 week courses in July.

Thanks for any advice that you may have for me.
Robert