I realized our collar is too loose. What can we do to adjust the size of the collar so that it would stay behind the ears as it is indicated on your photographs?

Hello Ed,

Warm greetings to you all and thank you for your wonderful visual website about the pinch/prong collars! Five weeks ago my husband and I adopted our first dog from a rescue group. She was sentenced to death because she was too fearful while waiting in the shelter. Thanks to Hopes Haven in Salem, Oregon, her life was saved and she is very affectionate toward all people & animals and very submissive. However, we turned out not to be the strongest pack leaders so on the walk she has been pulling hard. We signed up for a training class and during the class the trainers recommended to use the prong/pinch collar on her. They let us try and seemed better so we purchased the collar. When we got home we wanted to learn more about the collars and it took a lot of time before we found your great website.

The trainer put the collar on Stella so I did the same the next day to walk & run with her since she has a lot of energy ? two years young, looks like a mix of black lab & pit and weighs about 46 lbs. After I ran with her and then saw your website I realized that the collar was too loose and slid down on her neck and ended up pretty much where her regular collar was. I removed one link and walked & run with her and the same thing happened ? it slid down her neck. When I removed one more link, I was pretty much choking her and could not really put it on her. It is a bit frustrating because I do not want to hurt her but at the same time I want to collar to be in a proper position so that we can control her pulling. What can we do to adjust the size of the collar so that it would stay behind the ears as it is indicated on your photographs?

I will be very grateful for your feedback as soon as possible so that we can do the right thing.

Thank you very much for understanding and I look forward to hear from you at the right time!

With much love, joy, peace & gratitude
Pavla