May 17, 2011

My dog pulls us while walking on a leash. My trainer suggested to try your Dominant Dog Collar. Is it okay to use on a dog with no aggression?

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Thanks for you wonderful website.

I have a question about the dominant collar. My dog is a black Labrador. He is 10 month old. Since 3 months, we have been working with a trainer. Niki, that's his name, is VERY stubborn. It's taken time and hard work to "persuade" him do something. He keeps testing the boundaries every day. One problem we are having is that he pulls us (me and my wife) while walking him on a leash. It's even a bigger problem when he sees a cat/another dog/something he thinks interesting. Regular choke collars aren't efficient (they always drop down on his neck). My trainer suggested to try one of your Dominant Dog Collars. As the prime reason for using it, according to your website, is for aggressive dogs, I wanted to check with you if it would be smart using it in our case (we have no aggression problems).

Please let me know what do you think.

Thank you,
Knafel
Cindy
Cindy Cindy's Answer:
We recommend the dominant dog collar for situations that involve aggression OR high levels of excitement. A prong collar is best for pulling problems, but if the dog is overly excited or aggressive the prong can actually add to the problem.

I’d actually recommend you have both collars, I use both of them with my dogs.

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