I'm having a difficult time fitting my dog's prong collar proper.
It it's current state, I can slip a finger between the "teeth" of the collar and my dog's neck. The collar also tends to slightly go down on his neck.
If I remove one more link, the collar becomes really tight. So tight I can see the "teeth" pushing the dog's skin. I don't think the collar is supposed to perpetually pinch my dog's neck.
It seems I would require removing like "half of a link" to have it be perfectly fit.
Cameron Feathers Webboard User Reg: 03-11-2008
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Quote: francis daigle
If I remove one more link, the collar becomes really tight. So tight I can see the "teeth" pushing the dog's skin. I don't think the collar is supposed to perpetually pinch my dog's neck.
It seems I would require removing like "half of a link" to have it be perfectly fit.
Any recommendations ?
you say it is too tight, and "pinching"...
but I wonder if it is just indenting a little on the fur, or if it actually is too tight.
I know when I first saw the collar adjusted correctly, I were a bit nervous, thinking it would hurt the dog for it to be snug.
If the collar moves down the neck it is too loose. Is there any way for you to take pictures of the collar?
Have you looked at the pictures here on some of the ebooks showing the collar fitted properly?
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You could try a prong collar with a quick release. This makes it really a lot more "cusomizable" as to fit. Once you get the fit close as to the links, you can move the connector anywhere you want it, in very small increments.
you say it is too tight, and "pinching"...
but I wonder if it is just indenting a little on the fur, or if it actually is too tight.
I know when I first saw the collar adjusted correctly, I were a bit nervous, thinking it would hurt the dog for it to be snug.
If the collar moves down the neck it is too loose. Is there any way for you to take pictures of the collar?
My dog has close to no hair on his throat (it's a JRT) so I'm pretty positive it's the skin that gets indented.
I'll try to post a picture tonight.
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Have you looked at the pictures here on some of the ebooks showing the collar fitted properly?
Of course. But I couldn't explain based on these pictures, because they don't actually show how the links "teeth" (what's the real word?) stand on the dog's neck.
I'll try to explain it in another way. On my dog, the links "rest" on the dog's neck when I leave the collar in it's current state. If I remove a link, the links will literally "stand" on it.
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Ditto what Shody recommends. I have a quick-release and it's way more 'customizable' than the regular prong. The Herm Sprenger ones sold at LB are excellent quality...
The collar is a 16''prong from which I removed 2 links.
I tried again removing a additional third one tonight. It's not choking him, but I bet it must be quite uncomfortable. Pretty much like putting a tie tightly.
I measured his neck and it's pretty much 10''. The collar is 11'' 1/2 with I remove two links, and 10'' 3/4 when I remove three.
I suppose the latter is the right way for a perfect fit. But I only have 5 links remaining now... the chain part is almost as wide as the linked part. Maybe Micheal is right, and I should get a micro prong with an additional link or two ? 5 links seem pretty lacking, leerburg's video on prong collar says there should be around 9.
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