Cathy Goessman Webboard User Reg: 12-03-2007
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People think that a harness gives them more control and they don't have to hear their untrained dog gagging from collar pressure.
Plus, there's all those "no-pull" harness out there now. For some reason people see tightening a thin cord against a very sensitive area as better than a collar correction. The front attach harnesses tend to just hobble the dog by pressure against the shoulders but people buy into the whole "gently guiding from the front" claims. Never seen one that actually works as claimed but they do reduce the pulling in some dogs.
At least people are finally getting away from head collars. I've seen a lot less of those than I used to.
Elaine Haynes Webboard User Reg: 08-16-2005
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I know what y'all mean. My friends, whom I live with, insist on their dogs, especially the Peke being walked on harnesses with flexi leads. They are their dogs so I do as they wish. *shrugs*
The good thing is that I do know how to control the dogs despite the problems with harnesses and use the flexi properly.
My friends have heard and are afraid regular collars would damage the dogs' tracheas. And they would never consider a prong collar at all.
Cathy Goessman Webboard User Reg: 12-03-2007
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Quote: Elaine Haynes
My friends have heard and are afraid regular collars would damage the dogs' tracheas. And they would never consider a prong collar at all.
That's a valid concern with a dog like a peke and there simply might not be enough neck area for even a micro prong. I'd give them a pass at least for that dog.
The pinch is a MUCH better tool then any harness. Used correctly there is no pressure on the trachea.
As to training my dogs, I train with either a flat leather collar or a fur saver.
Running into people with flexi leads as brought the a-hole out in me a couple of times.
Tammy Moore Webboard User Reg: 01-14-2010
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A flexi can also be a useful training tool, unfortunately most that use them are those that have the least control over their dog.
I have had a small dust rag shot around a corner and grab Roger by his lip while the owner was 15ft down the aisle paying NO
attention. I have had dogs get tangled around my legs, watched as they take out display racks in stores, and as Anne said, the vet’s office
is a nightmare.
My father is pushing 90, still out walking his dog all the time. Concerned he may wipe out during the ice of winter, I got him a flexi. He can stand in
the doorway and let the dog do what he needs to do when there is ice, and I worry less about the fall.
Those with little knowledge like to chant the abuses of the prong.
There are also those that use a prong in combo with a flexi.
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