My neighbours have an Am Staff, and he's often tied out on chain connected to his prong (unsupervised) and in a backyard that includes many snagging/strangling opportunities that would pose a risk even on a normal collar but especially on a prong because of the space between the links (?) on the collar (sorry, I don't know the collar terminology).
Anyway, I think I might be able to talk them out of the prong but probably not the tie-outs all together...so, is a prong more dangerous than a regular flat-buckle collar for tying out a dog?
That's what I thought, but I just wasn't confident enough that I wasn't over-reacting...but your reply says enough. I'm going to try and speak with them.
Brad . Martin Webboard User Reg: 09-14-2005
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I would say yes; a prong can accidentally come undone when it is popped. So the dog could easily get loose and they would never know.
Not only that, in regards to Ontario Bylaw in chapter 4. subsection (3), it states; "no person shall keep an animal tethered where a choke collar, a choke chain or a pronged collar forms part of the tether."
Sandy Moore Webboard User Reg: 07-25-2006
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Thanks Brad, for pointing out there's a law being broken. Some people won't listen to anything else. Tying out that poor dog with a prong had me upset and then read Will's post, which says it all.
Thanks everyone, and thanks to Brad for pointing out the legal issue. I definitely feel more prepared to speak with my neighbours. The dog seems really sweet, and they seem like good people who just don't know any better.
Another reason for not tying the dog out on a prong is it desensitizes the dog to it. The prong is a valuable tool in a trainers tool box so why lose that tool. I don't know about anyone else but I can use all the tools I can get.
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