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There are many different options that you
can use to help you walk or teach your dog.
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And while there are some great choices out
there that you can make to really help in
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the training process, there are also some
really bad ones.
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And I'm gonna be talking about them today.
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This is called a choke collar, and the reason
why it's called a choke collar is it's designed
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to choke your dog.
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The premise is that you put this collar on
your dog, and if the dog pulls the collar
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tightens to the point where it's so painful,
that in theory, the dog should stop pulling.
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But what actually happens: A lot of dogs,
even with a collar like this on, will continue
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to pull.
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When they continue to pull the collar tightens
so much, to the extent that it cuts off the
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dog's air supply.
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Many dogs have had to go to the veterinarian
because their tracheas, i.e. their windpipes,
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have collapsed when collars like these have
been used.
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And sometimes dogs have actually strangled
themselves with collars like these when owners
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leave a collar like this on their dogs unsupervised.
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It gets caught on something -- the dog tries
to get out of it and will strangle themselves
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in the process.
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The best thing to do with this collar is to
throw it away.
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This is known as a pinch collar or a prong
collar.
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So called, because it has prongs that can
dig into your dog's neck.
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It's the same premise as the choke collar
-- it doesn't completely choke your dog, but
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what it does is when the dog pulls, this tightens,
and the prongs dig into your dog's neck.
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Because the dog feels discomfort and pain,
you're dog, in theory, stops pulling.
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Again, a lot of dogs that have these kind
of collars on, will even go through the pain
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and will hurt themselves.
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At the end of the day, this prong collar might
be slightly better than the choke collar,
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but you're still causing your dog pain when
it's walking.
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And do you really want to walk a dog when
it's in pain?
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People who use this disgust me, because there's
so many other ways to teach dogs -- regardless
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of the issue that your dog has.
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But this is called the remote collar, e-collar
or shock collar.
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And it's designed to give your dog a shock
of static electricity if your dog does something
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you don't like.
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Now, a lot of people who like using shock
collars say that using a shock collar doesn't
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damage a dog's neck, it doesn't cause the
dog pain, it's just a little feeling of static
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electricity.
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Well, I can tell you that numerous studies
have been done to show how dogs react to these
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kind of shock collars.
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And while some dogs might be able to take
the static electricity that they get from
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a shock, many are so traumatized, even by
one experience of shock, that it causes a
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lifetime of fear.
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I call this collar quick fix training.
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And because people love quick fixes, they
don't want to put the time and effort that
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it takes to walk a dog.
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Where I can actually teach a dog to walk well
on leash -- doesn't matter -- regardless of
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the dog, the size of the dog or the issue,
to walk well on a leash in about 10 minutes.
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I would rather take a little time to teach
a dog how to walk well on leash or to deal
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with the problem behavior than using and relying
on something as inhumane as shocking my dog
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into complying.
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Most people who use these kind of things when
training, have no idea of the psychological
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negative impact it's having on their dog,
because so many trainers use stuff like this,
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and so many people validate there use.
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To me, though, and thousands of trainers like
me, and the best scientists and behaviorist
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in the United States and around the world,
these contraptions are plain abuse.
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And so the best place for all of these is
in the trash where they belong.
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So what are the solutions?
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You wanna be able to walk your dog, but you're
finding it too hard to teach your dog just
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on a regular collar and leash.
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Well, some of the solutions come in the form
of harnesses.
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And you can use great harnesses for your dog
that will actually prevent your dog from pulling
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while you're in the teaching process.
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Because at the end of the day, you want to
be able to get to the point where you're walking
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your dog just on a regular collar and leash.
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I like these kind of harnesses.
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These kind of harnesses lead a dog by the
chest.
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A leash is attached to a loop that centers
on the chest area, so that when the dog pulls,
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the dog's body comes round.
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The weight is distributed evenly around the
body, rather than just concentrated around
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the sensitive area of the neck.
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So you can use a harness like this in order
to help walk your dog, in order to help control
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your dog, while you're also teaching your
dog to walk well on a collar.
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Remember, when you're choosing a piece of
equipment to help teach or walk your dog make
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sure you do it positively.
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I'm Victoria Stilwell, with my friend Bud
here, for eHow Pets.
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