| Well, I say that because a couple of years ago, someone in our training club lost a sweet pup because the pup wanted to lie next to the toilet and got the choke collar hung up on the pipe handle at the back and strangled to death. She was probably struggling, but not able to bark. We all know of dogs that got hooked on a fence whilst jumping around, but this was right in the house with the owner present. Training collars are for training. Please do use a flat buckle collar if you want one on for taking hold of around the house. It can still get hung up, but won't strangle the dog. Instructions on when to use a training collar (when training) is one of the first hand-outs we give students in our classes. This has nothing to do with preferred collars for corrections (I agree we are mostly opinionated on that), but to do with safety. |