Growing up our next door neighbor killed (he always said, "lost" but please, once is an accident. Twice is neglect.) two dogs by leaving choke chains on them. One hung itself, fell off of a staircase and caught the collar. The other just snagged the collar on something high while jumping up alittle, hung itself as well.
PLEASE don't use a choke when you aren't there. We all know how Rotties get into trouble...