| If you do a search on the net for prong collars, you'll probably see several references to a study in Germany that showed that prong collars were safer than choke chains. Autopsies of dogs trained with both collars showed that nearly all the dogs in the study trained with choked chains had trauma in the neck area, while very few of the dogs trained with prong collars had neck trauma. Of course, that only applies if the device is used correctly.
If the head halti works for what you need to do, then fine, stick with it. Personally, I never had good results with the halti, but individual dogs are different. I've also found that when you get into more advanced obedience excercises, certain specifc tasks that require compulsion are best done with a prong collar. |