[zorro13]

In my neck of the woods, when I used to work in the shelter, I saw 'fighting dogs' daily being brought in. At the time, this was a severe problem in the area, so much so that anything remotely resembling a pit was instantly euthanized and never put up for adoption. These actual fighting dogs were kept awaiting court trial then were euthanized, not once, have I ever seen any of these fighting dogs wearing spike collars nor wearing such during the process of those 'fights' (I was told). The idiotic people involved in that crap aren't into prevention of any kind of injury. With that, I have never had any use for a spiked collar, I see them more as a fashion statement, even saw spiked harnesses. But as the poster above mentioned a safety issue while scratching, I can see that happening perhaps.

Anyways, my female rottie wears a baby pink suede collar and I will eventually paint her toenails pink to match--against my husband's objections! LOL Interesting to note, recently my neighbor saw someone walking their dog (non-rottie) in a prong collar, she was quite taken aback by the looks of it, I explained the collar to her, she still had a raised eyebrow because it looked so gruesome to her. I find all the hoopla and drama in here around someone just wanting to get a spiked collar completely ludicrous. A collar fueling BSL? Hardly, I imagine it's all the dog bites fueling that.