I am NOT wearing a pinch collar!!

[Anthony8858]

Last week, I put a pinch collar on Kira. She had it on for ONLY ONE WALK around the neighborhood. She was developing a tendency to pull, and a single very slight correction, put an immediate end to her pulling. She's smart, and she got it right away.

So the collar sat in my kitchen drawer for a week since.
Yesterday, I took the collar out of the drawer to put in someplace else... From the corner of my eye, I see Kira run and hide under the kitchen table. I didn't believe it, so I dangled the collar a bit and just walked in her direction. She ran into the dining room. LOL.

These dogs don't forget anything, and they know what they like and don't like. Simply amazing.

[cta]

thankfully chobahn doesn't run from the prong, otherwise i would be in trouble! when he sees it, he dances all around because he knows it means he's going for a walk. when i used to crate him for the day, the second he saw me brushing my teeth or heard my blow dryer, he would run and hide under the kitchen table because he knew it was almost time to be locked up. they really don't forget anything. smart little buggers.

[Castlemaid]

Why don't you just have her wear the collar around the house (with supervision of course) for on and off so that the sight, sound and feel of the collar is matter of fact.

Another thing you can do is go for a few walks with her wearing both regular collar and her pinch collar. Have the leash on her regular collar for the first few walks. Then start switching to her pinch collar (still wearing both collars).

[doggiedad]

you don't want your dog shying away from her
collar or leash. why do you think she ran from
her collar? Castlemaid has the cure.

[Courtney]

Originally Posted by Castlemaid

Why don't you just have her wear the collar around the house (with supervision of course) for on and off so that the sight, sound and feel of the collar is matter of fact.

Another thing you can do is go for a few walks with her wearing both regular collar and her pinch collar. Have the leash on her regular collar for the first few walks. Then start switching to her pinch collar (still wearing both collars).

Agreed.

Having my dog run and hide whenever his training collar is ready to be put on would not be fun.

Mine also wears a prong but we also put his flat collar on at the sametime. He recovers quickly from a prong correction. Mine will also get excited when he sees any of his collars taken off the peg he knows it's time for fun (car ride, training, walk).

Take the suggestion above by Castlemaid

[Josie/Zeus]

I think she too young to be on prong. Wait a couple or months and see what happens.

[Courtney]

Originally Posted by Josie/Zeus

I think she too young to be on prong. Wait a couple or months and see what happens.

Oh wait, how old is she?

[Josie/Zeus]

She is 5.5 months I think..

[mtmarabianz]

Originally Posted by Castlemaid

Why don't you just have her wear the collar around the house (with supervision of course) for on and off so that the sight, sound and feel of the collar is matter of fact.

Another thing you can do is go for a few walks with her wearing both regular collar and her pinch collar. Have the leash on her regular collar for the first few walks. Then start switching to her pinch collar (still wearing both collars).

Make Sure the Supervision Part = left my pup for a moment, in my breezeway, and while scratching her hind leg got threw/under the collar = few more moments and she would have been strangled, the more she struggled, the tighter it got = gives me chills to this day!

[mtmarabianz]

Originally Posted by Josie/Zeus

She is 5.5 months I think..

Not too young for a prong. Mine at that age felt like she was dislocating my shoulder, without a prong on!