This law is a little bit...ridiculous i mean is it me or a martingale collar does the same think as a choke chain? Chokes the dog right? What about slip leads? They function choking the dog as well are they banned?
Now K9 Units...I know in the UK they do not use such tools which I think they are doing a good job if they keep sending dogs out there and if they do not use such tools illegally I'm freaking amazed then.
Now... E-collars....I don't see any electronic collar on that ban... I really wonder now if people will purchase this e-collars and use them without know how to handle such tool....
Dogs who are waiting to be adopted and dogs who will be dumped cause people keeps getting the wrong trainers...no matter what tools they better keep focused or tons are going to pay bc of them.
Overall for me this law do not make sense the only part that makes sense is DO NOT TIE YOUR DOG with a freaking prong or choke chain but...c'mon is common sense right?
Actually, no. A martingale is not a correction collar at all. I prefer the kind that has a little chain on it because the dog will hear the chain and correct their position.
The martingale works more like a prong collar -- same set up, minus the prongs. So when it tightens, it tightens around the neck, and not just a pressure point. It only tightens to a certain point and prevents the dog from slipping the collar, if the dog is backing up, afraid of something, whatever.
Any tool can be abused, ill fitted, etc. But the martingale is less likely to be abused by a heavy-handed trainer than a prong collar or choke chain.
A choke chain or slip lead, will continue to tighten until there is no more room whatsoever. If a dog gets stuck in one, the will turn around and around and shut off their windpipe and strangle to death. Some trainers used to hold a dog up, or tie a dog up with a choke until they were unconscious, this was choking out a dog. And yes, damage to windpipes was found in dogs using this type of collar.
Used correctly, one can train effectively with one. But half the owners and even groomers can't even put it on correctly -- yes, it makes a difference. On correctly the chain stays relaxed, and used correctly the chain is relaxed and tightened only momentarily, to provide communication to the dog, and immediately relaxed again. It is a training collar and only a training collar and should be removed from the dog when not training.
One can leave a martingale on a dog. Any collar can get stuck on something and cause injury and even death. A martingale is no more or less dangerous than a flat collar. Not true of the choke-chain.
Some call a martingale a "humane choke." I wish they wouldn't because it is completely false. Choking is never humane. It would be more correct to call it a humane prong, but that implies that prong collars are inhumane, and that it implies that the martingale is a training collar. It is not.
I use a flat collar for tags when we go out, and a martingale for the leash. If we aren't leaving the property, my dogs run naked. It is the most safe.
