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Dog training is an art, and like
any artist you must pick your
tools carefully in order to
properly train your dog. Each
dog is different, and thus you
must be able to decide which
collar is most appropriate for
your dog based on its
temperament, pesonality, and
strength. Below, you will find a
description of all the major
varieties of dog training
collars that you might come
across when deciding to purchase
one for you pooch.
The metal choke collar is
perhaps the most popular and
widely used collar in the dog
training world. It should be
used in training larger,
stronger dogs that tend to take
YOU for a walk.
The metal toggle choke collar is
basically the same as you
regular choke collar with the
major difference being that you
can correct you dog easily by
using the toggle while your dog
is off-leash.
The pinch collar should be used
RARELY and only in situations
where the choke collar is
ineffective in controlling your
dog (i.e. in situations where
your dog is very strong, where
its highly aggressive, and when
it repeatedly lunges at other
dogs and people).
The fur saver choke collar is
designed to control the dog
without leaving chain marks
around the dogs' neck or getting
fur caught in the chain which
sometimes occurs when using an
ordinary metal choke collar. It
is mainly used when showing dogs
and NOT in training them because
the dogs don't tend to respond
to them in training and they
don't give the quick jerk needed
for proper correction.
The nylon choke collar is best
used in small dogs and puppies
up to 3 months, because they
tend to be more gentle and they
tend to get young puppies used
to wearing a collar.
The gentle head leader is best
used on dogs that are more shy
and easily corrected (i.e. dogs
that respond quickly to your
commands and dogs that tend to
cringe upon your correction).
The electronic collar is mainly
used for two reasons: first its
used on field dogs (i.e. in bird
hunting) and second it is used
as a means of training the "out"
command to a protection dog in
its bite training phase.
The tracking harness is used for
exactly what its name suggests:
for tracking game, suspects,
lost individuals, or competition
articles.
And finally, the seeing eye dog
harness is designed so that the
dogs' owner can hang on to the
lead while the dog guides her to
her destination. Unlike other
leads, this lead is designed so
that the dog can pull its owner
forward as it walks instead of
gently walking beside her on
loose lead.
In order
to view pictures of the dog
collars described above and for
a more indepth discussion of
each, please visit me at:
http://www.newdogtrainingscrets.com
and select from a variety of
articles on the topic in the
November archive
About The Author
Armen T. Ghazarians offers advice and insightful articles for those who
are interested in
training their dogs like
the professionals. His
blog
http://www.newdogtrainingsecrets.com
offers information
regarding many aspects
of Professional Dog
Training for all those
who are not professional
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