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Offline brandon

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Properly Fitting a prong collar
« on: December 20, 2005, 01:15:37 pm »
We tried a prong collar the 1st time with Bava this weekend, and it made no difference whatsoever.  I wanted to use it for his Petsmart visit where he feels the need to visit with every single person in the store.  I had removed 3 of the links so that it was not loose, but it looks like he was wearing it too low.  He pulled like the dickens to try and visit people, as usual.  I did fit the collar with the rubber tips.  I bought the collar because I thought it would be easier on his trachea than a regular band, and was more worried about him injuring himself with the prong collar, but apparently I didn't have it positioned high enough for a proper correction.

Anyways, I found a really informative page on how to properly fit the collar on your dog and wanted to share it:
http://shelzy.8m.com/prongfyi.htm
« Last Edit: December 20, 2005, 01:17:56 pm by brandon »
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Re: Properly Fitting a prong collar
« Reply #1 on: December 20, 2005, 01:21:08 pm »
That's a great article, Brandon.  Thanks!

Looks like Ranger has been wearing his a bit too loose!
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