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Pinch Collars Are Not As Bad As They Look
from: Kyle BesserDog pinch collars are made up of a series of metal links that pop on and off allowing you to determine the length of the collar. Between the links is a small chain with a swivel ring to which you attach the leash. The dog pinch collar comes in three different link sizes: small, medium and large.
Pinch dog collars are sometimes referred to as prong collars. Either name is correct, but pinch collars may be a more accurate name because pinch dog collars work by pinching. When the trainer jerks and releases on pinch dog collars, the links close together and causes a pinch of the skin.
Despite the spiked appearance of pinch dog collars, most dog pinch collars never cause skin irritations or abrasions. The correction the dog pinch collar gives is more intense, but it is not as likely to cause injuries as sometimes occur with the dog choker collars. The dog pinch collar is not a spiked collar. Dog pinch collars do not stick into the dog's neck.
A pinch dog collar is not designed to tighten like a noose around a dog's neck and it cannot choke a dog as the dog choker collars. Interestingly, the correction the dog pinch collar delivers is a more natural sensation to the dog because it is a more bite-like sensation rather than a choking sensation.
The pinch dog collar provides an even pressure around the dog’s neck. When the proper snap-and-release method of correction is used, a pinch dog collar will ensure responsiveness from your dog. Pinch dog collars allow the handler to apply the right amount of pressure so that overcorrection (snapping too hard or too often) does not occur.
There is a good reason that pinch dog collars are not more widely used. Dogs who are not highly pain insensitive would react adversely to the correction from pinch dog collars. They might cry out in pain and become frightened. Any training procedure that causes a dog to cry out in pain is improper, indicating that the dog is being overcorrected. When this happens, the dog loses emotional control and the ability to concentrate. Dogs cannot learn when they cannot concentrate.
Pinch dog collars should be used as a training tool on only the most stoic, neck-insensitive dogs, dogs that will strain on the leash to the point of choking and coughing. Pinch dog collars can be a very useful, humane training tool when used on appropriate subjects but ineffictive on other dogs. Pinch dog collars should never be used on a dog that "resists," when on-leash the dog stops in it's tracks and refuses to move. Pinch dog collars should never be used on puppies during the fear impact stage.
If you decide to use a pinch collar on your dog, you will get many different reactions from people. Many people see pinch dog collars and think that they are cruel to use. It is much crueler to subject a pain-insensitive dog to repeated corrections from a collar that has no effect. The dog learns nothing and you risk injuring the dog with rough, ineffective corrections.
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