One reason prong collars are cruel is that dogs learn by association, not generalization. Therefore, an adult dog will not associate the painful pinching sensation of a prong collar with when his mum ...

A Boca Raton woman is facing animal cruelty charges after Palm Beach County Animal Care and Control officers say she left a metal prong collar on a dog for two weeks, leading to severe injuries ...

Prong collars have a similar function to choke collars, except they have small, blunt, metal prongs on the inside of the collar. These prongs are meant to dig into your dog’s skin when the leash ...

4. Punishment Fallout Due to Aversive Collars. While it may be tempting to use certain types of collars (choke, prong, and shock collars) to correct behaviors such as pulling on the leash or ...

The prong collars scared me--I thought they would hurt Maya--even though I was told by a trainer, absurdly, that because Maya was a hunting breed, she had a “tough neck,” like some dog-shaped ...

I read about how prong collars were designed to imitate the corrective nip of a mother dog to a puppy. And the lightbulb went on for me. Karma is so-so at taking correction from humans, but she is ...

Why are prong collars cruel, and what alternatives exist for managing a strong-pulling dog? Prong collars cause discomfort and pain when a dog pulls. It's an aversive method to stop a dog from ...

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