How to Train Your Dog on a Prong Collar | The SAFE Way! 

My dog has a positive association with her prong collar. She knows it means a walk! The trainer who fit ìt made the introduction positive as well. It keeps us both safer and we don't have to use it every time, either.

Gonna try again with the prong collar after removing one link. It wasn't overly large. But there was room to fine tune the length. The Martingale collar my new 2yo rescue (Border Collie mix) was beyond useless even though it was adjusted and installed correctly. She's got tremendous prey drive for squirrels and other dogs. She presently chokes herself with the Martingale and the prong. The prong collar has worked very well on my three previous dogs. I've been employing the stopping, extreme slowing, and numerous 180 direction changes to no avail thus far. I have a second rescue (6yo English Shepherd) who I've had for one year. I've taught him the mushing commands (Gee, Haw, Whoa, On by), so he's mostly a good influence. It's gonna take time for sure...and effort to do regular single dog-only walks with the BC mix. She's got loads of energy. I eventually intend to walk both dogs on a tandem leash (splitter) as I did successfully with my two previous dogs. Cheers

Just a tip you may want to recommend using a safety clip that clips from the inactive ring on the prong collar to your dogs collar. A friend recommended this to me and it probably saved my dogs life since if you don't put them on correctly they can pop off when you are giving a correction.

Thank you so much for explaining it like this!!! I’m not the biggest fan of prongs and they are a last resort for me cause I like to train on different harnesses. (I’m one of the only trainers in my area) However, I love the way you acknowledge that it’s not the only way! I see so many people arguing about tools and such, when the tools themselves are such a small part of it. I trained my husky on a regular harness and we both have fun with it! I do let her pull to an extent cause well, she’s literally a sled dog, but I’m able to get her back when need be and she understands when she is and isn’t allowed to pull.

This is the best video about prong collar. I’m a first time furry mom and my 7 months old Maltese pulls on the leash. Thank you. I just subscribed

The prong I have has a buckle, so which is good so in case he slips out of it

I started on a martingale then moved to the starmark…. Neither work for my 5 mo old…. So a prong collar is what I’m going for

Thank you! Education is key! ( not banning )

Probably the hottest continuing controversy among dog experts has to do with training methods. While it is the case that positive or "reward-based" training techniques have become more widespread since the 1950s, "discipline-based" training using physical force or some sort of punishment or compulsion has reasserted itself in recent years because of recommendations by certain popular television shows and a few dog trainers who have become trendy with the media.

Excellent video! 💪

Do you have an opinion on the Starmark training collar?

Nice! I agree with how you were using the prong. I know you don't need some random person on the internet's acceptance lol but most of the time I click on prong videos just to see how badly they explain things/how badly they understand its use. This tool needs proponents who actually know how to train dogs, or it's getting banned 😥 I subscribed!

Subscribing just so i can see what this channel is about, don't have the time to check it out rn 😁👍

it's not the equipment that changes the dog's behavior! it's easy to teach a dog to become sensitive to leash pressure, using a well fitted harness or regular collar, by making it a good deal and teaching a dog to ignore distractions in a positive way by changing how they feel about the distractions. There is no need to inflict pain or the threat of pain by using torture instruments like a prong collar!!!

In Germany prong collars are forbidden. 20k fine!

I hate prong collars - and they can't be used on all breeds of dog - greyhounds absolutely can't wear a prong collar owing to the structure of their necks and where they have to wear collars.

We have a six month old Labrador. Our trainer handed us a prong collar and said; “You will have to use this forever.” That doesn’t sound right to me.