Review on 🐶 Herm Sprenger Stainless Steel Prong Dog Training Collar: Ultra-Plus Pet Pinch Collar for Effective No-Pull Training, Made in Germany by Anthony Gutierrez

My 48lb herding mix is very affectionate with other dogs, people, squirrels etc. It has become impossible to walk her as she is too strong for me, although she is not a large breed by any means. I couldn't even believe my dog wouldn't knock my elderly mom off her feet the short walk from the door to the car while she babysits me. It got to the point where we just couldn't go for a walk until she learned to control her impulses and walk on a leash using R+ methods, which of course would take a very long time as these are complex skills and she was getting worse. parts of puberty. Exercise and mental enrichment are essential, especially for such an energetic breed, so we were in a bind. I am an aspiring trainer who has already spent hours and hundreds of dollars training my dog and we needed a solution. This collar was of great importance. Spiked collars aren't meant to be a "quick fix," but for us it definitely was. We go for walks every day and I get compliments on how well she behaves as we pass barking, whipping dogs and she stays by my side. It also allows us not to aggravate people's struggles with really reactive dogs because we can pass quietly and quickly. A piece of advice: I have a hard time putting a spiked collar on, especially because of my dog's (half Australian Shepherd) long coat. There are great videos online by Robert Cabral and the University of Leerburg on how to do this, but I suggest you stand behind your dog and tuck it under your right ear - don't try to look directly at the collar, do keep it parallel. with line of sight, if that makes sense. In addition, jagged collars can be opened with sufficient pressure. It may also be advisable to pass the loop through a flat/sliding collar. I use a carabiner for this. It doesn't take a lot of pressure or "punishment" for a dog to learn that pressure on a leash means yielding in the *direction* of the pressure (whereas the dog's instinct is to pull against it). I only introduced "clap" on the leash or "corrections" after we had been using the collar for some time. She learned not to be pulled but to be praised and rewarded when she gave in to a little pressure. I recommend the Youtube videos from Robert Cabral and the University of Leerburg on how to use this properly and ethically. We've been using it for a few months now and yesterday I walked my dog on her flat collar. She behaved brilliantly. The tool helped me teach my dog a fundamental skill I just couldn't teach him; it is not a torture device that she obeys only when it is around her neck.