Don't USE a PRONG Collar on your DOG until You Watch This video
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- Опубликовано: 5 ноя 2023
- Are prong collars dangerous? That all depends how they are used. In fact everything can be used to inflict pain and fear on your dog including your hands, leashes, harnesses and flat collars. The point is to find a tool that will allow you to help your dog learn most effectively and most humanely. I believe that tool can often be the prong collar.
Now the prong collar is not. for every dog, but no one tool fits every dog.
The prong collar holds the stigma as one of the cruelest of all dog training tools. I promise, by the end of this video I will change your mind. I will show you a dog that never gets hurt or scared while wearing the prong and actually enjoys it and has a better relationship with his owner because of this simple technique that I teach the dog and his owner.
This video is part of a 45+ minute complete lesson that you can see on my online training:
robertcabral.com
Some dogs benefit greatly from using a prong collar properly, but it must be introduced properly. I think this is the BIGGEST mistake that people make. I've done a couple of other videos on introducing the prong collar properly, but addressing it again with a different dog may help someone understand the tool better. I have personally never seen a dog get injured using a prong properly, but can't say that about a lot of other tools.... the key is introducing it the right way and impressing on the dog how to understand what the collar is and how the dog should respond to it.
I'm interested to hear your thoughts on this video. Did you do a proper intro with your dog to a pong collar? If you didn't, it may be time to do that before you do one more training!
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This is a short portion of the complete members video that is available on my site: robertcabral.com
Check it out. Also, be sure to subscribe and like my videos.... Look forward to your comments.
being proud to use abusive instruments to cause pain instead of educating oneself to not need it, is a crime against the dogworld. and this dog for sure doesn't need all this pain. but you love to teach dogs that there is pain out of nowhere. it makes you feel superior to know how to use pain. what a treason to both: animal world and human intelligence. if you would educate yourself as well about pain free training you would be even more successfull. but it would not nurture your ego so much. so i guess the dogs will feel needless pain as long as your carreer will last. and they are so loyal - they will still love you. if they did this to you - you would not love them anymore. this is why you can abuse them as long as you want. because they have more love and much better character than abusive humans. so be proud on yourself and your abuse. 😞
For anyone reading this: I know that dog training can be difficult sometimes, but you're doing great. Keep up the good work, and your dog (and your own sanity) will thank you for it! ❤️💕😊
So good! My dog gets super excited when the prong comes out because she knows we're going for a great walk and I don't get dragged onto a cracked tailbone. Win-Win!😁
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Same here! I got two big dogs a Mal and a boxer. Both males. Hughe dogs. I had to find the way to get them out for a pack walk together to improve their relationship. Prong was the only thing could make that happen to us. Since they are getting closer to each other by doing nice happy walks together. Prong isn't cruel! Prong is a tool to get your life and your dog's life happy 🥰
Buying a prong collar was the best thing I did for my dog. It's like a switch clicked in his head and he finally understood what was expected from him and trying to communicate, even from gentle pressure. He's at the point where he can get corrections from ZERO pressure because he uses the sound of the chain passing through the ring as feedback before it even gets tight enough to apply pressure.
Also, if you're worried about hurting your dog, just put a prong collar on yourself like Robert did and try applying a correction. It's way more comfortable than you're imagining. My dog was hurting himself way more with a flat collar than he ever did with a prong.
I’m going to have to get one for mine, he’s legit hurting himself on the flat collar
Thank you Robert , important video
I personally been teaching dogs for over 30 years. I started out using prong and tens collars. in the past 15 years I no longer use either device. Both tools are probably 99.99% safe in a professionals hands, accidents still do happen though no matter how safe you are. You need to ask yourself is it worth the risk? How ever in a beginner's hands the safety of these tool especially prong collars goes down big time. Most pro prong people are so clueless its not even funny and think these are end tools. Meaning you will you need to use these tools till the end of the dogs life. These shoud be temporary tools only. The end goal should always be to not need one. A true professional would advise and make the dangers very clear about prong collars such as never ever where a prong collar to a dog park. I have seen 2 dog fights started because prong collar of one dog got snagged on another dog. 1 of the fights was broken up fairly easy the other not so much and both dogs had 1,000.00s in vet bills. If you want to use a prong collar you need to seek a professional like Robert and get real professional teaching on its use in person and do not use prong collar till you get a professionals OK that you are using the tool properly.
Thank You Robert.
This info on the prong is the most detailed I have received, a lot of new information for me. I think you are the best dog trainer overall.
Wow, thank you!
100% agreed!! 💫
It's always a pleasure to listen and watch how you train Robert.
With you having a background in teaching really work and you are a genuine guy who knows his stuff and dogs come first which I like too.
We get too many pop up dog trainers who are doing so many unnatural things with dogs just to show off .
It makes me sad that people are lured in by it all and these thick headed thugs that have little value for a dog and it's all about their image and getting noticed.
These people don't really have any place in dog training because they are abusing dogs and send the wrong message out to people who copy their brainless and distasteful ways.
Crazy really and it's not dog training.
I hear you!!!
Im glad you put this out, my GDane/Masitff has a lot of loose skin so ive struggled with fit and im goint to go for tight based on this, to reduce collar movements. Thank you
Great video!
Good points about introducing the prong. I’d need more instruction putting the prong on. Hard to see what you’re doing. Lol , probably need one on one instruction.
7:50 Keep the harness if you don’t use a crate in the car! Best way to keep a dog safe in a vehicle (if not crated) is with a harness, and a seatbelt attachment to the back of the harness. (Never by their collar) Heaven forbid if an accident happens, it’ll help keep your dog safer.
Or if at anytime you need to hook up an overhead run line for your dog, can safely hook it up to the back clip, no choking hazard…. (Can use their leash as the runner hanging from a cable tied tree to tree) works great for park picnic, or at a friend’s without a fenced yard.. etc
I started using a prong collar on my German shepherd when I had frozen shoulders when she was about a year old. I still use it now as her dog reactivity is quite high also is her jumping up at passers by. Work in progress!
Wish you had close-ups on how to attach and use the prong
Fantastic information, thanks for this. Seriously considering switching to a prong from a gentle leader. What is your opinion on gentle leaders? It has worked well on my pit mix rescue for pulling / leash reactivity, but I'm worried about the possibility for irritation.
I’ve never liked them.
They have limiting slip lead collars and limiting prong collars. The company he recommends has some very good ones.
Does this work with more energetic breeds like Mals? This dog seems real laidback and easy to introduce this. Any suggestions on how to introduce a prong to a Belgian?
I did it the exact same way with my Malinois Goofy. Use a low distraction environment when working with a higher drive breed!
I'm not a pro trainer and my malinois took to it very quickly after introducing her to it inside the house and then working our way outside on walks. Used positive reinforcement to introduce all of my dogs to the prong and now they're excited when I grab them to put them on.
Can they slip out of it?
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Hey @RobertCabralDogs I got a rescue Mal in July 23’ so he is currently with us half year, he is anxious boy and only interested in toys, food rarely, we had a trainer but probably not a correct one for us and after half year with around 2,5 year old Mal we still struggle with pulling on the lead, any chance prong with no praise can be done? Or how to make a toy praise in such situation? He is so excited to go on walk that he pulls until we get tired on the walk… he knows how to be a good boy and walk well, just is extremely excited when leaving the house. I would appreciate any advise how to work with pulling on lead with a dog that is just not a big foodie… coming back(even home), turning around, waiting, correcting, collar, harness, extendable lead.. we been there.. :) kind regards, Karolina
I would certainly try a prong...
Hi Robert!
I use prong on my dogs. It does not turn and fits perfect when I first put it on them. But my dogs will elongate their necks and shake which makes the prong fall just a tad lower than where it should be... is there a way to fix that? Or is that okay?
I wouldn't worry that much about that!
My dog seems to fall in between sizes, if I take a prong out it’s too tight; leave one in and it slides around. Any suggestions?
check my video on micro adjusting the prong:
ruclips.net/video/fG1nphEhE5Q/видео.htmlsi=FPzNfooo0v77MzSZ
@@RobertCabralDogs exactly what I needed; thank you sir!
Is 4 years old, too old to start really training my girl? She's half German Shepperd and half Great Pyrenees. She naturally has been awesome for simple things, like I don't need to hold her leash in places like petsmart or Home Depot, she stays at my side the whole time and never approaches people (she's 90lb and can be intimidating) But I want to maybe do some on command training. When I buy a new house I intend on getting another large breed but this time I intend on having her (and myself)fully protection trained. But I would like to get this girl caught up IF POSSIBLE. Also wish there was a way to get the barking part of the great Pyr out of her. She barks WAY too much for my taste, but I deal with it.
no. you can start training at any age!
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So are the prong collars liable to break?
I don't believe so, since they are steel. However, if enough pressure is put on the collar and a prong is bent or squeezed together, it can slip out of the connecting prong and come loose as Robert demonstrates here.
Ive been using a sprenger collar for 5 years on my lab. We tried martingail, choke collar, and flat collar. She would choke herself and actually would hurt herself. It was pure insanity when we were training and almost gave up. A friend recommended a Sprenger Prong collar and we never looked back.
Before I put it on her, I put it on myself. It doesn't hurt, .....if you act like an a$$h0!e that shouldn't have a dog, yes you could actually hurt your dog, but you can hang a dog with a flat collar/martingail or break a dogs neck with a gentle leader if used improperly or abusively.
It requires nothing, no force, no pulling and any correction is very very light, no pressure or energy required on my end. My frail 87 year old mother in law can walk her with her walker and not get pulled off her feet. My girl gets excited when I grab her prong collar, it is not a punishment, it is a freedom collar, she loves her walks and we travel a lot, and constantly get compliments on her great behaviour and leash work.
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Rouch clip, Humm you think people know what that is