Does a spiked collar hurt a dog?

[Hopkins]

Like I said before control the head, control the dog. A slip leash in place of his collar works much better than a prong collar. Position it under the dogs jaw and right behind his ears, when he tries to run or pull, just gently pull upward.

My brother has a 110 pound American bulldog that goes after cats or squirrels or any other small non dog animal. I used this method on him when he tried to take off, and he stopped in his tracks and sat down.

The dog should be leashed like this

 

[Buslady7803]

Neuter dog if he isn't, sometimes that reduces aggro.
Train!

Nothing better than training!

 

[Hopkins]

Neuter dog if he isn't, sometimes that reduces aggro.
Train!

Nothing better than training!

Neutering will do little to reduce learned behaviors after a certain age. Everyone is quick to tell people to train their dog, but offer little to no advice on how to do it.

 

[mgash]

Yes. If you need a spike collar then you are not training properly

 

[mgash]

Wrong. If your dog tries to attack others, there is immediate danger...at least to the dogs.

Putting a collar on a dog with spikes pointing in, is in my opinion, cruelty to animals and should result in the animal being taken away from the owner. Of course it will hurt the dog!

I think the idea is absolutely inexcusable and unacceptable.

Train the dog.

(PS - I'm not an animal rights type, but I have no sympathy for those who fail to train animals and instead come up with ways to injure them when they don't behave in ways they have not been trained to behave. I believe owners carry primary responsibility.)

So true

 

[DwaynieAD]

gentle leader. my fiance works at a doggy day care and its what they use on any dogs that need one to great effect.

 

[scorpionldr]

This indicates you think the spikes are on the outside.

And no, "prongs" on the inside of a collar are not cruel. They are NOT spikes, as the OP wrote.



So how exactly is there a danger to other dogs?

I'd be lying if I said that collar doesn't look painful.

 

[MJ5150]

Everyone is quick to tell people to train their dog, but offer little to no advice on how to do it.

I didn't think I needed to know how to train dogs to suggest someone else train theirs. We took our dog to some classes, then applied what we learned at home to train our dog. I wouldn't say that qualifies me to educate others on training their dog.

I think the group classes have some benefit, but the wife and I had the most success and progress when working with our dog at home away from the other dogs and distractions.

-Mike

 

[bassist11]

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Just got one for the girlfriends 30 lb spaniel who pulls like crazy on a regular leash. We used to use a prong collar but the dog would still pull a little bit. With this collar, there is no pulling whatsoever. They don't like it much but they get used to it.

 

[Strat-Mangler]

The prong collar is oftentimes misused, too. It needs to be LOOSE. I know this sounds counter-intuitive but the point is to create a pinch only when the dog pulls so that he can associate the bad behavior with the pinch.

It also is easier to handle a 50+ pound dog than regular collars in the event your dog happens to want to sprint across the street due to squirrel sightings.

 

[hrodbert696]

I'd be lying if I said that collar doesn't look painful.

It looks more painful than it is. With an ordinary collar hooked to a leash, a dog pulling at it can injure his windpipe. With a chain "choke" collar, they can strangle themselves - there is nothing to prevent the collar closing totally tight. With a prong collar, if you look closely, it's incapable of tightening more than an inch or two from its "loose" diameter, and the prongs lay sideways, they don't poke straight into the neck.

You don't use it to drag on the dog constantly, at any rate; it's to teach them to heel. You normally walk with it loose and the lead slack; if the dog starts to run away from you, you give it a quick light snap. The dog feels a momentary uncomfortable clenching around his neck and learns to stay in the heel position. Once he's been trained, you can use an ordinary collar and lead for routine walks. We used one on our dog and it was quite effective, and didn't hurt him.

 

[sloasdaylight]

It looks more painful than it is. With an ordinary collar hooked to a leash, a dog pulling at it can injure his windpipe. With a chain "choke" collar, they can strangle themselves - there is nothing to prevent the collar closing totally tight. With a prong collar, if you look closely, it's incapable of tightening more than an inch or two from its "loose" diameter, and the prongs lay sideways, they don't poke straight into the neck.

You don't use it to drag on the dog constantly, at any rate; it's to teach them to heel. You normally walk with it loose and the lead slack; if the dog starts to run away from you, you give it a quick light snap. The dog feels a momentary uncomfortable clenching around his neck and learns to stay in the heel position. Once he's been trained, you can use an ordinary collar and lead for routine walks. We used one on our dog and it was quite effective, and didn't hurt him.

This.

There's a lot of people looking at something and deciding they know everything there is to know about it because of how it looks.

 

[Steve S]

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Just got one for the girlfriends 30 lb spaniel who pulls like crazy on a regular leash. We used to use a prong collar but the dog would still pull a little bit. With this collar, there is no pulling whatsoever. They don't like it much but they get used to it.

Thanks! I'll try this..

I've enjoyed reading everyone's post about training a dog. The last time I owned a dog was about 50 years ago so I've learned a lot.

 

[MakiSupaStar]

Wrong. If your dog tries to attack others, there is immediate danger...at least to the dogs.

Putting a collar on a dog with spikes pointing in, is in my opinion, cruelty to animals and should result in the animal being taken away from the owner. Of course it will hurt the dog!

I think the idea is absolutely inexcusable and unacceptable.

Train the dog.

(PS - I'm not an animal rights type, but I have no sympathy for those who fail to train animals and instead come up with ways to injure them when they don't behave in ways they have not been trained to behave. I believe owners carry primary responsibility.)

This is pretty much my take on it too.