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- From: vancleef@ohstpy.mps.ohio-state.edu
- Newsgroups: rec.pets.dogs
- Subject: Re: help needed with puller
- Message-ID: <15200.2b36683b@ohstpy.mps.ohio-state.edu>
- Date: 22 Dec 92 00:58:35 EST
- References: <1992Dec20.024025.8664@u.washington.edu> <ljbqkpINN5u@jethro.Corp.Sun.COM>
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- In article <ljbqkpINN5u@jethro.Corp.Sun.COM>, barb@golfcart.Corp.Sun.COM (Barbara Hunt) writes:
- > I had great success with the prong collar. I got an Old English Sheepdog when
- > he was 4 yrs. old. He had apparently never been walked on a leash and
- > his pull was incredible - there was no safe way I could walk him. I tried
- > a choke collar but he just ignored it. A vet recommended the prong-type
- > collar and it worked beautifully from the very beginning. The vet also
- > said the collar is not nearly as bad as it looks - the prongs are blunt and
- > seem to just pinch. Now I don't need to use it any more and my dog walks
- > well on a leash.
- >
- > Barbara
-
- I use a shoulder harness for my Chow. I don't like collars since I don't
- like to think I am choking the puppy. With a shoulder harness, I can just
- pick him up off the ground if I need to :)
-
- -Garrett
-
- One furry brown Chow Chow named Chewy (aka Chewbert, Chewbertvan, Hey You!)
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