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Pinch collars for dogs…the best choice for obedience training
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Pinch collars are the most regularly used training collars by most certified dog trainers. The pinch collar teaches a dog exactly where his role is within the ‘pack’ and clearly establishes his handler (owner) as the pack leader, under no uncertain terms. The institution of a pack leader is the first essential component in successful dog training, leading to a lifetime of a wonderful dog-dog owner relationship and bond.
The pinch collar does not hurt the dog. It simply reinforces control, and adhesion to command compliance.
Too often dogs are surrendered to animal shelters or euthanized due to an owner’s inability to control their dog. This control could have been maintained, and the surrender of the dog avoided, had the owner simply been introduced to, and trained to use, a pinch collar.
As a dog misbehaves or pulls unremittingly, when leashed, a regular flat collar pulls on his neck, exhausting both the dog and the dog’s owner. As the dog gasps for air the more he resists, coupled with his owner’s attempts to draw him into the opposite direction, the more ineffective the action is.
With a pinch collar – a quick pull and release, and the dog responds.
Pinch collars are made of interlocking links, each having a slightly rounded end that minimizes the chance of injury. Unlike a choke chain, pinch collars put an even amount of pressure around the dog’s neck. It is actually a gentle tool for dog training. Each quick pull and release, applies a quick tightening, or a ‘pinch’ if you will, to the dog’s skin, immediately followed by a release.
With a pinch collar, no pressure is put directly on the dog's trachea.
With a choke collar or a flat collar, pressure is put directly on the dog’s trachea.
The pinch collar should fit semi-snug around the dog’s neck, but should allow the handler/owner to fit four of his/her fingers between the collar’s prongs and the dog’s neck in order for it to work properly, and ensure that the collar is not too tight. If a pinch collar is fitted too loose, it will not give an effective correction.
The links on a pinch collar can be removed, added or replaced as necessary to fit the size of the dog’s growing neck.
A pinch collar can be used at a puppy’s initial training session, and can conceivably be used for leash walking and command compliance for the life of the dog.
The pinch collar was developed by a veterinarian. It is a safe and humane alternative to choke chains, which were designed to force a dog into compliance by means of pain and suffering – and not by means of learning to comply to their leader’s requests, for which a pinch collar allows.
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