05/28/2022
Why use a slip collar or choke collar? The bigger question I would pose; what is your discipline for creating boundaries? Is it constantly pulling at the nylon collar around their neck? Is it putting them in a harness so they aren't "choking themselves" on their collar? Only to have them constantly at the end of whatever lead you give? Maybe the method of control is continuously yelling your dog's name to mean down, of, sit, stay, come, go, and every other action you'd wish they'd just perform instinctively. We've all done it, but few actually address the issue that is so obvious, most of us miss it. It's us. The owner of the dog is typically THE problem to the dog's symptoms. Why does my dog constantly pull at the end of the lead? Bc you've trained them to do just that. Why is my dog aggressive towards other dogs? Bc you aren't strong enough of a leader and they feel they have to protect you. Or some variation of cause and effect. If your dog is constantly jumping on people, it's only because you've allowed that behavior to persist.
In the military we trained to achieve an objective. The training was evolutionary and each progressing step would build FROM the previous. If ones aim is to train, then the scope would be consistency. Discipline is the exact vehicle that will carry you through to the objective. The choke collar is merely a tool to exercise a correction. The spot of negative reinforcement that one can only provide in unison with the dog in training. No other tool offers as much information to the dog as fast and effective as the choke collar.
