Dog behavior experiments
The photo below shows how many people mistakenly let a dog wear a prong. dog behavior experiments Dog obedience classes. This photo above demonstrates a prong collar that was not properly sized for the dog. The collar is too loose and riding too far down on the dog's neck. It should be up where I have drawn the yellow line. dog behavior experiments Training your dog. This collar is correctly sized and fits properly. The rings on the leash are attached to the right place on the side of the neck. Sizing the ProngAdding and Removing LinksSome people mistakenly try and put a prong collar on their dog by slipping it over the dogs head and then moving it down on the neck. dog behavior experiments Dog-obedience-equipment. That's wrong. Prong collars are designed to be put on and taken off by unhooking links and actually unsnapping the collar from around the neck. The right way to unhook a collar is to pinch one of the links and pull it apart. Taking the collar off is always easier than putting it back on. This photo shows how to pinch a link and take the collar off the dog's neck. This photo shows how to start reconnecting a link to put the collar back on the dog's neck. Put one side of the prong of a link in one side of the connecting link. Then squeeze the link with the thumb until the other side drops in place. When both prongs are lined up (by using thumb pressure on the link) the collar will go back together. Problems develop if new trainers try to fit both sides of the link together without using thumb pressure to squeeze the link together - unless the prong is pinched together it will never reconnect. Proper Placement Once the Collar is on the DogMost of the time when a collar is put on a dog the handler connects the collar with the links behind the dog's ears - this is the easiest place to access the links (by the red arrow in the photo above). Once the collar is on the neck the rings to connect the leash to are under the dog's chin - which is the wrong place for them to be. You will have to rotate the collar so the rings are in the proper spot on the dog's neck. This is usually on the right side of the neck like you see in the photo below. This photo shows a proper fitting prong collar - it is sized properly, it is sitting in the correct spot on the dogs neck and the rings are located in the correct spot for the leash to be attached(right side of the neck). Dead-Ring vs Live-RingThere are two ways to attach a leash to the prong collar.
Dog behavior experiments
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