Prong- and E-collars should be BANNED! (Blog by Alexandra Dittmann)

Why You don't need Prong- or E-collars!

If people REALLY can't control large powerful dogs with a harness or regular collar, there is the slip lead with 2 stoppers as an emergency tool.

So, the argument "we need prongs for safety" doesn't fly. Not for 1 inch even does that fly. I've personally maneuvered a 50 kilo male, intact Estrela Mountain Dog through a narrow street with dogs fence-barking left and right, and that giant male on my leash trying his utmost to get to them.

All I had on him was a slip leash, and it WORKED (it was an emergency situation, the dog had gotten away from his owner who was on crutches, and he couldn't get the animal back himself for that reason).

But it's an example that even skinny little women like me can handle big angry dogs with nothing more than a slip lead. No prong, no shock collar needed. And if I can do that with THAT beast of a dog... pretty much everyone can.

By the way: Contrary to popular opinion, dogs can pull like crazy even with prongs on, as Tom Davis found out the hard way with a Boerboel once - he literally landed flat on his ass when that dog wanted to go for that other dog:

"2025 - The Year we Break the Chains of Harm" (Zak George, December 8, 2024)

The Dog Training Revolution away from aversive tools & techniques is in full swing - a lot has been achieved in 2024! (Blog by Alexandra Dittmann)

Such as the ground-breaking New Jersey legislation on mandatory licensure of dog trainers (banning aversive methods!) which is well-underway:

The bill still has considerable room for improvement (as its current version makes exceptions for police- and military dogs!), but it still marks the beginning of the END of compulsion training perpetuating itself. Simply because "balanced" trainers won't be granted a license once dog training has become a licensed profession in all the states of the US.

Also, the shock collar ban in the UK is fully expected to come into effect in 2025. Several organizations which are collaborating with the RSPCA on this aim have assured us that every effort is being made to get e-collars banned everywhere in the United Kingdom.

Onwards and upwards!