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Old 07-11-2010, 01:12 PM   #2 (permalink)
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... I'm pretty sure she's doing that wrong.

I didn't know how to fit a prong collar, so I had my trainer show me and help me pick one out to specifically fit Vegas. She told me these collars, unlike a choke chain, need to fit snug and up behind the ears. She also told me that I need to make sure the prongs weren't getting caught in his hair or else the collars corrections may not work effectively.

She also told me that if he continued to really act up to remove a prong to allow it to fit even more snug, that way any movement against the collar would result in a correction. I haven't had to do this, however, but I believe that she is on the right in this.
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