josie1918 wrote:Back at ya
Josie, I could have taken this very differently to what I did, instead of reacting to it I explained further, that isn't treating you as stupid, just the oposite, you spoke to me in a very derogartory way.
We can only go on the information you give us, if you don't give full information that isn't our fault.
Unless people are taught how to use ANY gadget properly the dogs can suffer, even a flat collar, as you know as you have more experience than you first said, can do a lot of damage to a dog which is one of the reasons why we teach a dog to walk on a loose lead or to heal.
does anyone read???
What is this meant to mean apart from attacking everyone who reads these posts. We are all volunteers who reply to posts in our own time without any rewards apart from seeing when dogs start to improve.
I sent a link to this headcollar to a very good trainer/behaviourist to see what she thought, just had a reply this morning, she teaches owner how to use these and she won't touch this type because of the way it pulls the head down. It is what I thought, holding the head down in this way puts pressure on the muscles in the neck. Think of it this way, if your chin was held down to your chest, the muscles in your neck would very quickly start to hurt, this can happen to a dog. Not everyone is trained how to use these and unless people say they are, for the dog's sake we have to assume the handler isn't.
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