PRONG COLLARS

Herm Sprenger Chrome Prong Collars

With Chrome Plated prong collars, you can add and remove links to fit your dog's neck.

Over time a chrome plated collar can rust.

  Herm Sprenger Stainless Steel Prong Collars

Up to 4 prong links can be taken out of a collar to make a better fit or additional links may be added.

These high quality stainless steel collars are going to last many, many years longer than a chrome plated collar. They will never rust.

How to Fit a Prong Collar

Prong collars are ordered by size (small, medium, large or extra large).

They all come in a standard length which is adjusted to fit the neck of the dog by removing or adding links to the collar.

These collars are meant to be put on and taken off before and after daily training sessions.

They 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.

Correct Fitting of the Prong Collar on a Malinois

The correct position for a prong collar is to sit right behind the ears and up under

 the jaw line like you see in the photo above.

Incorrect Fitting of the Prong Collar on a Malinois

The collar is too loose and riding too far down on the dog's neck. It should be up where I have drawn the red line.

Adding and Removing Links

  Prong collars are designed to be put on and taken off by unhooking links and actually unsnapping the collar from around the neck. Never slipped over the dog's head and moved down to his 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.

Leash on Live Ring

On the live-ring the correction is amplified because more slack is taken out of the collar when the correction is given and the leash is popped. The live-ring is used if a dog does not respond well to the snap being placed on the dead-ring.

Leash on Dead Ring

The first time a prong is used on a dog the snap should be on the dead-ring. When a correction is applied and the leash is attached to the dead-ring the correction will not take as much slack out of the collar as when it is attached to the live-ring.

Safety Feature

Always wear a backup collar on your dog while wearing a prong collar. For best results wear along with the dominant dog collar and attach the leash the both of them.