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.

Dominant Dog Collar

This collar is made for use on dominant and aggressive dogs.

Instead of giving a dog painful correction it takes the air away from the dog.

 

This collar was designed to be used on handler aggressive or dog aggressive dogs. Using a pinch collar on these kinds of dogs often over stimulates the dog and makes them hectic and more aggressive. Using a dominant dog collar correctly on the same dog takes drive and fight out of the dog.

How to Fit the Dominant Dog Collar

Measure the dog's neck just under the jaw and right behind the ears. Use a string for the measuring. The string should be VERY SNUG. It should be as tight a measurement as you can get it. It is VERY IMPORTANT that you have the tightest possible measurement located at the top of the neck directly below the jaw line. Order a collar that is the exact length of that measurement.

If the dog's neck size is in between two sizes, then order a collar that is the next size smaller. For example if your string size is 13 1/2 inches then order a 13 inch size collar. If the string that goes around your dog's neck is 14 inches then you order a 14 inch dominant dog collar. DO NOT ADD INCHES FOR SLACK! There will be a small slack due the hardware used on the collar.

It is VERY IMPORTANT to get a tight, snug measurement. There should be no extra room at all between the dog's neck and the tape measure or string. When these collars are properly fit they will stay in place and not slip down the neck. If you start add inches to the string you will get a collar that is the wrong size. It will not stay in place and it won't be effective in training.

Correct Fitting

The proper fit insure better training . The less movement in the handlers arm the faster the trainer is going to be able to take the slack out of the collar.

 

Incorrect Fitting

Example of a dominant dog collar that is not fit properly. It has too much slack and will not stay in the correct place on the dog's neck - which is right up under the jaw bone.

 

How to Use Dominant Dog Collar

Applying upward pressure with the leash (to take all slack out of the collar) on softer temperament dogs is often enough to stop unwanted aggression. They quickly learn that you have complete control over them.

With more aggressive dogs the handler should lift the dog's front feet off the ground for a few seconds until the dog settles down from his aggressive rage. This also tells the dog that you will not tolerate his behaviour.

Most aggressive dogs only need to have their front feet lifted off the ground a few times to realize that you can take their air away when you want. This is not painful for the dog.

Colours may vary. In the UK this collar is called the American Cord Collar.