Project Swap
Dentler's Dog Training promotes the use of force-free pet training equipment by asking pet guardians to swap choke, prong and shock collars (and any other devices that are designed to change behavior through pain or fear) for a discount off our services. Because we want all pets and their guardians to experience the huge advantages and long-lasting effectiveness of force-free training and pet care, we will give you a cash discount on our most popular, effective, fun and pain-free training and pet care services in exchange for your old gear. It couldn't be any easier!
Effective, humane animal training and pet care methods are the foundation of any animal’s healthy socialization and training and help prevent behavior problems. Since a wide variety of equipment and tools are commonly used when training pets, the pet-owning public needs to be aware of the potential problems and dangers some equipment may pose. Click here to read why the use of collars and leads that are intended to apply constriction, pressure, pain or force around a dog’s neck (such as ‘choke chains’ and ‘prong collars’) should be avoided. Distinguished veterinarians and behaviorists worldwide are joining the discussion and calling for the elimination of such devices from the training efforts of both pet owners and professionals.
What Do the Experts Say?
Effective, humane animal training and pet care methods are the foundation of any animal’s healthy socialization and training and help prevent behavior problems. Since a wide variety of equipment and tools are commonly used when training pets, the pet-owning public needs to be aware of the potential problems and dangers some equipment may pose. Click here to read why the use of collars and leads that are intended to apply constriction, pressure, pain or force around a dog’s neck (such as ‘choke chains’ and ‘prong collars’) should be avoided. Distinguished veterinarians and behaviorists worldwide are joining the discussion and calling for the elimination of such devices from the training efforts of both pet owners and professionals.
What Do the Experts Say?
Respected veterinarian and thyroid expert, Dr. Jean Dodds, recommends against choke or prong collars “as they can easily injure the delicate butterfly-shaped thyroid gland that sits just below the larynx and in front of the trachea. These collars can also injure the salivary glands and salivary lymph nodes on the side of the face underneath both ears.”
Bestselling author and canine behaviorist, Jean Donaldson, says: "These devices (choke and prong collars), when they work, do so to the degree that they hurt. With the advent of modern methods and tools they are irrelevant.”
According to veterinarian and veterinary behaviorist Dr. Soraya V. Juarbe-Diaz: "Using punishment to stop behaviors is not new. Notice I say ‘stop’ rather than ‘teach’ -- I can stop any behavior, but I am more interested in teaching my students, animal or human, to choose the behavior I want them to perform because they can trust me, because I do not hurt them and they are safe with me, and because the outcome is something they enjoy.”
We encourage all pet owners to embrace modern, scientifically based training techniques and tools, especially the latest generation of no-pull harnesses which are free of the risks posed by traditional collars and offer far more benefits. So swap your gear and help create a kinder world for you and your pet!
Swap the following gear and receive a $20 discount for each item from your initial consultation or private training package fee:
Swap the following gear and receive a $20 discount for each item from your initial consultation or private training package fee:
- Anti-bark collar
- Choke collar
- Electric fence collar
- Prong collar
- Scat mat
- Shock collar
- Ultrasonic device
- Other aversive training tools
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"There is no way I would be touching a wolf, fox or coyote using the methods I learned back in the 60s and early 70s because if I did, I'd either be dead or they wouldn't come near me.
Dogs and horses are about the only animals that you can punish who will forgive you for it so they seem to take the brunt of it and that's a shame. Just because you can do it doesn't make it right."
- Ken McCort
Dogs and horses are about the only animals that you can punish who will forgive you for it so they seem to take the brunt of it and that's a shame. Just because you can do it doesn't make it right."
- Ken McCort
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