Dog Collar That Can Be Used For Training - The Pinch Style

You know with all the types of dog collars available I thought I would do a review on the one that I had to use to train my English Mastiff on. Now the type of collar that I used on him was recommended to me by a professional dog trainer who helped me size it because of his huge thick neck is a pinch collar. Now granted at times if you use this type of collar you might not have this problem depending on the breed of dog. Now like most things the collar that I have has pluses and minuses.

Now one of the big pluses for this collar is the flexibility it allows you to have with adjusting it. Instead of like most collars that when your dog outgrows the collar you have to get a new one, with this collar you do not. If it is the style that I have you just have to purchase extra links to put into the collar. The links are fairly inexpensive when you compare it to purchasing a new collar every month to two while your dog is growing.

The other large plus with the pinch collar is that it does not choke your dog. The pinch collar just simply pinches your dog’s neck like his mother would to correct him. The pinching like the mother actually works better than choking them because it reminds them that you are in control just like when their mother was in control when they were pups.

The nice thing about the pinch collars is that typically most of them will have a quick release feature. This will enable your dog to break free of the collar is too much pressure is placed on it. This works great if he has broken free from you and gets hung up on a tree branch or low lying shrub.

The downside is that the quick release can work two ways though. You can have him trigger the quick release if he starts to pull on the leash really hard while being walked. Now this can be a problem, but if he is trained right he will stop and come back. That can be troublesome though if he does see another animal that he really wants to get after and triggers it.

Overall the pinch collar is a great training tool for you and your dog. The dog will benefit by being corrected with a pinch instead of a choke, and you will benefit because the collar is cheaper.