Why it is better not to use a collar?

You have probably thought about the fact that a dog is better - a harness or a collar. Many still solve this issue, guided, as a rule, only by their own taste. However, there are already sufficiently objective data on the basis of which the collar can safely be considered a relic of the past.

First of all - and you yourself can easily verify this by wearing a collar on your own neck or arm and pulling it - the collar causes pain. The dog feels this pain on one of the most important parts of the body - on the throat. She can cause a dog panic. Some believe that the pressure of the collar on the neck imitates the behavior of a she-wolf who brings up her puppies with such methods. However, this is not true - wolves (and dogs) are very protective of the neck and throat, and any pain in this part of the body is perceived by them as a threat to their own life. They kill their victim by grabbing her neck.



Each of us had to observe dogs, which from the strong pressure of the collar begin to wheeze and gasp. Studies have shown that stress on the throat, cervical vertebrae and the muscles of the back of the animal lead to diseases of the back, headache, and dizziness. The dog must endure this pain because it cannot report it.

We need to think about the fact that the leash is not a “control lever” for a dog. This is just a means of controlling the animals in places where, for whatever reason, they cannot run freely. A dog, well accustomed to approaching the call, will follow you if you just call for it. Consequently, on a leash, such a dog can be kept without physical effort and stress.

Try it yourself: take a lead in 3 or more meters and try to communicate with the dog whenever it has to change direction. This communication should include only a tender call and contact by a look. Then the dog will learn to follow you regardless of the length of the leash and will do it with pleasure. This way of communication can be trained at home. For this, it is enough to gently call the dog every time and reward her for paying attention to you. At the second stage of training, you should try to teach the dog to follow you. If a calm and trusting relationship has developed between you and the dog, the success of the training is guaranteed. Surprisingly, after some time, “contact walks,” as the experts call them, will become an additional thread connecting you with your dog!

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