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.” Click here to read more.
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