Herm Sprenger Dog Training Pinch Collar Chrome Plated Steel

We have a seven-month old German Shepherd, and we've tried the slip collar, but it's not nearly as effective as the prong collar. She has such thick hair around her neck, and she's so strong. This collar really helps with training on her walks. It's well made, sturdy, and easy to remove or add the links. My husband can easily pinch it to put it on and off the dog. My hands are much smaller, so I have to be really deliberate in squeezing the link to attach or remove it; that's why I put 4 instead of 5 stars for easy to remove. However, that's about me and my hand strength and arthritis. Just something to consider if you have that physical challenge. The product needs to be that strong to do the job and not hurt the dog.

Works perfectly. It’s easy to get on and off. A great value for the price it was. I purchased one that’s a little too big, so I took a few links out of it. I’ll be able to use them when he gets a little bigger.

Firstly, do not slip this over the dog's head! You could hurt the dog and won't get a correct fit. To properly put it on you pinch one of the links until it slides off of another one. Basically like tabs, you position it snugly right at the base of the school ensuring it won't slide around. It is supposed to go right under the base of the ears and along the dog's skull to the bottom of their jaw essentially. A lose prong collar can cause serious injuries. Now when properly used it is amazing at least from what I've seen. The only issues with it were some of the tabs were difficult to pinch to release a link. Making it hard to take off the dog. But most of the links were fairly easy so not a huge deal. The other personal problem is my 65 pound Australian shepherd with a 16" neck seems like he is in-between sizes. 3.0 gauge almost seems too much but Idk the manufacturer says that's perfect. He also has super thick fur making it hard to take off and put on sometimes. After tons of training he is an amazing dog and incredibly intelligent. His only downfall is his herding and controlling instinct. He feels the need to control anything moving and otherwise he only ever thinks about food. He would be 100 pounds off of just his regular dog food if he had his way. All that to say the only real solution that instantly stopped the bad behavior and let him focus on me, was this prong collar. I plan to use it more often as he needs it again, just for training his heel and so I can trust him. The easy lead or whatever it is called works, but is so easily broken and still doesn't have the same instant results this does. Not to mention my dog hated that product so much. He tolerates the prong collar at first and then acts like it's not even there a couple minutes later. Again I do feel like it is slightly too loose, but the results are still better than anything I could've hoped for. Just remember to learn how to properly use this TOOL safely and effectively. Also remember to use it to train your dog. It is an invaluable tool for teaching a dog that it is okay to trust and follow your lead. The very slight discomfort during this training is such a relief compared to the windpipe crushing leash pulling and constant stress levels he used to endure. Just try and make sure you get a real version and not a counterfeit.

GSD responds perfect on this.

Best collars out there. They don’t hurt the pooch!

This Prong Collar is a bit tricky to put on over the puppy's head, so be sure the puppy/dog is calm when putting it over his/her head. I wanted my puppy to cooperate with the putting on and taking off ritual, so I have used a protocol from the very first wearing. When I'm putting the collar over her head, she must stand still or sit still. Then, I put three different-tasting treats in my hand, so that she knows she's getting three treats and not just one big treat. As I'm sliding this collar over her head with one hand, she's eating the three treats from my other hand. This ritual has the added benefit of her loving to put on her Prong Collar, instead of it being a fight and risking an eye poke. "Oh, I hear Mommy futzing with my Prong Collar...we must be getting ready for a walk. Here I am, Mommy!" Later, she gets an additional treat when I remove the collar, which is easier than putting it on. This collar has reduced the pulling for most situations. Depending upon your own pup's temperament, it might not be 100% effective during high-excitement challenges, such as when a squirrel, stray cat, or rabbit runs by. If my puppy stays within the range of the leash we're using, she doesn't feel the prongs. The prongs just sit on top of her coat. If she activates the prongs by trying to run ahead of me, she can easily deactivate them herself as soon as she wants to by slowing her pace and shaking her body, as if she were shaking water from her coat. In that way, she can control the intensity and duration of any "pronging" sensations. We had tried a choker collar and several "no-pull" harnesses, before ordering this. None of them worked as well as the Prong Collar. I'm hoping that this Prong Collar is durable enough to get through the training process of not pulling!

My GSD has had this collar for over 5 years. I can’t imagine using anything else. Taught her to walk very quickly. Her professional trainer recommended it and used it for his 3 GSDs. Great quality and I love that you can add or remove links if you need to get the exact size.

I returned this for a 2.25mm, but the quality of the Herm Sprenger brand is superior to every other brand, hands down. A 45 year dog trainer told me never get a prong collar besides HS - the rest are trash and can have sharp edges that can cut into your dog, they can have cheap coatings that contain nickel, and a LOT of dogs have allergies to nickel. You won't know it unless you keep a really close eye on your dogs neck, or you start to smell something and feel a wetness on the dogs neck. You won't have this issue with the HS collars. Side note - any e-collar you buy, spend the extra $12 and get a set of titanium coated probes/contacts for the same reason - dogs are not allergic to titanium. When my friend that has trained dogs for 45 years saw she told me to get the 3mm collar, she apologized and said I asked her about 2 days after she had foot surgery and she was on heavy pain medication, and told me I needed the 2.25mm collar. The 2.25mm is what you need for about 98% of the dogs out there. People gripe about prong collars, but I can manage my dog with minimal pressure, and the corrections are much easier as far as pressure. Why? Because dogs do not speak English, Russian, German, or any other human language. Dogs speak dog. Have you ever seen a mother deliver a correction to a puppy, or a dog deliver a correction to another dog when it isn't behaving correctly? It's a quick bite around the neck, and then it's done and over. The prong collar emulates the quick bite on the neck, so a prong collar is literally speaking to the dog in it's "mother" language. That's part of the reason dogs can learn so quickly with a prong collar - the understand what it means. I delivered a single corrective U-Turn on my dog, and it was sloppy because I thought I was on a 6' leash, but it was only 4', so my pop was more of a pull. Either way, my dog learned in that one sloppy correction that she should stay in heel position. Normally it takes 2-3 firm corrections, but I got lucky. A little clean up work and my dog was in a great heel position and paying attention to me with great focus, and loved that training session and every one since. She hears the prong collar and she runs up to me and sits, waiting for me to put the collar on so we can go train or walk. I still need to work on a nice heel while the distraction levels are a little higher than in my back yard, but that's just consistency and repetition. I go on walks through a big box store and get compliments all the time about how well my dog behaves. I just received a 2nd 2.25mm prong collar yesterday for our older dog. She's going to be a little tougher to train because she's older and has more time of bad habits under her belt.

excelente

Solid collar. Works well for driven dogs under 30kg. For long hair, I would recommend the larger model.

Tout juste pour mon berger australien. Bonne qualité.

Très solide et taille parfaite pour un Berger Malinois !

Le collier est de bonne manufacture. Je l'utilise depuis quelques temps et il n'a pas rouillé. Il est facilement réglable et facile d'utilisation. Je regrette simplement que les picots ne soit pas plus épais. J'en suis satisfaite.