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1. Our trainer told us to never put a pitbull in a harness
Mon Sep 16, 2024, 05:48 PM
Sep 2024

They are strong and they *love* to pull. I used to joke about renting out our pitbull as a tow truck.

We were told to use the badly mis-named choke collar by our first trainer. You train the dog by snapping the leash. The sound of the chain gets the dog's attention.

Our most recent trainer suggested a martingale collar as it is impossible to pull out of but basically comfortable for the dog.

on edit: There are training collars with spike on the inside. They are supposed to mimic the mama dog disciplining her puppies by biting on their neck. We tried them on our dogs and they immediately got this sad guilty look like "Why are you punishing me". You may want to try one - make sure it is fitted properly so it only "bites" when you tug on it.

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