[Chip's Mom]

Last night in Maybelle's basic obedience class, a person had their choke collar on wrong and the instructor showed everyone the proper way to put it on fir the second time and reinforced the issue of taking it off after training exercises. Sorry Michael but people leave them on all the time and dogs do strangle themselves. Also, people tend to forget with a one time quick lesson which way the store assistant said to put it on and also do not realize that a choke collar stops the air flow. As far as the tug of war games, my opinion is with all of the negative articles on tug of war games - why risk it when there are so many other games to play with your pup. These are just my opinions and everyone knows their own dog and what they can and cannot do. As far as the fetch game, I think that is a great way to expel energy and have one on one time with your dog. It also teaches them to come to you.