
Skip This: Prong and Shock Collars
AVSAB, AVMA, and Fear Free Pets all recommend against aversive collars. Here's why force-based tools backfire — and what credentialed trainers use instead.
PawBench Staff
4 min read·April 27, 2026
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AVSAB, AVMA, and Fear Free Pets all recommend against aversive collars. Here's why force-based tools backfire — and what credentialed trainers use instead.

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Retractable leashes give a reactive dog 16 feet of rope to launch a lunge. Here's why every credentialed trainer and every ER-vet thread says skip them — and wh...