Guardian Gear Choke-Style Adjustable Martingale Dog Collar

This is working great for my Mastiff puppy (she will grow up to be about 130 pounds or so) this goes for smaller dogs too..you need to start the leach training soon. this will work on older dogs too I have used this on some rescues that I have found.it always helps to find dogs homes if the dog can walk on a leash already..some people think the chock collar is cruel but they will learn fast to walk on the leach this way and not pull you. especially if your dog is a large breed. I have been a vet tech for years. and I have to tell you if your dog is not leach trained the cruel part is when you cant take your dog for walks or take them anywhere because they are pulling you all over the place, and it is dangerous for them too, they can pull and you loose the leash and they run into the street or run to other dogs or pull you down onto the pavement.. dogs should not just end up stuck in the house or in the yard all of their lives .a little corrective chocker discipline, I use the pull back on the leach when they are pulling and a firm NO PULLING (you are the pack leader AKA the BOSS training will make a great dog.. OH AND DONT FORGET GIVE THEM LOTS OF LOVE..

The concept is great, and I was hoping it would work for my runner! However, the success of this collar depends largely on how sneaky your dog is. For a while it was working great, she would pull while in front of me and it would tighten, great. But then when we stop, it loosens up a little bit and she can get out. Basically my dog realized if she wanted to get out of it she had to turn around and back out. Maybe I didn't have it tight enough but I wanted to make sure it was still comfortable for her. I think it would be great for big dogs where you need more control, but little wiggly, sneaky houdini dogs like mine it just didn't work for.

I hate using any form of choke collar and generally do not approve of them. I have used this collar as a temporary measure to get a rescue under control until a bond of trust between us developed so that she can be properly train. The Martindale Collar provides safety to the dog to not allow the choking mechanism to be severe. It is more of a warning system than a cruel punishment system. I will use it occasionally when I take her into situations that I know will trigger her fear response, but generally will not use it as a regular way to "control" a dog. She wears a harness most of the time and that works just fine and I also can make kind, but definite correction with her in a harness.This item is great for temporary training and certain trigger-point situations, but should not be used as a training method on a regular basis. For beginning training only - not a regular walking device. Get the dog trained with professional help if you need to use this beyond basic training.

I purchased this collar for my 10-month-old Catahoula Leopard dog who is very hard to keep in a collar while on a leash. We have tried many different collars without luck and even tried a harness, which took him less than 10 seconds to escape. Eventually, I went to a chain choker collar, which worked very well for his walks. It was only on him while walking and was taken off as soon as we came back in the house, but after only a few weeks, the chain started creating a sore area on his neck. (He pulls a lot while being walked.) I found this particular collar while on Amazon searching for something that would work as well as the choker collar but wouldn't rub his neck raw. Well, this collar has worked very well for him. I can leave it on him 24/7, and it has not caused any irritation whatsoever. When he pulls, the chain removes slack in the nylon collar, causing it to get tighter on his neck, working like a choker collar but without the chain digging into his skin. And an added bonus - This collar is adjustable, so you control how tight it gets on the dogs neck. Overall, I am very pleased with this collar and am relieved that I can stop looking for something "Houdini" can't escape from.

I have English Bulldogs with big fat necks, necks bigger than there heads, so regular collars do not work. I like these because of the chain, the other martingales, just do not release quick enough, they may release quick 10 times, but it is always when your not looking that they do not. With bulldogs, or any dogs, that they release immediately, you do not want to keep choking your dog. Also because they big necks, they are always wide collars, I like that these are nice and light, but sturdy enough. Again for bulldogs or any dog that the thick collars are not cutting in to them if left on while they are relaxing. So I love the size, width, chain, sturdiness and weight of these collars. Just wish they made them with more colors, patterns, more decorative, I look at the other collars and wish I could use them, that said I like the pink, turquoise and lavender. Oh Yea, I love the price, have bought lots of them for my dogs and as gifts, plan on buying more, I do not leave them on all the time and hate spending time looking for them,

I was a little reluctant to use this collar. I bought it to train a puppy who was pulling like a mule. However, I never ended up using it on the puppy, I instead use it on my 12 year old dog to take her outside for quick whittles, rather than putting on the full harness.This collar is real quality. It also goes on and off really fast (a great bonus). When I first put it on my dog, she was real careful not to pull at the very slightest, as she didn't like (and wasn't used to) any pressure at all around her neck. Now, this was interesting because there was almost no pressure applied to her neck, she was being so careful about it.So now I use it just to take her out for the quick one minute bathroom trip outside. I don't put any pressure on her, and she's so careful with it. I can only imagine how quickly it would tune up the mule pulling puppy, but my neighbor doesn't want me to use it (their loss, my gain).

Couldn't buy this locally this is just what I needed for the new member of the family it looks great and is a kinder way to train him instead of the full collar seen in most pet shops.

Excellent product and service

The dog loves it - which is more important! - because most of the time it's loose. Definitely a good buy.

I got my first Guardian Gear martingale dog collar several months ago and it always worked great. Always could be relied upon at at a very affordable price (one of the cheapest martingales for sale on Amazon). It was also loose enough to not choke a dog but could get tight when you need to get them to move on a leash.However, I recently adopted a second dog and he was really prone to teething my first dog's collar. After about a week or two, the collar was shredded in half and was no longer functional.You may likely experience the same thing with other collars but I think it may not have happened if the collar was made with stronger materials.

Do not buy this product. It looks very nice but very poor quality. Shortly after a month, Medal chain start to fade in color and became black. And there is a black stain on my dog’s fur and skin. I am quite concerned what they used to make the medal chain shinny. Seller Is trying to make the product looked appealing by adding potential harmful chemicals on it? I was glad my dog was white in color otherwise i will never find out!