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"Kelly, just curious what are your thoughts on slip leads and martingales. I am curious about these two options. I was not sure because in some videos it sats it evenly distributed pressure." 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯 F-ing unregulated industry..🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬.

The Perfect Fit Harness company made this visual aid years ago. It still holds true today.

One surefire way to separate your trainers are just listening if they recommend a slip lead. You do not need to listen any further to hear choke chain, prong collar or shock collar. You already know you are dealing with someone who will gladly cause longterm injury to your dog because it beings them a buck today.

Now, if you are picking up a stray or working in a veterinarian office and rely on a slip lead for backup to an owner supplied leash, I get it.....but to require one for trainer....those peope are dumber than words can describe. Run!!! The injuries they cause might not be immediate but will show in time.
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Dog training is a really strange world.

Did you know that anyone can call themselves a dog trainer? Did you know that it is common to find fake credentials in the dog training world, even fake military dog training credentials? (Calling your dog a K9 isn't a credential)
Did you know that there are trainers who watch a bit of Cesar Milan and use some pop psychology words and call it good? They feel ready to start a business!
Did you know that there are trainers that will prey on you feeling stressed and desperate and they will make you feel like you are the problem? So of course you need to give them money!
Did you know that there are trainers out there who will use pain, fear and stress to make it appear as if your dog has learned something but really they are tired and stressed out?
Unfortunately this is all very common.

It can be hard to spot the difference between a real trainer that teaches vs one that has just watched a lot of TV or had dogs so they must be a trainer!

Bad trainers are often great at marketing themselves so you will have to be careful and look beyond the website and social media.

If we aren't't working together and you are looking for a trainer local to you I am happy to suggest good and qualified trainers so you don't waste your money and your dog doesn't have to suffer through bad training.
At best, you just waste your money, at worst someone abuses and scares the life out of your dog and teaches you how to use stress to force your dog to submit rather than actually teaching.
To the untrained eye this might look the same.

Don't be fooled by someone who has a German Shepherd, malinois, pit bull or other large breed in a 10 minute down stay. It's really not that impressive.
Don't be fooled.

Be a smart dog training consumer.