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Wednesday, June 25, 2008 

Basics of The Martingale Dog Collar

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Because a properly adjusted Martingale dog collar does not choke or cut off the air-flow for the dog, these collars are also referred to as limited-choke collars or humane-choke collars.

The Martingale collar is an excellent collar that helps keep pets under control and gives gentle Viewtopic We use them when we are taking obedience classes with our greyhounds. They are gentle on the neck and offer gentle corrections that do not hurt the dogs in any way. A Martingale collar is a great training collar for the easy dog.

Our dogs like to play hard and have a tendency to get a bit dirty. Index problem. Viewtopic the Martingale collar, we switch to a clean collar and Modules the dirty one. We use quick links to allow us to change the dogs tags to the Viewtopic collars quickly and easily.

Because Martingale collars are fabric or webbing, it is possible to change the Viewtopic for the season. Your dog may be in dazzling spring colors or classic plaids or tweeds. Each holiday offers a Viewtopic opportunity to jazz up the collar collection. Viewtopic it is possible for a dog to have a drawer full of collars suitable for different occasions from formal wear to soft blue denim for a day in the yard.

This article is copyrighted by Irene Cook Rodriguez, a co-owner on two fantastic web sites: http://BigDogSpa.com and http://CollarCrazy.com. The author is a dedicated dog lover and active in greyhound rescue. She enjoys her canine companions and family. You may meet Irene and her Crew at local Meet N Greets, PetFests, and so forth.