hello from Indiana...new to the board and breed

[Jolayne]

Welcome to the forum...can't wait to see some pics:D

[Sabrina & Dino]

Sounds rather severe to "choke out" your growing pup. I find mine like to please us and don't need a heavy hand. JMO

Sorry, let me elaborate, 120 lb. 10 month old pup, growling and snapping at my other dog, had to be corrected...i grabbed his choke chain, yanked it up to give a quick correction, then told him to down and put him on his side....i am 100% sure that if he hadn't been corrected in this manner, he wouldve eventually thought it ok to bute/attack my other dog, which is unnaccetable in my house

a dog's correction should, in my opinion, match the intesity of his unwanted behavior...if he begins snarling at my other dog because he doesn't want her near us, he needs to be shown that he doesn't choose where she goes, but i do...

happened twice within a week, 2 years later never happened again...my 60 lb. dog has never been hurt by him, and he does not need corrections anymore...success in my eyes...

[Sabrina & Dino]

A quick question - how do you choke out a puppy - do you choke/hang it with a choke collar until it becomes unconcious?

Not a puppy, a growing adolescent dog...with a dominance issue...

Of course he never lost consiousness...we used the dominant dog collar with him...all it takes is a quick correction to snap them out of the mindset...

[Janet Gigante]

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"Sorry, let me elaborate, 120 lb. 10 month old pup, growling and snapping at my other dog, had to be corrected...i grabbed his choke chain, yanked it up to give a quick correction, then told him to down and put him on his side....i am 100% sure that if he hadn't been corrected in this manner, he wouldve eventually thought it ok to bute/attack my other dog, which is unnaccetable in my house

a dog's correction should, in my opinion, match the intesity of his unwanted behavior...if he begins snarling at my other dog because he doesn't want her near us, he needs to be shown that he doesn't choose where she goes, but i do...

happened twice within a week, 2 years later never happened again...my 60 lb. dog has never been hurt by him, and he does not need corrections anymore...success in my eyes..."




OK I understand now what you are saying. Using the choke as a correction is OK.  I just had it in my head the puppy was younger and the phrase "choke out" gets to me because I have seen dog show handlers "choke out" dogs they were showing to straighten them out. Mind you it was not to unconsciousness but it was severe. They literally had the dogs front feet off the ground choking them, I was totally disgusted. Was not done to corsos BTW.

Sorry I kind of hijacked the thread.

[Sabrina & Dino]

Thats cool, I appreciate your concern for the doggies...my dogs are my kids and I'm very happy with the love and peace in my household The way I said it was kind of misleading now looking back on it..."choke out" was not the right term to use, rather "correct"

Sorry also for the hijack