Jul 3, 2026 · 31 min · 10 segments
Are you uncomfortable with your own training choices for your dog? This episode, Tara and Laura discuss how some the training techniques and/or gear is being “covered up” or hidden in order to not…
Laura McClureHostTara SturmerHost
And this is pretty much talking about the things we've noticed with gear, certain gear that owners will choose to utilize with their pets.
But what we have come to find is that some of the gear that we don't necessarily think is appropriate in the first place, now is being masked as appropriate gear.
So then you don't even know that a dog is wearing something that could be causing injury or discomfort because it looks like a typical piece of gear.
I guess not recently anymore because you pushed it off so I had time to chill out.
And I'm going to say, if you have to hide something, you obviously know it is not appropriate.
I mean, if you're going to use a prong collar, like there are plenty of prong collars that are very much in your face that they're a prong collar.
I don't understand the logic behind looking for fabric to cover the prong collar.
And this is pretty much talking about the things we've noticed with gear, certain gear that owners will choose to utilize with their pets.
But what we have come to find is that some of the gear that we don't necessarily think is appropriate in the first place, now is being masked as appropriate gear.
So then you don't even know that a dog is wearing something that could be causing injury or discomfort because it looks like a typical piece of gear.
I guess not recently anymore because you pushed it off so I had time to chill out.
And I'm going to say, if you have to hide something, you obviously know it is not appropriate.
I mean, if you're going to use a prong collar, like there are plenty of prong collars that are very much in your face that they're a prong collar.
I don't understand the logic behind looking for fabric to cover the prong collar.
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