Coastal Pet Titan Chokes

Pros: Durable, sturdy, and effective.
Cons: If not used properly, it can hurt a dog

When we first picked up Mary Joe, our beloved yellow Labrador retriever, at the Miami International Airport cargo terminal on a February afternoon in 1995, she was a bit shy of eight weeks and was, of course, a small puppy that weighed less than 10 ...

Pros: I can walk the strong and strong-willed Rocket.
Cons: Not for use without training.

The Innocent Request

Holding stereotypes and assumptions about dogs as
well as people can be dangerous. My oldest son
wanted to get another dog. Our tri-color Collie Mandy
passed away 2 years before my son made his...

Pros: Gives a strong, humane correction, does not break or rust
Cons: can cause hair to knot, can cause dog to choke if not worn correctly.

This editorial will be focused more on choke chains in general, but I will focus in on the Titan.

The choke chain is a very effective training tools, one which both corrects and guides the dog. The can be very useful in training dogs...

Pros: RUST PROOF, STRONG AND NOT TOO EXPENSIVE
Cons: NOTHING

There are many mixed emotions concerning the use of choke collars of any kind. I have owned over the past 20 years 7 dogs. All of which weighed approximately 110 lbs. I started using a choke collar on all of them at the age of 4 months. At first, they...

Pros: Sends clear message
Cons: Opportunity for misuse

Chain training collars, such as this Titan collar, are valuable tools in the hands of owners and trainers properly schooled in how to use them. The smooth action of the steel links in the Titan collar allows the correct "pop and release"...

Pros: NONE
Cons: Dog can choke to death if left alone with collar on.

Bought because collar was recommended 14 years ago for training class.


This is my negative experience with this collar. I found the collar to be counter productive.

Found this type of collar to be intimidating, physically painful and emotionally confusing to the dog. The continual jerking by trainer during class allegedly caused irreversible damage to nerve to left ear, allegedly resulting in recurrent, chronic middle ear and ear infections in left ear only, which is the side they correct on.