I'm a real dog trainer and I train for real dog handlers. Prong collars are not a collar that is used on any of my working dogs. Even choke chains are a training aid and not something to choke a dog down or physically restrain them through brute force. That is not how they are used in proper hands. You train a dogs brain to respond to commands without having to use physical force to restrain them. If you are in a tug of war situation then you are just wrong in every thing you are doing. A trainer is after a conditioned response. Dogs should always walk on a lose leash and you should be able to control them with only your voice in all off leash situations.
Even Law Enforcement attack dogs can be called off of a person with only a voice command. It is part of their certification.
I use a choke chain, so I’m not opposed to their use, but even I, a lowly non-professional dog trainer with no stock dog, bomb dog, dope dog, or attack dog training experience, know what a prong collar is, and why and how they are used.
Even *I*, a truly horrible, 2 year ex-Marine, know the breed and history of the War Dogs of Guam.
Even *I* know that not every dog needs a 300 word command vocabulary in order to be useful.
Even *I* know that canine instinct craves guidance and control.
My question is, what kind of dog trainer are you that all of this seems to escape you?