"Greyhound collars," can't recommend them enough. All the benefits of nylon and choke collars, none of their liabilities when properly adjusted.
My old collie loved my Mom and eagerly walked with her on vacation at the cabin in the mountains. That is, until one day when she began dragging her feet. Mom had spent several happy days literally walking the tread off the poor dog's feet, the calloused skin peeling off the pads.
Incidently, my Stephen King fan group travelled to Bangor last summer. The owner of Betts Books loaned us Pet Sematary on VHS to watch in our hotel room. No big deal made over the gruesome bits - we freaks groaned in sympathy at the part where Lewis falls out of bed and raps his noggin against the nightstand, LOL.
Heh... I've never used the greyhound collars, but they'd sure work on a dog like Gidget, whose neck is bigger than her head. I intentionally keep them pretty loose, too, so when she's loose in the yard, she can pull out of it if she gets hung up on something. If I'm walking her where she might get loose, I tighten it up or use her pinch collar.
Heh.. and she didn't really flip me off and go home :~D
She was just bein' lazy... and a little bit sore. Like me, we're both out of shape.