When I first saw the collar and the name, I was triggered - I felt the traditional prong collar was being attacked and labeled "unkind". I also struggled with the links of the KINDERcollar always getting stuck on themselves.
With all that being said, my mind has changed. As a professional dog trainer that specializes in reactive and aggressive power breeds and rescue dogs, the prong collar is a key training tool quite often. Some dogs though are too sensitive either physically or emotionally to handle a traditional prong, and it was working with a younger bully with absolutely no leash manners but very very sensitive skin that I first tried out the KINDERcollar. It provided a similar sensation to the traditional prong without the prong edges to irritate her skin. It worked perfectly! I ended up buying a box of the collars and me and my trainers plan on using them more with dogs in our program.
I will say I still am frustrated by how the links get caught on each other whenever the collar is put down, which is the only reason I gave it 4/5 stars. I also still don't like that name either 😜
