Happy Memorial Day everyone. I wanted to know if anyone uses a Martingale collar on their dogs. I used to use the chain stainless steel type years ago when I was showing Xanadu and I loved it. I see on some web-sites that you can get the nylon material type and use that to train puppies. Also a friend of mine told me she bought a stainless steel type with the nylon part on the throat area at this past years National. I'd like some of your opinions about these collars and also where's a good place to buy them from. What does everyone else use when you first start leash training your pups? I want to start leash training my puppies in a few weeks and I didn't want to do it with a choke. They are just 7 weeks old yesterday. Thanks, Barbara -- Barbara J. Galasso CHIEFTAINS GERMAN SHEPHERDS Visit my website at http://chieftainsgermanshepherds.com ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2006. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - URL temporarily deleted due to AOL issues ============================================================================