Behold, a simple keychain. Capable of carrying up to 3 keys, or leave them empty and loot extra keys in raid, without worrying about taking up your inventory space
An actual reward for taking part in the expedition.
Give us actual rewards for doing the expidition that aren't just a little more inventory space and a tiny bit of extra repair %.
Hi all,
My girlfriend and I took on a 1-year-old male German Shepherd and have had him for 1.5 years. He is extremely dog reactive, and sometimes people reactive.
My girlfriend can no longer walk him due to his strength. When he sees another dog, he goes mental barking and lunging, which looks aggressive.
We spent thousands on behaviourists who tried avoiding dogs, gradual reintroduction, positive reinforcement, calming techniques, threshold work, etc., but nothing worked. If anything, he got worse. One even said he may never walk past another dog without reacting.
It became too much. We were spending hundreds each month on private dog fields or walking him between 11pm–5am to avoid people and dogs.
We then hired a trainer who focuses on balanced training rather than positivity only. This was hard for my girlfriend, who strongly believes in positive-only methods and wants our dog to have a good life. I’m more practical: positivity wasn’t working, so temporary negative outcomes as part of training may help.
The trainer struggled to hold him on a harness or slip lead and recommended a prong collar. He then introduced an e-collar.
The change was night and day. For the first time since owning him, I felt hope that we could go for a walk as a family.
So I bought the same kit: a Herm Sprenger 3.2mm prong collar and Mini Educator 300 e-collar, and I’ve used them carefully.
We then noticed head shaking and itching, so we took him to the vet. Apart from a little ear wax build-up, nothing was wrong. Instead, we got a lecture about how they don’t support prong collars and we should only use positive reinforcement. They suggested techniques we’d already tried, told us to hire another behaviourist, and recommended some. They also said prong collars are designed to hurt dogs, are morally wrong, and they may refuse to see him in future if we continue to use one.
This has infuriated me. We love our dog and don’t want to hurt him. We want to fix his behaviour so he can have a fulfilled life: parks, beaches, road trips. We already tried positivity and spent thousands on it, yet now we’re being judged by someone who doesn’t live our life.
It has also panicked my girlfriend, who now wants to stop using the prong collar completely, and I don’t know what to do. I’m the one walking him, and if these tools help get him to a stage where we can train him properly and eventually not need them, it feels like a small trade-off if it gives him exercise and a better life.