Slip Chains, Normal Colars And Walks

[ButerflyGirl]

I'm just wondering if people use different collars for different types of walks, also when using a slip collar (choke chain, whatever they are refered to these days) is the normal collar taken off, so that the only collar is the slip collar?

Boof has a leather collar which he wears all the time and has his council registration tag and his pet register tag on it, and I plan to take him to obedience classes once he has had all his injections. I noticed that at obedience classes all the dogs only had the slip collars on, no other collars.

Now I understand that the slip collar is for training purposes only and shouldnt be worn at other times (I have used them years ago when we had dogs when I was living at home, but it has been a while now), but I have been walking Boof just with his leather collar, letting him wander and sniff as we walk along, but he is starting to get a bit forcefull on the lead, pulling and tending to head where he wants to go, and not listening when I tell him to sit (mostly only at roads), and I am starting to think I should turn our walks into more of a training walk and use the slip chain instead.

Is having different types of walks confusing for the dog? Should it always be obedience type walks until they are well trained? (in which case they would be obedient anyway)

Just a few questions that had been going through my head.

Vanessa

[Erny]

You are training your dog whenever the lead is on.

[ButerflyGirl]

You are training your dog whenever the lead is on.

That was one thing that I was thinking about, so the more I let him wander, and pull on the lead, which is what happens at the moment just using his leather collar then the more he will learn that that is ok and the harder it will be to do "obedience" with him. I think it will be "training" walks from now on!