How Would You Like to Trade Your Old Dog Training Equipment for Great Discounts?

We want to swap great discounts on our most popular services FOR your choke, prong or shock collars or any other qualifying pet gear. By participating in “Project tRade” you can earn up to 15% off our most popular products and/or services simply by giving us old pet gear* you have laying around. It couldn’t be easier!

What is “Project tRade”?

Project tRade is the Pet Professional Guild’s (PPG) international advocacy program that promotes the use of force-free pet training equipment by asking pet guardians to swap choke, prong and shock collars (and any other devices that are designed to change behavior through pain or fear). Because we want all pets and their guardians to experience the huge advantages and long-lasting effectiveness of force-free training and pet care, we will give you great discounts on our most popular, effective, fun and pain-free training services and/or the Happy Harness 2.0 in exchange for your old gear. 

Effective, humane animal training and pet care methods are the foundation of any animal’s healthy socialization and training and help prevent behavior problems. Since a wide variety of equipment and tools are commonly used when training pets, the pet-owning public needs to be aware of the potential problems and dangers some equipment may pose. Specifically, the use of collars and leads that are intended to apply constriction, pressure, pain or force around a dog’s neck (such as ‘choke chains’ and ‘prong collars’) should be avoided. Distinguished veterinarians and behaviorists worldwide are joining the discussion and calling for the elimination of such devices from the training efforts of both pet guardians and professionals.

What Do the Experts Say?

Respected veterinarian and thyroid expert, Dr. Jean Dodds, recommends against choke or prong collars “as they can easily injure the delicate butterfly-shaped thyroid gland that sits just below the larynx and in front of the trachea. These collars can also injure the salivary glands and salivary lymph nodes on the side of the face underneath both ears.”

Best-selling author and canine behaviorist, Jean Donaldson, says: “These devices (choke and prong collars), when they work, do so to the degree that they hurt. With the advent of modern methods and tools they are irrelevant.”

According to veterinarian and veterinary behaviorist Dr. Soraya V. Juarbe-Diaz: “Using punishment to stop behaviors is not new. Notice I say ‘stop’ rather than ‘teach’ – I can stop any behavior, but I am more interested in teaching my students, animals or human, to choose the behavior I want them to perform because they can trust me, because I do not hurt them and they are safe with me, and because the outcome is something they enjoy.”

PPG thus encourages all pet guardians and pet professionals to embrace modern, scientifically-based training techniques and tools, especially the latest generation of no-pull harnesses which are free of the risks posed by traditional collars and offer far more benefits. So swap your gear and help create a kinder world for you and your pet.

To learn more, please visit PetProfessionalGuild.com.

*Qualifying pet gear = prong collars, shock collars, pinch collars, choke chains, citronella collars and the like. 

The Inquisitive Canine’s Project tRade Discount Structure:

• A 15% discount on the Happy Harness 2.0 (*15% coupon max per person per order, no matter how many items are traded in)
• And/or 5% off a “Leash Walking and More” training package, which is three training sessions, including:
  • The initial consult
  • Two additional sessions (to be used within one month of signing up)
  • A training plan and handouts
  • Email support between sessions

Please note: There is the option, but no obligation, to purchase both the TransPaw Gear harness and the Inquisitive Canine training package. In other words:

• If you have gear to trade in and are interested in the harness discount only, you are not required to also purchase the training package. 
• Likewise, if you have a trade in and would like to purchase only the discounted “Leash Walking” training package, you are not required to purchase a harness. 
• However, if you have qualifying gear to trade in and you would like to purchase both a Happy Harness and a “Leash Walking and More” training package, you will be eligible to receive the Project tRade discounts on both. 

Please contact us for any additional clarification. Thank you for this opportunity to help you and your dog unleash adventures and harness fun together!