Chokes are fine if people use them properly, but so many don't. I had dogs come into my classes with bald areas around their necks, and heat there, too. Not good! Many dogs (cough, Beagles!) will just plow into them and drag their helpless owners down the street, hacking and coughing as they go, bruising their tracheas.. I'd put them straight into a small-link pinch collar and 15 minutes later they'd be walking on a slack line.Yeah, I don't personally care for choke chains, but prongs are martingale style so they don't choke