Training Collars on Puppies

[crazedACD]

I can't sleep so I'm just sitting here browsing chaz and thinking about stuff .

I work in a pet store..more and more often I'm seeing people picking up various training collars...for puppies. Especially the Petco classes are now having every puppy owner purchase and use head collars for classes. What happened to yknow..training the dogs? Going straight to a device just is not my idea of a good thing to push. I know our society is geared towards quick fixes, and maybe starting off with a head collar for the average joe isn't as bad as the dog not getting walked at all eventually. I just don't particularly like the idea.

I've even seen 3-4month old pups getting prongs and choke collars thrown on them...'for the future'. Inappropriate I think..what do you guys think?