ALL CHOKED UP

Here's a tragic tale that demonstrates why you should never use a choke chain on your dog.  Choke collars kill!  Would you really ever want to use something on your dog that can crush its trachea and choke the life right out of your best friend?  Get that choke collar off your dog right now and throw it in the trash where it belongs.  The same goes for any type of collar that chokes or shocks your pet to make it obey.  If you are compelled to exert so much mastery and control over a living, feeling creature (especially one as devoted to humans as the dog) that you must inflict pain on it with torturous devices like this, then you probably shouldn't have a pet in the first place.