I think it depends on the dog, but most 'training tools' have 'side-effects' ...
Those who've been following my story obviously knows Matty's far from being an angel, even then I find that through experimenting with different tools most of them are just gimmicks.
For example Matty pulls on the leash a lot, and I got a choke collar for him but it doesn't really work ... the first few days it sorta worked, but afterwards he'd still pull if there's anything that attracts him ... doesn't care if the choke collar chokes so hard that he can't breath.
Eventually we spent more time on the "leave it" and "Close" command and while I can't say he doesn't pull anymore, but at least he's behaving much better than the days when we relied on choke collar.
IMO Love and patience are the best tools for dog training ...
But, every dog is different, so I can't say training tools don't work at all.
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