Teagz, I have no problem with that! I have found that during puppihood, it can help to be the mummy puppy sometimes It's natural consequence and they understand it. Choker chains just don't fall into that category for me and I can't stand them, personally. I used one a lot as a kid because I was conditioned to believe that's how you trained a dog. I just won't use one ever again.
MissyMoo - I know where you're coming from. Sometimes it's not worth persisting with a dog that you just can't trust - for whatever reason, be it you don't have the time to put into correcting the tendency, or the resources, whatever - because the cost is too high for that situation. Just like with horses, though, I'm a big believer in word-of-mouth and will never get a horse or dog through the papers or classifieds. Every time I get an email asking for a dog to be rehomed, the dog finds a home within a short time, or when one is advertised in the vet clinic. Our little dog was an email! Our big dog was from the shelter - very easy to find homes for 9 week old pups, though.
Anyway, whilst I can see the point the others were making, I think they were using MissyMoo's post as a platform for a view which is quite valid and bears thinking about, more than attacking MM's stance on the matter. I hope I'm right!