Agreed. Remember when I said this wasn't my own dog? I only have her a few weeks out of the year.
In a perfect world every dog would be trained to stay in their gear no matter what happened. Wouldn't it be awesome if every dog was so bombproof they could handle sudden surprises like firecrackers, attacking dogs and wildlife, and car accidents happening mere feet from them on the sidewalk?
Sadly, I don't live in that world. Instead I live in a world where some of the dogs I work with will be put to sleep if they ever get loose and attack anything ever again. I live in a world where I pull dogs from shelters and then walk them through an international airport a week later so I can put them on a plane.
At the end of the day I need equipment I can trust to contain even a highly uncooperative dog, because I don't have the opportunity to train every dog in a safe environment first.