Better than duct tape and it doesn't look that tight. I see nothing wrong with it as long as it's not causing unneccessary pain to the pup, but then again I've trained dogs and horses from the time I was very young and have had to listen many times to whiny know nothings flip out when I've thrown and tied down horses in public or had to use compulsion on Schutzhund and working dogs to make them do as they were asked. In the pic, the pup isn't flippin out, his skins not twisted and his eyes aren't weepy. That tells me it's not tight, the dogs not in pain, just inconvienance. This is NOT animal cruelty in any way shape or form