Archive for the 'gentle leader' Category
Note: This is a guest post by Ty Brown. Ty runs CommuniCanine, a dog obedience and behavior modification business in Utah. He also owns and operates the web site Dog Behavior Online which is full of dog training tips and resources.
I get a lot of flak for this in the dog training community, but I am not a fan of the Halti, Gentle Leader and No-Pull Harnesses. I am currently raging a war of one against these training ...
A few months ago I took a dog to an adoption event. The dog I handled was an American pit bull terrier named Jesse. I was careful when introducing him to new dogs, because we weren’t sure how he would do.
Jesse is pictured below and is up for adoption. He was a very good boy at the adoption event and did not cause any problems. Still, I was amazed by how careless some people were when introducing their pets to ...
One of my goals for this loose-leash walking challenge was to be able to take my dog out in all situations without a pinch collar or Gentle Leader and have him under control. To me, under control means Ace is not pulling, whining, choking himself or fixating on another dog or person. Before this challenge, I walked Ace with his pinch collar on almost every day.
After working with Ace specifically on heeling for 30 da ...
I’ve wanted to have a dog that walks nicely on a leash without a pinch collar or Gentle Leader for a long time. So this month I am really going to crack down and spend more time working with my mutt on proper heeling.
Eighty percent of the time Ace does well on a flat collar, especially when it’s just the two of us in our own neighborhood. He’s even OK with no leash at all, because it forces me to ...
If dog owners are opinionated on one thing, it’s collars. Here’s your chance to voice your opinion on why you should or should not use a certain collar.
I’ll go first:
The two collars I recommend are the Halti and the pinch collar.
Every dog is different, and there is no collar best for all dogs. But for the average medium or large dog, the best training collar is the pinch collar. With a quick leas ...
When it comes to head collars, some dog owners use Gentle Leaders and some use Haltis. These are the most popular brands, at least around here. I am sold on the Halti (top photo). I always recommended the Gentle Leader, but that’s because I hadn’t tried the Halti until now.
There are two things about the Halti that make it slightly more effective than the Gentle Leader (bottom photo):
The Halti has an ext ...
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Lora from It’s the Dogs’ Life has a good question this week: How do you deal with leash aggression and what causes it? She asks because her lab, Apollo (not pictured), acted aggressive wh ...
I love American Staffordshire terriers, also known as the American pit bull terrier or “pitbull.” With so many pitbulls sitting in shelters across the country (more than 9,000 on Petfinder alone), I thought I’d share how great these dogs are. My next dog just might have to be a pitbull. The guy in this photo is Matty, and he needs a home. (9/21/09 update: Matty has been adopted!)
Staffordshire terri ...
Ace and I visited Shaggy’s Self-Serve Dog Wash ...
