If
dog owners are opinionated about one thing, it’s collars. Here’s your
chance to voice your opinion on why you should or should not use a
certain training collar!
Personally, I love how the Halti helps me
control my overly enthusiastic golden retriever clients (Molly and
Cooper) when we go on our weekly walks or else they'd pull me in ten
different directions! I also love that the Halti Head Collar
allows me to direct them without tugging at their necks.
Every dog is different and there is no collar best for all dogs. I tried the Halti Head Collar
on Daisy on several occasions and I love that I am the one who is
walking her and not the reverse. However, she doesn't appreciate it as
much as I do!
Another collar that is the perfect fit for Daisy is the pinch/prong collar. By "perfect fit"
I want to emphasize that the collar is never fitted to the point where,
if a correction is given, the collar pinches. Instead, even pressure is
applied around her neck. The prong collar is "self-correcting" so if
Daisy pulls, rarely is extra pressure, or a correction, needed.
I use this collar only on days when she will be walking with dogs who tend to make her misbehave. Otherwise, Daisy will either be wearing a
Premier Gentle Leader Easy Walk Harness,
I use this collar only on days when she will be walking with dogs who tend to make her misbehave. Otherwise, Daisy will either be wearing a
Premier Gentle Leader Easy Walk Harness,
As they say horses for courses, it depends. I hate the halti. I will do anything to get it off so I now have a standard collar and lead. Score Me 1 Peeps 0. Have a fabulous Friday.
ReplyDeleteBest wishes Molly
Daisy doesn't like the Halti either but it makes for an easy walk for me! I rarely put it on her and she's thankful for that!
DeleteI've just always had a regular collar, even when in training. So I can only say, a regular collar.
ReplyDeleteBlessings,
Goose
You must've been an excellent walker from the time you were born, Goose, and you are fortunate! I got Daisy just before she turned one so she had a lot of bad habits that needed correcting. Thankfully, she is a lot better on her walks now and a regular collar works fine, most of the time!
DeleteOdd you should blog about this - as earlier in the week I was blogging about prong collars: http://postboxsheep.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/prong-collars-are-you-for-or-against.html
ReplyDeleteI think for training a dog you should start off with a regular collar and lead. If a dog can walk sensibly on a normal collar and lead combo then they're pretty chilled out and well trained. I see Halti's make things easier for the owner, but I've seen dogs who walk on halti harnesses put on a lead and they turn into maniacs. Doesn't seem like a route I wanna go down!
For training once Nanook's old enough he'll get a prong collar, for now he is pulling on his normal lead and collar thinking it'll get him somewhere haha
Your thoughts are appreciated and well-researched and I thank you for your opinions! I will read your post immediately! As I mentioned in another comment, I adopted Daisy just before her first birthday and it was obvious to me that she hadn't been walked very much when I took her for her first walk so I had to try a variety of collars in order to find out which one was the best for training. Luckily, she's gotten a lot of practice because she gets to walk with a lot of clients daily! Thanks for your input!
DeleteWe've changed our throughout the year, and each dog has several. For Monty we have a halti and a gentle leader, we use the halti in crowds when we need more control of his head. Sam has graduated to a gentle leader after years of being on slip collars, the halti helped him the most. Our first golden was on a simple slip collar, when she wore one - she was that good. And we just snapped a leash to Cisco's flat collar - she was always good but couldn't be let off leash because of being blind.
ReplyDeleteSam
Not all dogs are the same in temperament or size so it is best, in my opinion, to try different training collars until one is the right fit! Thanks for sharing your opinion and experience as we all need advice in this area!
DeleteTrain a Doxie?????? Get real. We are untrainable and we do exactly what we want....when we want!
ReplyDelete:o)
Very funny, Amber! Doxies can be very stubborn but they are cute!
DeleteChewy is a big puller when walk, so bad that it looks like he's walking on his chest, lol! I tried the halter that went around the chest, and while it somewhat worked, I found that it rubbed Chewy raw underneath his pits (he has no fur in his pits). I then tried the head collar and it works like a charm! (Although Chewy's not particular fond of it and sometimes mid-walk will stop and try to get it off.) What is annoying about the head collar is that people think it's a muzzle and that he bites, I'm constantly getting "Oh, he bites" and I'm always having to explain what it is!
ReplyDeleteYes! The comment, "Why are you making your dog wear a muzzle?" is what bothers me every time I walk Daisy while she wears a head collar aka Halti! I then have to go into a full explanation of what the Halti is vs. a muzzle so as not have people think I'm being cruel to her! To be honest, that comment is what has stopped me from using the Halti but I find the Halti works well for Daisy!
DeleteWe don't wear collars.... If we did, the boys would want them to be blue to match their eyes. I know you're talking function here. And it was a great post for that.
ReplyDeleteHave a great weekend.
hugs, Max, Bugsy, and Knuckles
We are not sure since we have flat noses we can't use the gentle leader.
ReplyDeleteBenny & Lily
Floyd and I both use back attach harness, but our peeps aren't that happy with them. We both pull on the lead when we walk, but Floyd pulls HEAPS, he walks on his back legs some times while he's walking. Our peeps tried using a halti collar with him, but it didn't work, he HATED it and took it off in about 30 seconds flat.
ReplyDeleteThey're going to try an easy walk next, but are just waiting for the pet shop to get one in his size. :) We hope it works so walkies isn't such hard work!
I completely forgot about the fact that Daisy and some of my clients knew how to take those Halti's off during our walks! While I understood why they would want to take them off it is also very dangerous!
ReplyDeleteGood luck with the easy walk harness!