Haltie are great if you use them right!!!!
It must be tight on the head and also be hooked to a collar or a harness with a front D ring.
You have to desensitize the dog to it over a long period of time and just not back it into a corner and slap it on.
You need to be aware that it is not for correction work at all as you can tug on the neck and strain the tendons and do great damage to the neck.
If at any time the dog looks withdrawn and or worried in one get it off and stop using.
Training can be done on a harness and or a flat buckle collar at all times. There is never any need to use corrections to train.
Only real reason to run a dog in a gentle leader or haltie at a small size is do to aggression. If the dog pulls while walking teach it to not too.
These items are tools and should at some point be not used again do to continued training..... unless and only if you have a contract do to aggression that says all the time for ever.
Using Tellington touch method of harnessing a dog does give more contact with the dog for guidance but in a gentle way.
There are more then a few no pull harnesses out there and again once in use training should continue till they are no longer needed and a normal harness can be used.
Retractable leashes are not useful do to the fact they teach a dog to pull.
think about it how does the dog get the leash out of the unit.
It has a dog at the end of a long rope that can not be gathered in as easy as a long line in the case of an emergency.
Go to IPDTA web site and they have a study and write up on other reasons not to use those leashes are bad.
JL |