Better than a trainer
My poodle is obedience trained, yet highly reactive to other dogs when we are out for a walk. She barks, pulls, whines. We hired a behavioral expert for 100's of dollars and followed the positive reward systems we learned to no avail. Then we tried this collar and everything is better! Skip the trainer and buy this product. Word of advice: watch the instructional video. You need it to use the collar properly.
gentle leaader
This is a great product! Our 5 month old Golden Retriever is a totally different pup when on walks using the Gentle Leader. He responds easily and well to commands and has no problem with it even when playing at the park. Simply take off the leash and he romps with all the other dogs.
Great, but not for a determined dog
My pup is a really determined dog. I began using this when a dog trainer personally fitted it to her and it really did work excellent. In fact to this day, she has walked her best on the gentle lead head collar. The only problem I had was that once in a while, not often, she would pull. After awhile I noticed it was starting to wear on her nosal, leaving a patch of no fur and a sore beginning to form. I felt so aweful and quit using it that day. I have had the gentle lead harness since then and although it isn't as effective, I was able to have a bit more control than just using a collar. But now I think that one is starting to hurt her under her front legs. So now I am in search of something else. My dog really does great on walks, it is just when other dogs get close and she wants to greet them. Although, we almost have her trained out of that, too, so maybe eventially we will be done using any type of training collar/harness.
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