Collars come in many styles , types and colours. The most important thing to remember before purchasing one is – Is it practicable.
FLAT COLLAR – Comes made of leather, webbing or rope. Can be secured by either a traditional metal buckle or a two part plastic clip type buckle.
HALF CHECK – Comes in leather or webbing and half a small circle chain. These collars come in different sizes and are ideal for training from a very early age.
We recommend these for training classes and usually have a stock available at training classes.
CHECK CHAIN – A collar made of chain metal. This collar is regularly called a “choker” by some in the dog training field. These are usually “armchair behaviourists” or “1 hour a week trainers” with little or no experience of actually training a dog.
These people have usually been guided by books, tv programmes or via one day seminars by “dog behaviorists who manufacture alternative products like the halti. Some have even paid their £15 fee to be a member of an association that then dictates what collar they can recommend !!.
We will allow check chains in classes if they are used correctly and alternative collars have been tried.
WE WILL NEVER ALLOW ANY COLLAR TO BE MISUSED…..But we will never be dictated to by Inexperienced people just to remain a member of an association or organisation.
HALTI type headcollars.
We never promote these items as we do not believe they help in the training of your dog.
The claims made “Does not cut up in to the eye” and “stops pulling instantly” are untrue!!
These collars are “RESTRAINING”items not training items.
These collars make aggression issues worse… not better.
They look like muzzles….. so people avoid you !
Our view is “Train your dog”….. Dont “restrain your dog” !!
Some comments from people who have tried a Halti -
A non-starter for my chocolate lab!
I have heard a lot about the halti and eventually decided to give it a go.
Unfortunately I didn’t even get to take our 9 month old chocolate lab, Oscar,
out for a walk as he chewed through the strap the first time I put it on him!!
( I had been feeding him treats through the strap as recommended to get him
used to it. After a few days of this I decided to give it a go and slipped it
over his head, then attached the lead. He jumped and squirmed and quickly got
the strap in his mouth and chewed – no more strap. I’m not sure that Halti can
be blamed for this but I do wonder if it might be a good idea to make the strap
out of a more durable material? So, its back to the drawing board and hoping
against hope that I can find a system that works and is robust enough to
withstand Oscar’s sabotage attempts!!! I long for the day when I can enjoy the
walks as much as Oscar clearly does.
disgusting
How could anyone buy a
control method for an animal that involves pulling their head to one side or
another, doing heaven knows what damage to their neck vertebrae. “works on
facial nerves” indeed! An instrument of torture is my view. They should be
banned.
Learn to loose-leash
walk instead
I tried
one of these with my 12 month rescue GSD. At best he tolerates it, he tries to
rub it off on the ground or bang his head into my leg (ouch!) to get it off. It
made no difference to heel walking, but did help if he lunged towards other
dogs as you’ve control of the head. It works by applying pressure to their
facial nerves. I wouldn’t like this if I was a dog! Better to TEACH YOUR DOG TO
WALK CORRECTLY
Not the “Be all and
end all” I’d hoped for
I bought a halti when
my German Shepherd was 5 months old, he managed to chew it after only a few
weeks. He did pull less but every so often would give a rough nudge to the back
of my knee or side of my leg to try and remove it. If you gave him a little
slack he would try and rub it off on the ground. He is now 8 months old and
looks fully grown. He still pulled on his new halti until he actually snapped it
last week, rendering it useless. I have tried lots of different training
collars in between and have found none that actually stop him pulling, they
only curb it slightly.
Hit and miss
I bought
two of these. One for my Belgian Shepherd x pup Jack, and one for my Collie x
Brody. Works a treat for Brody, she now walks like a little angel. Jack however
is another matter, he hates it. He fights against it constantly and has cut his
face in several places by clawing at it. Unfortunately not the universal
solution that I had hoped.
A non-starter for my
chocolate lab!
I have heard a lot
about the halti and eventually decided to give it a go. Unfortunately I didn’t
even get to take our 9 month old chocolate lab, Oscar, out for a walk as he
chewed through the strap the first time I put it on him!! ( I had been
feeding him treats through the strap as recommended to get him used to it.
After a few days of this I decided to give it a go and slipped it over his
head, then attached the lead. He jumped and squirmed and quickly got the strap
in his mouth and chewed – no more strap. I’m not sure that Halti can be blamed
for this but I do wonder if it might be a good idea to make the strap out of a more
durable material? So, its back to the drawing board and hoping against hope
that I can find a system that works and is robust enough to withstand Oscar’s
sabotage attempts!!! I long for the day when I can enjoy the walks as much as
Oscar clearly does.
