non-pull harness

[Tag]

My border collieish(?) cross black lab is a lovely uninhibited wild thing and a bu**** to train, though very intelligent. Can anyone tell me if they have seen those harnesses which stop dogs pulling on the lead anywhere please? Not a spiked or choke collar please ( they played hell with my mother-in-law). I live in 85 (Vendée).

[cooperlola]

try www.polytrans.fr for a kick-off .  This one  www.polytrans.fr/fiche_produit/licol-education-type_502422.html might be what you're looking for. Also, when he/she pulls, walk backwards - do not yank.  It does work, with patience.

[Tag]

Thanks for the help. I'll persevere with walking backwards for a while.

[dave]

I watch the Dog Whisperer on television - not sure which channel, lovely guy called Caesar Milan.  He recommends siting the collar, not a choke chain, high on the neck just under the jaw similar to the position of a show dog's collar.  Apparently you are missing the strong neck muscles further down and it should be easier to control the dog.......  Well it's just a tv programme !   By the way you need positive energy too !!!! 

[Christine Animal]

[quote user="Tag"] I'll persevere with walking backwards for a while.[/quote]

 

Looks like you're going to have some nice walks Tag, let us know when you get there !   [:D]

 

                       

[cooperlola]

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[quote user="Tag"] I'll persevere with walking backwards for a while.[/quote]

 

Looks like you're going to have some nice walks Tag, let us know when you get there !   [:D]

 

                       

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[Charlotte3]

Hi Tag,

Try this site....http://www.companyofanimals.co.uk/halti.php       I used the Halti head harness on the recommendation of my vet and it worked a treat from day one. I had a very intellegent lurcher who thought she was the boss and walks were a nightmare. Within a week she was used to it and we both enjoyed our walks. She also became more receptive to commands when off the lead.

I had a lab cross before we came to France and he was the most challenging dog I had ever owned..... a lovely boy, but VERY exuberant.

Good luck,

Aly

[Charlotte3]

Hi Tag,

Try this site....http://www.companyofanimals.co.uk/halti.php     

 I used the Halti head harness on the recommendation of my vet and it worked a treat from day one. I had a very intellegent lurcher who thought she was the boss and walks were a nightmare. Within a week she was used to it and we both enjoyed our walks. She also became more receptive to commands when off the lead.

I had a lab cross before we came to France and he was the most challenging dog I had ever owned..... a lovely boy, but VERY exuberant.

Good luck,

Aly

[Tag]

Thanks Aly

What is it about lab crosses? In France they seem to cross border collies with labs to get a really bright but more docile less snappy dog. Mine is adorable but at ten months a total adolescent and a real handful. Love him to bits. My French neighbours say cut off his ***** but I dont think that is necessary as he shows no malice, just lively.

I've never used collars, only harnesses. Tried a collar once and he went berserk. Such a main round the neck though.

Any thoughts please?

OK Dick, dont worry, you are quite safe.

[Nettie]

I also use a head collar on my exhuberant lurcher, certainly saves your arm being disconnected from your shoulder, he walks very well on it.  Mine is a dogmatic headcollar but they are all much of a muchness.

As for Ceasar Milan, he's been known to hang dogs from their collars to the point where one passed out, he also alfa rolls his dogs, there was an article about him in a Sunday supplement magazine and he really has a peculiar outlook on dog training and keeping dogs, another one with great pr and marketing people.    Article from the San Francisco Chronicle 

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/10/15/CMGPHL9D1N1.DTL

 

[Charlotte3]

Hi Tag,

Ours was adorable, but a handful too. When we decided to move to France we advertised and subsequently interviewed prospective new owners for Louie (2). He went to a family who lived in the country (like us) but kept horses, had 5 kids and a very hectic lifestyle. You've guessed it... he never looked back and fitted in perfectly. I think there was so much going on in the house already that it was just like having another kid in the house, and they loved him to bits. We couldn't have been happier for all of them. I do still think of him though!

We had our  (male) cat castrated on the advice of our (French) vet because he was fighting......now he's just like Dillon from the Magic Roundabout, so laid back he has actually fallen asleep mid stretch! He is a lovely boy though, like a feline Brian Ferry...sexy and soooo sleazy. (Am I showing my age?......oh, yes!)

Might be worth thinking about.....it stops the alpha male thing.

Let us know how you get on,

Aly

[sdwarvill11]

I used the company of dogs to get my cocker spaniel a SPORN harness and it has worked wonders and also saves his poor little neck! He hardly pulls at all now - when he stops i will put him back on a normal lead. The harness is easy to fit and tightens up underneath him when he does pull - its quite padded aswell.

[Tag]

Hi Aly,

Thanks for the message of encouragement. I could never part with my fella, but will think of parting him from his jewels. So far his behaviour is more adolescent than anything else - he is only 10 months old.

I think the stop and change direction technique to discourage pulling may be working.

Regards,

Tim