Strong greyhound pulling on walks - halti or harness?

hethmar

Its a long time now, but Im sure our harness had a sort of double lead on it. It never allowed our dog to pull like a train though. One pull on it and his front paws left the ground and he had to stop. Id then a wait a few seconds before I proceeded with the walk. This is tiring old job and people wonder what you are up to, but as I said, it only took about a week for our boy to know that pulling actually slowed him up. The pressure was equal on the strongest parts of his body so it didnt damage him. I couldnt get on with the head halti, poor dog would just spend all the walk pawing at his face. Im sure it must damage some dogs eyes if the owners arent vigilent, seen so many with the halti on skew whiff when Ive been out and the owners paying no attention to the dogs distress.

Colliewobble_2

I can heartily recommend either the Canny Collar or the Black Dog headcollars. My big worry about HaltI-style headcollars is the all-in-one nature, which means if they back out of the head collar they are loose.

Both the CannyCollar and the Black Dog collars are on separate adjustable collars so if the nose-piece comes off, the dog is still 'attached'.

lisawood78

I can highly recommend the leather 'Dogmatic' Head collars, with the extra security strap between it and a normal collar, that way if they back out of it they are still attatched.
We use these on 2 GD's who know how to pull and they are great walkers when wearing them.

They do not rub or ride up into the eyes which I found to be a big problem with the haltis.

Chocmonster7

The Halti Headcollar clips behind the ears so there isn't a way that they can back out of it. Mine came with the strap that connects it to the collar so if it does come off for any reason you have the extra security.

Amarillo

I have got on very well with the Halti Harness. I use it with the Halti lead but found using both attachment points didn't work very well, so use the front D ring for lead walking. When we get to the woods I switch to the extending lead on the round ring on the top for a bit until she comes off lead.

I've also practises loose lead walking using clicker training plus stopping/walking in circles if she pulls. Now at a year this has paid off and we don't really need the harness very much. But we still do sometimes use it in situations where we want her to be calm. It's got to the stage where harness plus lead on front clip equals a kind of working mode where she knows she needs to be calm, very handy when we have visitors.

gunsandbanjos

My dog hated his Halti! He scraped his face along the ground trying to get it off and left himself with a big scab:eek: Tried it off and on for a while trying to get him used to it and eventually it went in the bin:o

charlies-aunt

We have a rescued labrador - who thinks she's a sleigh dog! If I could manage a pair of rollerskates I could give up the car and go dog sleighing everywhere...however since I have no sense of balance and have tried collar, harnesses and halti -- I finally bought a dogmator head collar from a game fair - its leather and looks like a mini horse headcollar - similar principle to a halti but the leather is more rigid and it doesn't move about as much, I used to find the halti would ride up her nose ...I walk her with this on and it stopped her pulling almost straight away.
I have to also have her harness on with a short lead attached as she dislikes other dogs and will 'go' for any within striking distance so it makes a handy bit to grab when she has to be forceably restrained.