Does neutering male dog stop him pulling on lead?

catkins

Person_one wrote: »

Maybe you could try to accept that all dogs are different, and different things work for them? Plenty of dogs are perfectly happy in a halti, and certainly don't have their muzzles rubbed raw! If your dog doesn't like it, nobody will force you to use it, so there's no need to be disparaging and defensive.

I wouldn't fancy walking round with a band round my nose, no, but then I wouldn't fancy wearing a collar round my neck or a harness either, or carrying a slimy tennis ball in my mouth for miles. I'm not a dog, no point comparing.

I'm not being defensive. I just don't understand why so many people use a halti. I know a lot of trainers and behaviourists do not like them.

I believe the dogmatic is meant to be better than a halti.

krlyr wrote: »

I've seen dogs rubbed raw with harnesses too. It's about getting the appropriate equipment to suit your dog, and to introduce it correctly. Mine get just as excited to see their Dogmatic headcollars as they do their harnesses, and will push their noses into them to get ready for a walk. No rubbed noses, no unhappy dogs.

I use a soft lined harness which doesn't rub.

I won't use just a collar because I believe it can cause neck and throat problems for a dog

zaksmum

catkins wrote: »

I'm not being defensive. I just don't understand why so many people use a halti. I know a lot of trainers and behaviourists do not like them.

I believe the dogmatic is meant to be better than a halti.



I use a soft lined harness which doesn't rub.

I won't use just a collar because I believe it can cause neck and throat problems for a dog

When my male dog was younger he used to pull till I trained him not to.

I always used just a collar and sometimes he'd pull so much he'd choke himself and actually gag and then vomit.

Thankfully he soon learned not to do it.