Using A Halti Lead

marybishop

jessie-jane wrote: »

Hi, we have a 6 month old springer who is great off lead but pulls like a steam train on the lead, we have tried on the advice of the vet a choker, a harness and a normal lead but they have all the same result.... pulling.
so we decided to try the halti lead which we have found fantastic,no more pulling the only problem is she keeps trying to rub her nose whilst walking either with her paw or along the floor , was just wondering if anyone can suggest anything to stop this. Also she sulks whilst having it put on , and tries to hide even though she knows its leading to a walk and run in the fields.
thanks

You could be describing my choc lab !!! He does exactly the same and I've been using the halti on him since we got him last August! I don't think he'll ever accept it completely but it's the only way I can walk him without him pulling my arms out of their sockets! As soon as we get to a patch of grass he rubs his head along the ground and paws at the halti but I just tell him no and haul him upright again. We're lucky to live round the corner from fields so he's not on it for long but at least he's controllable!

Good luck!!

Honeydog

Buddy Banana's game works really well. It takes a little bit of time but it is worth it. I also found that with my lab the extending lead made her worse so we just use a fixed one now and she's fine.

I had a Halti for Honey but she was so depressed while she was wearing it I just couldn't bear to carry on using it.

bagpuss_fan

whilst I was pregnant, we got a halti for our german shepherd, he delighted in rubbing his muzzle on anything and everything (mostly in between little old ladies legs who'd stopped to stroke him in the street - he realised this would rub both sides at once!!) very embarrassing!

marybishop

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bagpuss_fan wrote: »

whilst I was pregnant, we got a halti for our german shepherd, he delighted in rubbing his muzzle on anything and everything (mostly in between little old ladies legs who'd stopped to stroke him in the street - he realised this would rub both sides at once!!) very embarrassing!

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Sounds just like our choc lab - he does exactly that but mainly to whoever is holding the lead, haven't encountered any little old ladies yet but he did bark at one wearing a red hat - perhaps just as well we didn't get too close!!!!:o