|Barked: Tue Apr 9, '13 8:13am PST |
|The goal when using a tool like a gentle leader, pinch collar or front clip harness is to aim to get it off your dog as soon as possible. These are not long term solutions. Rather, they can help bridge a gap when dealing with managing distractions in the outside world while you work to teach your dog what is required of him while walking on a flat collar or off leash. To use any tool as a crutch without training means that you'll likely never get the behaviour you want without it, and it will likely cause the tool to be less effective as time goes on.
A pinch collar is more humane than a choke, but neither are particularly good at teaching your dog to enjoy walking at your side. That's where training classes can come in, or failing that, watching how-to videos of people using food and other reinforcement to reward their dogs for walking with them and not forging ahead.
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