Gentle Leader No Pull Dog Headcollar, Black, Extra Large | Veterinary Behaviorist-Designed No-Pull Headcollar Redirects Pulling Instinct, Padded Neoprene Nose Loop, Quick-Snap Fit

Second one for my ridgeback because it is adjustable even the size large I use so much to help other pet owners that she needed a fresh one of her own. Highly recommend and great quality. I was in an auto accident when my ridgeback was a puppy so I can’t handle any additional strain from pulling, this helps tremendously. The gentle leader is a positive training tool to improve your dogs walking as well as take strain off the pet owner. As a dog walker I use this training tool with my large Rhodesian ridgeback and even small size dogs like miniature schnauzers and beagles. Fit for all sizes. May not work with shorter snout dogs like pugs, frenchies, pekingese, boxers, etc. please note this is not a muzzle and the dog can open their mouth, eat, and bite with a gentle leader on this is only to stop the dog from pulling

This is the only no pull option that works for my dog, and we've tried it all. We worked on no pull training right away when he was a puppy and used a similar method along with positive reinforcement training to keep him from pulling but the leash was short and it was hard to keep up with. This allows him more freedom to move around while on leash and it seems to be a little more comfortable for him. He still tries to pull when there is something he wants but he can't pull as hard and his head turns so the pulling isn't productive, in time I think he'll learn to stop that all together. The lead is easy to put on him and seems sturdy enough, I wouldn't let him chew it at all though.

When I first tried this on my dog, she did nothing but rub her nose and have a fit trying to get it off. I spent about a week, putting in on her for short periods, giving her treats, trying to make this leader associated with positive experiences. It just seemed like it wasn't going to work for her so I set it aside. Last week, I got it out again, put it on her, gave her a treat, and immediately took her outside for a walk. It worked! This time she accepted it. Other than a moment here and there, she is doing great with this and no more pulling. It's like walking a completely different dog. I should add, that I had skipped her walk for almost two weeks (a very long time for her). She had gotten to the point that her front-clip harness wasn't a deterrent anymore, so I thought I'd just take a break. After not going for her daily outings for so long, she was more than happy to mostly ignore the gentle leader and focus on smelling all the great things she'd been missing out on. Now we are back to our daily walks. The biggest difference being that I am having fun on the walk too, now that I don't have to spend so much energy working on her behavior. I do still put a harness on her in case I need to grab it for additional control (which is rare) but I only attach the leash to the head lead. I have a leash with a lighter clip on it for that. The leash clip that attaches to the harness is much thicker and heavier. All I can say is .... Gentle Leader for the win-win!! SAFETY TIP UPDATE: A couple times, I've had near-escape incidences, both indoors at the vets office thankfully. Once, the leash somehow became unclipped and another, she pulled the lead off her face. Now, to ensure a double-attachment, I put the leader on as usual, then I use a carabiner to secure the base of the leash clip to the loop in her collar. This way, should she get the leader off again or the leash become unclipped, the leash will still be connected to her collar. (see attached photo showing left/right side comparisons showing both parts of what I've described) I find that this setup does not cause any issues while walking nor stop the effectiveness of the leader.

I have a border collie mix, and she wasn't too bad at pulling however she always got overexcited whenever she saw a person/bird/squirrel or another living thing and this would cause her to pull. I tried a lot of methods to prevent this, from treats to shock collars (which not only didn't work I felt so bad and guilty for using one in the first place) I even tried harnesses with the front loop to prevent pulling. It didn't work, she kept pulling or lunging spontaneously at something, it not only made people fear her (and she is a very friendly dog) but the strength of her lunges was really taking a toll on my shoulder, and my hand. After being hesitant I finally decided to get this head harness, I was hesitant to buy it at first because I thought it would be cruel and painful to my dog, but I needed something stern and something stubborn like me. Now onto getting the product, it came with everything advertised. You don't really need to watch the CD as most of the information is on the paper pamphlet it provides you, which comes with images. I put it on my dog no problem took it off put it on rewarded her for keeping it on her without her trying to scratch or pull it off. Now this was fine however when we began to walk she HATED this being on her face, I tried to walk inside my home first before I moved out into the outside world where there would be a lot of distractions, and living in NYC there is a lot of those. I tried regular dog treats however I needed something she desired more, something to take her mind off of the strap on her face. This is were cold cuts ham came in, I let the leash drag so she can get use to that weight and walked back and forth my home every time she went down I quickly whipped out the ham to distract her and it worked. I did this a couple of times sometimes I would have to unhook her claws from getting stuck in the strap but needless to say the ham did a pretty good job. Now going outside for the first time, she was stupidly calm, not gunna say I was dumbstruck but honestly I was pretty dumbstruck. I felt like one of those people in the infomercials with where you go from and over excited dog to a very calm and behaved one in five minutes (except it took me about an hour and a half to get her use to it) the pressure from the head harness seemed to do the trick, every time she would go just a little too far walking not pulling the head harness would very slightly tug and she would quickly get back a little. Within one day she was respecting the leash boundaries. Every once in a while within the two days she would try and fight it and I would whip out the ham just give her a very small piece and she would be back to forgetting all about it. Now there is a problem with this, the material I can't say for sure how long it would last but I would update if it ends up breaking. There is also an issue with the padding, there is very little padding on the underside of the strap that goes onto the dogs muzzle, so even if a dog does pull harshly with the head harness on, it is going to give sort of an Indian burn on their muzzle. I found out the hard way when one of my neighbors dog got loose, and they made no effort to go grab it as it came after my dog and go underneath her biting her. Now my dog does not tolerate another dog biting her and will attack, as I was trying to get the smaller dog out from underneath her, my left hand which held the leash had a firm grip so her head couldn't, get down and bit my hand or the smaller dog. Grabbing the smaller dog I made sure to separate it even though my dog still wanted revenge on the little sh**t. After the incident however, when I took off the head harness it rubbed off a small bit of her fur creating this very narrow line, though my dog didn't seem to be in any pain and other then that she was fine it still bother me. SO BOTTOM LINE: Yes, it will HELP PREVENT your dog from pulling, the material is not the best of the best but it seemed pretty good, maybe it would last a couple months maybe not, I will have to continue using it to see. Make sure your dog is okay with the head harness instead of just putting it on and going out with it, because if they are trying to pull it off their face, they can cause serious injury to their eyes or cut their muzzle up and get highly frustrated, and most likely create a bad experience in which they will refuse to put it on. Dogs who continue to pull very aggressively with this on, beware, because it will grind into their muzzle and continue use it could cause a gash in their muzzle from the strap, it does not have much to any cushion on the strap that goes onto the muzzle, so it would probably feel like an Indian burn on your arm but onto the dogs face. Other then that dogs who don't have that much problem with the head harness or got use to it being on their face, this will help them to respect the leash boundaries (which just means the length of the leash you have given them for walking), it is also quite a pain for them (or at least my dog) to try and get it off their face with one or two of their paws.

I'd like to think that my dogs are fairly well-trained (wouldn't most people?) and that they listen to me when I give them commands or ask them to stop doing something. For the most part, they behave just as I'd expect for 3.5 and 1 year old German Shepherds. They are high-energy, happy, healthy animals who love other people and dogs alike. Unfortunately, I had to resort to these leaders because my dogs' excitement very nearly resulted in a broken wrist for me. I decided to take them to the park in our apartment complex one afternoon; there's usually no one there so pulling on the leash isn't really a problem. This particular day, however, there was a pit bull out in the park, sitting next to the fence. There was no owner in sight and the dog had no collar, so I assume that he'd wandered into the complex on his own. When my girls saw him, their hackles rose immediately and they started pulling so hard on their leashes that I couldn't stand my ground. They dragged me to the fence where they proceeded to snap at the dog through the fence, where the other dog was already snapping at them. I couldn't get a good enough grip on either of the leashes to pull my dogs away; all I could do was stand there hoping that the other dog wouldn't realize that the gate (approximately 20 feet away) was open. I was finally able to pull Seven, the smallest, away from the fence, but then she went around behind me while Riddley crossed in front, effectively swapping places with each other and wrapping me in the leashes in the process. All it took after that was a hard tug and I was falling toward the ground, reaching out to catch myself with my right hand. I hit the ground hard, listening to my wrist crackle under the impact of my weight against the ground. In all of the ruckus, however, I never let go of their leashes. I knew something had to give here. I wasn't concerned with their indoor behavior (as I said before, they're both very well-behaved and the incident with the pit bull was highly unusual) but I was almost afraid to take them out for walks anymore. My fiance and I discussed multiple possibilities, most of which we weren't very enthusiastic about. Choke collars make the dogs look mean and shock collars are inhumane - my sister used one on her Great Dane and now he doesn't trust anyone but my mom. Eventually, one of the GSD instagrammers that we follow posted a photo of her dog in a gentle leader and we began researching it. We decided that it was a much safer method for walk training and pulling prevention, and the colors it came in didn't look menacing or muzzle-like, so we ordered two for our dogs in colors to match their collars so that we could tell them apart. Sizing the leaders was surprisingly easy. Once we had the leaders on the dogs, we let them wear them for a few minutes every hour or so to get used to the sensation. We also put them on before meal time and took them off afterwards so that the girls would associate the leaders with good things rather than think of them as a punishment. We didn't try walking with them until the next day. With these leaders on, my dogs are completely different dogs. They walk next to me, they never try to pull and after the first few walks, they never paw at the leaders or try to get them off. We've encountered barking dogs on our walks and although Seven still gets excited and tries to get to the dog, her behavior is quickly corrected and she goes on her way without so much as a growl. I was floored by the difference made in their behavior just by switching from a neck collar to a head collar. My initial concern was that Seven would try to pull and injure her neck (she's a recently adopted shelter dog, and we're still working with her on her authority issues). With the leader, however, she doesn't pull and there's no risk of injury. Both dogs can still do all of the normal dog things they usually do without the leader (eat, drink, play, chew, bark, breathe, etc.) and now, a few weeks after introducing the head collars, they don't even notice the sensation on their noses. I noticed that a few reviewers said that their head collars broke and their dog was able to run away. Because of those reviews, we thoroughly tested both leaders (pulling, yanking, tugging, etc.) before putting them on the girls. I assume the leaders that broke were part of a bad batch or some sort of fluke because we saw no breaking or fraying whatsoever. All in all, we think these are a fantastic investment and we're so glad to have them. Walks that used to take two fully engaged arms and resulted in soreness and nearly broken bones are now possible with a single hand and a loose grip. I am thrilled with this purchase and now recommend this product to everyone who struggles with walking their dogs. Photos attached: Riddley in blue and Seven in Red

I am training my 8 month old sheltie and I thought the leader might help her walk better on leash. So far it hasn’t! The leader fit well for a 25 lb dog and is good quality. Unfortunately she is still a bit wired and isn’t what I would consider calm.

I have a 60 pound Boxer with leash aggression/reactivity. She is pretty much a nightmare to walk if a jogger, stroller, biker, garbage truck, walker, school bus, or UPS truck drives by and FORGET it if we pass another dog. We've tried harnesses, shock and prog collars, positive rewards- you name it, we've tried it- with the prong collar she pulled so hard when a jogger went by that she literally cut off her the ability to breathe (but continued to pull while I was at a stop)- she just, as a white girl would say, 'cannot' when there is other stimulus in the area. I have found that these Gentle Leaders are the best option for her. She's not a fan of it and you can tell that she's embarrassed wearing it (which I explain that if she didn't act like an idiot on walks she wouldn't have to wear it) but she is far more focused and able to keep her marbles together when we pass a stimulus target and also listens better to commands. There are great instructions included with this leader that help you get the proper fit for your pup. Once that it done putting it on each time is a breeze. There are a few observations I would like to make from our extended use that may be helpful to others with similar situations: 1. I've had a similar leader in the past (different brand) that had an additional clasp that hooked onto the collar for extra security- while that's a nice feature (I'd love to see added to this one) I will say that no matter what we pass Lucy has been able to pretty much keep her wits about her and has not been able to break free of this leader. 2. Because their mouths are held fairly closed it's almost impossible for the dog to pant and cool down- they can open their mouths enough to eat small treats but not to pant- just keep that in mind if you are taking your pup on a long walk on a hot day. Take breaks to take the leader off and offer her a place to cool off and some water. 3. My dog apparently loses the ability to go potty with this thing on her face. I'm not sure HOW it's connected to the bladder/intestines but somehow she is convinced it is and WILL NOT go potty with it on her face. We usually walk with it on to a place and then remove it so she can do her thang. Maybe your dog is smarter/less stubborn than mine and can figure it out but just watch for that- she's come home and peed on the floor after a long walk because she couldn't go during the walk (durrrrrrrrrr....special). 4. The strap that hangs down and attaches to the leash can go up depending on the angle how you hold the leash and into their mouths...even with the leader on. My chewer sees this as her chance to escape to freedom so I really have to watch to see if she's somehow gotten it in her mouth and remove it before she gnaws though and escapes (again this is where the extra security strap that hooks onto the collar would come in handy). "Curses, foiled again!" I can almost hear her say. Just keep an eye on it (Lucy has a habit of making a chomping/smacking/chewing sound the whole time she wears this, presumably to assure herself that she can still get her mouth open, so I have to peek from time to time to make sure it's just air she chomping at and not the strap). Overall- this is a fantastic option for those with difficult to walk dogs. They may not love it (there is a sheet included on how to introduce them to the leader and how to get them to love it) but it's effective and easy to use. Definitely recommend!!!

We have two dogs, a Great Pyrenees that we've had since she was a puppy, and a 2 year old Pit Bull that we just rescued from a pretty bad situation. He didn't know how to live in a house, didn't know how to interact with other animals, had never been on a walk, etc. Despite being a rescue who was crated almost 24/7, he has not only taken to the life of a pampered pet very quickly and very well, he has so far tolerated, and in some instances downright embraced, everything we've introduced him to without freaking out. Baths? A little worried, but no major issues. Beds? He didn't get the point the first time I showed him one, but he's definitely a fan now. Car rides? Wow, those things are great! Toys, especially squeaky or plushy toys, are AMAZING. We're still working on teaching him that he can't chase cats, but he *loves* his new "sister," even though she's much larger than him. It took less than a weekend to get him to understand that his crate wasn't a punishment but a place where he can calm down when there's too much going on. He's incredibly smart and highly trainable, which I was surprised by given his previous situation. He even loves walking on a leash, but because he's not well socialized and still very young, he has a tendency to pull. Our Pyr pulled as well when she was a puppy so we got her an anti-pull harness, but I want our daughter to be able to walk our boy eventually because he's much more trainable. Since he's strong she's a little intimidated, and I figured the Gentle Leader would be perfect to give her confidence when we walk him together without requiring some of the brute strength an anti-pull harness sometimes requires. I could not have been more wrong. First, the size defaults to "large," which I did not notice, so make sure you click the correct size. That was my bad, but it's still irritating. Frankly I didn't even notice there were different sizes, I was too thrilled at the prospect of not having my arm ripped out of my socket every time Jasper sees a squirrel. I was still able to fit it to him because while he's still a little underweight, he will eventually fill out enough to be between 50 and 70 pounds. Second, you fit this in two separate steps. You have to fit it around the neck initially (and it's supposed to be snug enough that it can't move), then you fit it around the muzzle, which is no easy task even if you treat the dog as they suggest to get him to put his muzzle through the straps. Jasper already was put off by the first step of fitting it. Even after I took a break and got him to let me put the darned thing on for the second step of fitting it, he was *chewing the treat* so I couldn't properly tighten it and had to go back with it off him and guess at how tight it needed to be (I got it right, but imagine this could be very uncomfortable for a dog if it's not properly sized). Third it's confusing which way you put it on (you tighten it one way but it goes on kind of backwards from that), and since Jasper learned the first time that the straps went around his muzzle, he wouldn't hold still so we could hook the other part around his neck. Mind you, I fitted it to him one day and didn't attempt to put it on him for a walk until the next day after I had *very thoroughly* reviewed the instructions to figure out why it didn't look right when I was holding it up to put it on him. I needed my daughter's help to secure the neck straps, and we'd have taken another break only I was pretty sure if we did, he'd never let us get near him with it again. That's when the real struggle began. I should have thrown in the towel, but I figured, "This will be like the bath and the car. Once he realizes it's not going to kill him, he'll settle down." Oh, how foolish I was. After we finally succeeded in hooking it around his neck, he pawed at the straps *relentlessly* until he managed to get them off his snout. He didn't care about anything else, he just wanted it OFF. Treats? Nope. Pets? Nope. His favorite Lampchop squeaky plush? Nope. We might as well not have even been in the room with how singularly focused he was on removing it from his face forthwith. We'd gotten his leash hooked to the Gentle Leader by that point, which I thought would help me get him calmed down because we should have been able to control him with it better, right? I mean, that's the whole reason we bought it. But no, I had even less control than I do just with his collar, and after fighting with it for only a few minutes he freed himself, then immediately relaxed and went, "Okay, walk now?" I absolutely did not expect this reaction because he's been so agreeable and receptive to literally everything else we've introduced him to. This thing? This thing he *hated.* The entire process did nothing but frustrate me, hype him up, and I can't even return it, which I understand because of the type of product it is, but still. Unless you've already got an easy-going dog, and that's probably not likely if you're buying this (they're more likely trying to drag you around the block every time you take them for a walk), save yourself the headache and go with something else. I had super high hopes and this was just an utter disappointment. Edit: I also tried this on our Pyr, because it's winter, she loves winter, and even now at the age of 7 she occasionally forgets that she's not supposed to pull when there's a nice fresh pile of snow *just out of reach* that she can roll in if she can only manage to drag me over. We long ago stopped using her anti-pull harness because 99% of the time she doesn't need it, but now that we've got two dogs to walk I figured, "Well, this doesn't work on Jasper. Let me try it on Loki so my daughter can walk her while I work with him and not get dragged across someone's lawn." Loki likewise hated it. Not as vehemently as Jasper, but she, too, pawed at it until it came off. She was much more calm about the process of removing it, but no less determined. It's officially going in the trash.

With our (now eight month old) cocker/retriever, we were struggling with pulling and lunging. Despite her intelligence and training, her exuberance meant every walk was a challenge. We tried almost every kind of collar, lead, harness and halter. Nothing worked: she's still pulled like a train and wriggled out of anything on her nose. Until we tried this one. A complete transformation! Our pup now trots along happily and obediently. It's a simple device without heavy, complex straps and buckles. Very easy to slip on (a persuasive treat helps but she waits patiently while it's fitted now). She can still eat, sniff etc without discomfort. Most importantly, the lightest of touches turns her head to me when needed, so the lead is loose and our dog walks safely and alongside us with ease. I use it with a 2m x 6mm rope lead which is light (the clip is below dog's jaw so a heavy lead would pull down). Now we use this halter every day and every walk is a pleasure for us and our dog. Cannot recommend enough!

A must buy... It's an absolute essential for a dog who pulls hard. My Golden retriever is a 40 kg muscular machine..once he decides to pull ..no one on earth can stop him... Read a lot about this product and finally decided to try it out as our last hope to enjoy leisurely walks with our pet.. It actually worked for our pet..taking him for walks is super easy now.. As far as the pets comfort is concerned..our pet does claw at it sometimes out of frustration ..when he feels that he s not able to pull us hard enough.Otherwise he s relaxed and able to bark, pant,take a walking stick in his mouth and hold his ball well.. On more than one occassion the collar has slipped off his muzzle..so I combine it with his regular collar.

Très efficace dès la première utilisation. Mode d'emploi très bien illustré. A recommander.

Tolles Halti 👍 Nicht so viel Riemen und Gurte, deutlich angenehmer für den Hund. Bin begeistert

Excellent produits, c’est le premier Alti qui fait très bien pour mon chien, petit chien, il est différent des autres, il fonctionne à merveille