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Gentle leader® Headcollar
The Gentle Leader® Headcollar is a safe, humane training tool that works with a dog's natural system of communication. Gentle Leader® is Not a muzzle and has proven itself much more effective than other training tools.
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Could your dog benefit from Gentle Leader®? Does your dog:
- Pull when walking?
- Jump on strangers?
- Lunge when walking?
- Bark excessively?
- Assert dominance by ignoring your commands?
- Assert dominance by biting you or other family members?
- Not come when called?
- Resist handling their feet, tail, ears, etc?
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How Gentle Leader® works:
- Nose Loop- The "pack leader" (dominant dog) may demonstrate its dominance by firmly grasping the subordinate dog's muzzle with its mouth. The nose loop tells your dog, in his language, that you are his leader.
- Neck Strap- Has two functions
- As a puppy, your dog was carried by her mother by the "scruff" (back of neck). The puppy would instinctively relax. The neck strap applies pressure to the back of the neck, naturally relaxing the dog.
- Dogs have a natural "opposition reflex", if you push them, they push back. If you pull them they pull back (try pushing a 100 pound Lab off the sofa.) Collars that put pressure on the front of the neck cause the dog to pull forward. By applying pressure to the back of the head/neck the dog will pull backward, not forward.
- Steering- Horses are easily steered with a halter, dogs can be as well. By directing the dog's nose and head (not just the neck) the body naturally follows.
- Natural- Not Painful- Other traditional training tools worked (ineffectively) by inflicting varying degrees of pain, choke collars, shock collars, prong collars, and no-pull harnesses. Gentle Leader® works with natural instincts- not pain.
The headcollar Must be fitted correctly to be effective. Many dogs initially resist the collar. (reluctant to give up their dominance)
We have had much success using the Gentle Leader® Headcollar at Towne North. By correcting the dog's behavior, the pet-family relationship significantly improves.
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