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Linda & Fred	Apr 14 2009, 06:06 PM
Chatterbox Posts: 705 Group: Full Members Member #571 Joined: November 28, 2007	I used a halti harness for Fred when he first came. We used it to walk too and from training where he would walk reasonably well, only to pull like a train on the way home! I don't think it was obedience training classes that stopped Fred pulling, I think it was the clicker training to get him into heel that did it. I did a hell of a lot of it! He got so used to walking steady with me that even when he wasn't made to do close heel work he was much calmer on lead (although still in front with his nose down of course!). It doesn't go near the throat, it's round the chest. They aren't very well made IMHO because one of the sides started 'pulling' in on itself, but it still worked, it was just one strap was sort of on its edge instead of flat. That might rub, but Fred never seemed to mind because the 'pull' was on his chest. My friend is a behavioural trainer and she spends about 30 mins with owners of pulling dogs giving advice and asking how they prepare for walks and things before she even lets them get the dog out! So it's obviously not an easy thing to stop a dog doing.


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