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Since my Dober-girl seems to be losing her hearing, she has become more reactive to things that "sneak" up on her (AKA everything). This has been a challenge and I am working with her, but I need to use a gentle leader for the control it gives me ( I know, I hate using these but its the only option I have found). I have tried the no pull harness, but that really doesn't give me much control over her head while I have 80lb of pure muscle leaping and lunging like a wild bronco. I don't want to use a pinch because I fear it will only cause her to react even more. So I am stuck with the head collar (unless someone has a better idea?)
My issue is, it really is a very obnoxious contraption, she absolutely hates it, and has never gotten used to it. Plus the nose loop is always up in her eyes if she pulls even a little. Is there a brand that fits our little pointy nosed friends better? I tried the Halti but she really seemed to hate that one too, it had more fabric across her nose and sat right at her eyes even without pulling.
I seem to spend half of our training sessions trying to get her up off the floor in a frenzy to try and remove the confounded thing and another quarter of it trying to pull it back down and out of her eyes.:screama: Any suggestions for a different brand or contraption that might give me the same effect?
PS- I spent a month getting her ready to wear it by click-treat starting at interest, touching, nose through loop, let it hang on nose, buckle behind ears..and so on until we went on our first walk. She just grows to hate it more and more.
Since my Dober-girl seems to be losing her hearing, she has become more reactive to things that "sneak" up on her (AKA everything). This has been a challenge and I am working with her, but I need to use a gentle leader for the control it gives me ( I know, I hate using these but its the only option I have found). I have tried the no pull harness, but that really doesn't give me much control over her head while I have 80lb of pure muscle leaping and lunging like a wild bronco. I don't want to use a pinch because I fear it will only cause her to react even more. So I am stuck with the head collar (unless someone has a better idea?)
My issue is, it really is a very obnoxious contraption, she absolutely hates it, and has never gotten used to it. Plus the nose loop is always up in her eyes if she pulls even a little. Is there a brand that fits our little pointy nosed friends better? I tried the Halti but she really seemed to hate that one too, it had more fabric across her nose and sat right at her eyes even without pulling.
I seem to spend half of our training sessions trying to get her up off the floor in a frenzy to try and remove the confounded thing and another quarter of it trying to pull it back down and out of her eyes.:screama: Any suggestions for a different brand or contraption that might give me the same effect?
PS- I spent a month getting her ready to wear it by click-treat starting at interest, touching, nose through loop, let it hang on nose, buckle behind ears..and so on until we went on our first walk. She just grows to hate it more and more.