big necks and small heads

[Annette4]

Tia has had another growth spurt and now has a neck as wide as her head! Shes got a half check collar but spooked at something last night and slipped her collar. Luckily she just came to hide behind me but now Im worried and want to stop it happening again.

Im walking her with a rope lead in a figure of 8 over her nose for now which shes happy enough in but its not ideal really. With her being over 4 stone now Im not even going to consider a harness as she is still a puppy who gets excited. She would have me over!

To me that leaves me with my only option being a halti but can anyone else recomend a collar/lead? Shes scared of the noise of the choke (half choke doesnt make any noise).

 

[horseperson]

I use martingal collars on my sighthounds their heads are smaller than their necks, also I have them 2inches wide

I would be worried about walking one of mine on just a figure of eight as if you dog pulled backwards and shock its head at the same time they could escape.

Can I ask what breed your dog is and how old

I also use dogmatic head collars as I find them better than halti's as they don't ride up into the dogs eyes

 

[Pendlehog]

It sounds like the half check was fitted too loose - when you pull the check tight there should still be some chain between the fabric bit if you see what I mean? The two D rings shouldn't touch when the collar is tight.

Haltis come off much easier than half checks, they need to be attached to the collar to stop the dog getting loose, but obviously if your collar is going to come off this isn't much use! Have seen LOADS of dogs get off haltis/dogmatics/gentle leaders.

A slip lead with the stopper pushed down snugly is very secure (always use them on the rescues for that reason), but Ive never had a dog get out of a properly fitted half check. If Tia is very strong a halti for control plus a slip lead for extra security would work, or you could try a "dominant dog collar". They're basically an all fabric full check collar made of thin rope, but they need to be used sensitively.

 

[blackcob]

Fabric martingale? Tuffstuff are brilliant, I ordered a collar yesterday at 2pm, had a despatch email 40 minutes later and it arrived this morning.

Or a rope or leather slip collar - like these.

 

[lexiedhb]

figure of 8 head collar- and a flat collar- with a double ended lead?

 

[CorvusCorax]

Second a rope or leather slip collar quite snug on the neck. The dominant dog collars, while they sound scary, are actually nice collars, I know people who use them to show in, they're basically just a thin rolled leather slip collar.

 

[Annette4]

Horseperson - shes a rotti x American bulldog and 11 months.

The half check didnt touch at the d rings on the middle/bottom of his neck but does at the top which is how/why it slipped off.

On the normal rope lead she can get a bit strong for me (bad back) when very very excited but Im working on that. I'll deffo look into the suggestions...thank you.

 

[Love_my_Lurcher]

Brochan has a couple of martingale collars. They were bought from Collars and Woofs. They sell a lot of beautiful collars and they come girt wrapped with a cute little kennel charm. They are quick to get your orders posted too.

 

[PonyFeet10]

You can buy harnesses which have a round link on the chest as well as one on the back. You can also buy leads with a clip at both ends to attach one to the chest and one to the back. The one on the chest gives you control of the whole front of the body instead of having it just attached to the back where the dog can pull in to it. Hope this makes sense.. I will find a piccy if not!