Collars/Harnesses/Headcollars - How do you lead yours?

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As title!

Ours have always been lead from a bog standard collar.
Troop, on the other hand, currently has a 'no pull' harness style thing. It's great when he's pulling forwards, but not very helpful when he slams on the anchors and tries to run backwards
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, all mine walk on slip leads, if I have a puller,new rescue newly introduced to my humungus pack
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, I use a check chain, for a session, then slip lead
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Im sure the rotti I take to tomorrow, will pull my arm socket out, as she has never been on a lead, so check chain and training lead, and then slip lead, she will learn fast
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Our Collie just has a normal collar and lead, she wouldnt dream of pulling.

The Dobbie can be VERY strong at times and with my joint problems I find it very painful so she has a halti which is brilliant.
 
My older weimaraners have rope slip leads, but my young boy is sooooo bouncy I have a halti on him at the moment. I am normally holding a childs hand at the same time as him, so dont want to be having to correct him all the time! My JRT has a body harness, but the little sod still pulls. I have tried haltis, choke chains, slip leads......*everything* but he pulls regardless; the body harness just doesnt hurt his neck!!!
 
I use a half check (thick nylon with a short chain) because normal collars just look ridiculous, they cut into his lions mane and make him look like his being strangled, he walks really well on it too.
 
I too prefer half-checks, just waiting for a nice leather one from Germany!

I try to alternate each time we walk for the boy, as he is super-strong and I don't want him to fall into a habit of resisting a particular device, I am using either a Lupi harness, a 'dead' large link brass choke or a 'live', very long medium-link choke.

Girlie used to be in the large link choke in the 'dead' position, but she has developed a habit of shooting out in front, so she is in a leather slip collar.

However, like I say, for me, half-checks are my favourite and I think they are best for GSDs IMO.
 
I use a K9 bridle on Muppet as if mum takes him out she can't hold him. I can make him walk nicely in a normal collar but he does tend to forget himself if he sees a C A T (Mup is sat next to me & I'm sure he can read!). I don't like Halti's as they tend to rub the spotty one's eyes but the K9 bridle sits lower on his nose & puts pressure on the scruff of his neck, not the nose which I think is a more natural way of reminding Mup who is boss
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Springer never goes on a lead except when we are on holiday and have to go round a town - then she goes on an ezydog lead attached to her collar, as it is elasticated which stops her pulling:

http://www.dfordog.com/acatalog/ezydog_dog_collar_lead.html

My Yorkie has a fleece lined Trixie harness, as he is walked on a long lead, either a 26ft retractable or a 50ft training lead, so if he runs to the end of it, it absorbs the shock. Also I found he could easily slip his collar. I also went through several makes of harness before I found one he hasn't managed to slip out of or break. He is an escape artist!
 
I would prefer to only need a flat collar and lead on the foster dogs and do wherever possible. However, many of them are young, untrained and frightened so I use a non-pull harness while they settle down and I can train them. I find it much kinder on them than a collar or headcollar - don't want to do damage to them while they are flinging themselves around on the end of a lead
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Interesting replies people! The Halti/Headcollar type things seem very popular, so I might try alternating one of those with a harness like H_H suggested
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I will aspire to a plain collar, of course!
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After taking my two rescue lurchers to see a Tellington Touch therapist, I changed them both to harnesses (body) as my saluki cross always used to pull and put alot of pressure on his neck, I put him into the harness on TTeam advice and he immediately stopped pulling.

My three legged lurcher sadly can't go in a harness as he's missing a front leg, so he's in a coursing collar, but is usually off the lead.
 
Well lets see....
Springer - on a slip lead
Puppy - in a harness
Snappy dog - in a aerborn cushion-web type slip collar and lead, that you can twist so it sits like a headcollar
Blue merle collie - Gencon Headcollar
Red merle collie - am buying him a fleece harness for Christmas after he chewed through his Gencon headcollar but will also be replacing Gencon.
Although they are rarely on leads apart from at Agility training/shows (which is why I need the halti types as they tend to pull and get a bit excited!!)
Don't like halti's as every dog I have tried them on ends up with it in their eyes :s and find they don't loosen easily when dog isn't pulling
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