Figure of 8/ head collar

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Following on from the dog pulling thread.....
I have a lab and collie. Got them both aged around two years old (a year apart) and they had barely seen a lead before then.
They don’t pull horrendously- unless they spot a squirrel! But although they have improved a lot, they only heel well in areas they know and after some off lead time

I saw people mention figure of 8 head collar types, but there are a lot of different ones: has anyone got any recommendations?
 
We tried a few and actually found that different ones work best for each of them, despite them both being Rottweilers. The only advice I can give is the very thick ones don't work well and the very thin ones will be very uncomfortable, beyond the level of a reminder that you want.
One of ours is designed as a fig 8 with a metal ring and the other is more of any ordinary slip lead style.
 
I was recommended a SWAG headcollar and a figure of 8 using a slip lead but haven't found either work well as she just spends the whole time rubbing her head or using her paws to try and get it off :-/
 
vallin said:
I was recommended a SWAG headcollar and a figure of 8 using a slip lead but haven't found either work well as she just spends the whole time rubbing her head or using her paws to try and get it off :-/
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i cant rate SWAG highly enough (20% sale on today)
maybe you need to train the dog to wear (along the lines of muzzle training of which there are lots of vids on youtube) it rather than just pop it on?
 
A Gencon or a Canny Collar, both work well, don’t ride up into the eyes, loosen off if the dog doesn’t pull and can be slipped off the nose when necessary.
 
Haltis ride up, I hate them.

I use a standard sliplead, take excess from under chin, twist, pop over nose. Bloody amazing! I use quite thin ones. Lacey's owner on here makes collars/leads to your specification, very pretty colours available!
 
We tried Haltis with our JRTs - epic fail! They spent more time walking on their back legs trying toget the damned things off with the front legs.

We do exactly same as ct with slipleads but don't like them too thin, or they act like cheese-wire.
 
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