That lunging did happen several times as we were training our lab, but the pull is pretty much straight down and he had never gone far before it stopped him. He was never injured and is pretty easy to walk these days, except when I use his normal chain collar... BillR
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Zoltan Finks Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2007 7:10 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Why were none of you there .... Yes, I wonder about the risk to the neck were the dog to lunge then be caught by its muzzle. And the pinch collar: 1: to me, it's showing the world that you have a problem you can't train out (yes, I realize they think the same thing when they see you being pulled around like a kite) 2: my dog actually overcomes the sensation of the collar and pulls just as hard Brian On 5/6/07, Craig McCluskey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sun, 6 May 2007 15:55:44 -0500 "Zoltan Finks" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > You know, I know about the gentle leaders and another brand called > > "halti" but there's just something about them that seems distasteful - > > leashing the dog by the beak. > > When we had our German Shepherd in "puppy kindergarten" at PetsMart in > Santa Fe, the trainer was putting Gentle Leaders on several of the dogs, > but she said it was inappropriate for a German Shepherd. The gal who runs > the local Schutzhund club, when she saw that all hooking the leash to our > dog's normal collar did was build strong neck muscles, recommended a pinch > collar. Made an enormous difference. "Power steering," she called it. > > > Craig > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
