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| Brand: Premier
Category: Pet Products
List Price: $19.99
Buy New: $12.15
You Save: $7.84 (39%)
New (15) from $12.15
Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 35192
Color: Black
Media: Misc.
Size: Large
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 1.3 x 5.3 x 8
MPN: GL/ Q HC L BLK
Model: GL Q HC L BLK
UPC: 759023019086
EAN: 0759023019086
ASIN: B00074L4W2
Release Date: July 11, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Showing reviews 11-14 of 14
 Really has made walks much better September 23, 2007
crad (Albuquerque, NM United States)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I have a 110 pound mutt who really is pretty smart. Most of the time. Unfortunately, once we go a on walk, he forgets that he is smart, and pulls like crazy. Of course, I'm sure I ultimately could have trained him not to pull, but after many tries, I got frustrated, he got frustrated, and we never got to enjoy our walks. The gentle leader works very well. He complained a little about it when we first got it, but I just had him wear it for a few minutes longer each day while giving him treats (he's very food motivated, except when it comes to not pulling my arm out of socket everytime he sees a bird when we are walking), so after about 4 days, he tolerated wearing it and our walks are delightful now.
You do need to be careful how you use it. You can't jerk the leash at all, but you don't need to, really.
I am a believer, and recommend the GL to anyone with a large dog who pulls.
After trying every collar out there... June 26, 2007
V. Messner (PA, United States)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I've tried everything from standard choke chains, prong collars, body harnesses and other more gimmicky collars in an attempt to get my Boxer to stop pulling so excessively when we walk. I can certainly tolerate the occasional pull due to a squirrel or a rabbit, but my dog pulls constantly. So hard, in fact, that she is left gasping for air. With a body harness, she throws up after the walk because of the pressure on her stomach.
The Gentle Leader head harness is the only thing that she responds to. Another reviewer here calls this harness cruel and acts like it's meant to stop dogs from turning their heads and looking around. In reality, my dog is able to turn her head in any direction she likes, because most of the time there is no external pressure on the harness. A little tug when she walks ahead is all that's required to remind her to stay by my side.
She does paw at the harness for ten - fifteen seconds a few times per walk, but then it's over and she gets back to walking like nothing ever happened. This very minor and short-term discomfort is much less traumatic than her self-inflicted choking/throwing up from other collars.
I can't say enough good things about this collar. Not only is it not cruel, it is the first collar I've ever found that protects my dog from the pain she inflicts on herself during a walk.
Vast Walking Improvement April 30, 2007
A.J. Moore (Laguna Beach, CA)
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
I was reccomended this product by a dog training friend of mine. I have two dogs who both pull on the leash when we go on walks and trying to break them of the pulling habbit has not been easy. Yes, they had a problem at first as both of them tried to get it off, pulling at it with their paws. But, after a few minutes on the walk they stopped trying to get it off and were walking much better. It took months of walking with them on their gentle leaders but they really are better now. Definatley not perfect walkers but I will take what I can get, I didnt expect this thing to work miracles but for the amount of training that I do (somewhat minimal) this really helped.
 Not Positive, and Not Scientific December 31, 2006
Lee Charles Kelley (New York City)
0 out of 26 found this review helpful
The Gentle Leader is advertised as a scientifically designed, positive training device. It's neither. So before you buy into the hype and purchase an item you'll eventually discard (if you love your dog, that is) you should know that dogs hate this device. It feels totally unnatural to them. Its so-called "scientific" design is based on the way a supposed alpha wolf enforces his authority by aggressively gripping a subordinate around the muzzle with his teeth. (Nice, huh?) Since we now know that the alpha theory is false, the rationale behind this torture device for dogs is equally bogus. (Wild wolf packs do not form dominance hierarchies or spend time trying to show each other who's boss by grabbing each other around the snout; such behaviors are only produced when wolves are forced to form unnatural packs while living in captivity.) A device that mimics a totally unnatural act of aggression cannot be considered positive.
As a dog trainer, and just as a human being who loves dogs and hates to see them being mistreated, I cannot stress strongly enough that this device should not be used on any dog, ever.
So what do you do to keep your dog from pulling? Dogs don't really pull on the leash so much as they get pulled on by things in the environment that stimulate and attract their instincts. So the trick to training a dog NOT to pull is to play games, like "chase me" and "tug-of-war", that will make YOU more interesting and more appealing to his instincts than the things in the environment are.
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