Happy to be in the dark ages then .... much happier place than the modern world for a start.
In all honesty I want to say I didn't take the replies to my comments as a personal attack I was simply trying to get my point across .. albeit not very well (late at night, feeling rather sleepy, perhaps a little grumpy too!)
Every dog is different and so is every owner. My own dog is very nervous ... she was a shy, nervous pup and she's now a nervous old lady. We tried various forms of walking aids - a standard collar, a half check (I'm with you Ch4rlie - can't stand the full choke chain) and the halti too. When she was a pup/young dog harnesses were only just coming onto the market and so we never tried a harness and she's now too old to start changing things and it's just not needed.
Every dog owner makes decisions about what to use based on the dog, experience and many other factors. But on a side note it's worth mentioning that it is illegal in the U.K to keep a dog without a collar. I believe it is also illegal for that collar not to have an I.D tag - that's what I was told by the Blue Cross when I adopted Tara.
My personal preference is for my dog to wear a sturdy collar with a strong metal buckle. That is my preference. It has nothing to do with whether she pulls or not ... it's just a personal preference. If that means I'm living in the dark ages then I'm certainly not living in the dark ages alone. My other personal preference is to walk her in places away from roads ... somewhere I can unclip her lead and allow her to be a dog. She's not a toy ... she's an animal and she needs freedom to run and play and sniff and greet other dogs.
I do like the look of the collars in this thread but based on the sales pitch I won't be investing in one.
In all honesty I want to say I didn't take the replies to my comments as a personal attack I was simply trying to get my point across .. albeit not very well (late at night, feeling rather sleepy, perhaps a little grumpy too!)
Every dog is different and so is every owner. My own dog is very nervous ... she was a shy, nervous pup and she's now a nervous old lady. We tried various forms of walking aids - a standard collar, a half check (I'm with you Ch4rlie - can't stand the full choke chain) and the halti too. When she was a pup/young dog harnesses were only just coming onto the market and so we never tried a harness and she's now too old to start changing things and it's just not needed.
Every dog owner makes decisions about what to use based on the dog, experience and many other factors. But on a side note it's worth mentioning that it is illegal in the U.K to keep a dog without a collar. I believe it is also illegal for that collar not to have an I.D tag - that's what I was told by the Blue Cross when I adopted Tara.
My personal preference is for my dog to wear a sturdy collar with a strong metal buckle. That is my preference. It has nothing to do with whether she pulls or not ... it's just a personal preference. If that means I'm living in the dark ages then I'm certainly not living in the dark ages alone. My other personal preference is to walk her in places away from roads ... somewhere I can unclip her lead and allow her to be a dog. She's not a toy ... she's an animal and she needs freedom to run and play and sniff and greet other dogs.
I do like the look of the collars in this thread but based on the sales pitch I won't be investing in one.
