Gentle Leader Conditioning: Teach your dog to love wearing a head halter
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 เม.ย. 2020
- Each step in this video usually takes several days. Dogs may progress more slowly or quickly, depending on how food-motivated they are or how sensitive they are to something on their face. Go slowly, only moving to the next step when the dog is delighted with the current step. Pause the video to read all the text!
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This was absolutely the best introduction on how to properly introduce the head collar to your dog!! Thank you for sharing this excellent method in this way .
I am sharing it with several people who are interested in using this 👍👍👍👍🐾🐾🐾🐾
Thanks, Els! I’m so glad it was helpful.
This was extremely helpful for my Saint Bernard puppy, thank you!
Fantastic video!! Thank you for making this, it’s going to be shared A LOT
this really helped me understand how to use my dog's halti thank you!!!
Oh good. You're welcome!
Thank you so much, I've got a 4 month lab just coming out of a case of giardia who is going to need some extra help with her gentle leader introduction while we wait for my trainer to ok her coming back to class. I definitely needed a little help on small step suggestions for her. Luckily she's a lab, regular meals are just as good as beef lung, no need to wait until her tummy to accept treats since she's already back to eating regular meals! Making my life so much easier, thanks.
Thank you!!
Helpful! Thanks
You're welcome! Thanks for the comment.
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If it takes 3 weeks, how should I react to my dog pulling on the leash during regular walks during that time?
Train without the head halter for now. Focus on rewarding your dog when the leash is loose. There's a lot more to say on this (HUGE topic!) but I can't answer that in a youtube comment. :-) Try searching youtube for "clicker training loose leash walking." Emily Larlham (Kikopup) usually has great tips.
What if your dog is like mine and every time you try to give food or a high value treat through the head collar they run away from it or push the collar away and try to go straight for the treat instead?
If your dog has a really negative association with the halter already, you might need to switch to one that looks very different - different color, different style. Then, so more of the first step of just showing the halter and feeding, then putting it away. You might need to just do that step for several days until your dog is thrilled just to see it. When you get that, the next step, hold the treat behind the halter and make sure you’re not moving it at all when they put their head through. We often subconsciously move the loop toward the dog.
How long does this process take
It depends on a number of factors including how food motivated the dog is, how often you train, how high-value the food is, and how the dog feels about the halter. Usually, it takes about 3 weeks, but I have conditioned dogs to it in about a week during a board-and-traim (but I’m very skilled/experienced and this was a very food-motivated dog, and we trained on it often), and with other dogs it takes 4-6 weeks. So it really depends. Just go at the rate the dog is ready for - when it is showing it is very happy with the current stage, go on to the next.
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Bruh, dog will fight no matter how many treats you give. You put the leash by force then immediately reward them with instant walk. My dog started loving it in 3 days, now he sits and stays still while I putting the leash around his nose.