New Head Collar Products

It's amazing how many ways there are to reinvent the wheel.

I'm going to pass because I don't like all the warnings at the bottom about neck problems -- that's my main problem with the Gentle leader and Halti - they're too hard on the neck.  And man -- this thing makes the Sporn look EASY.  Complicated contraption!!  The idea of it is great but I think I'd want to see it "on" and used first.  I was surprised they don't have a video.

I guess I don't understand how "gentle pressure" on the back of the dog's neck is really any incentive to quit pulling.  Nikon works protection in a prong collar on the live ring and doesn't even blink, talk about pulling into some pressure.  Maybe on a really sensitive or low-key dog it might work, but if the tool is "guaranteed" for a puller, I don't see it stopping the dog at all.  Based on how it works it seems one might have better luck with a martingale fitted up high on the neck.  Ironically, the most use Nikon ever got out of his Gentle Leader was learning TO pull forward for SV (German style) conformation.  The oppositional reflex created with the head halters taught him to pull forward with his head up.

I do like that it clips at the back, in the middle, whereas the GL always seems to be cranking the dog's head to the side if your dog truly is a puller.

Haven't tried any of them, but I have heard that the best results of all the head halters comes from the Newtrix. I'm not even sure why, but I've heard it over a period of time now. I want to get one to see it for myself, but never seem to be in the priority to order one online. It is a different design than the normal head halter, dogs seem to adjust to it a lot easier, and it is said to work a lot more efficiently.

I'm not sure, but I think it might have something to do with acupressure points. I think I remember a discussion on another forum about it.