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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm a trainer. We have Germans Shepherds so it's critical that they learn not to pull early.   It's not a tool we recommend at all.  Dogs have been seriously injured by a gentle leader.  Use a prong (NOT PINCH) collar for pulling.  [/quote]

The humane society says not to use prong collars and that gentle leaders are a better choice. We've tried martingdale and chain collars and she still pulls.

https://www.humanesociety.org/resources/dog-collars[/quote]

As a trainer, the humane society wouldn't be my go to resource.  All collars are not created equally.  The Herm Sprenger  is generally considered the beast training tool.[/quote]

Pp whose trainer said to use a prong collar here.  The Herm Sprenger is what we use.  The reason the gentle leader is supposed to be bad is it could damage their nose/muzzle.  I don’t remember the specifics, but we never even tried it because the prong collar works so well. We have a very strong boxer mix so we needed something that works![/quote]

OP here - my issue is sort of different - I have a small doodle who, though she is only 28 lbs, can almost drag me down the block. But because she is so small (and oddly has thin fur) she gets blisters and sores from big collars. Also she's totally not food motivated.  :roll:  The gentle leader seems like a good option because it's very small and light.[/quote]

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