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Price: $19.95
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Experience the magic of stress-free walks with your dog using the PetSafe Gentle Leader No-Pull Dog Headcollar. This revolutionary lead leash for dog training, designed by a veterinary behaviorist, is the most effective solution to curb your dog’s pulling habit. No pull leashes for large or small dogs, like the Gentle Leader Headcollar, operate by interrupting your dog’s natural instinct to pull against pressure. This no pull dog leash for large dogs wraps around your dog’s nose, so when he pulls, it gently turns his head towards you, allowing him to refocus his attention on you and away from other distractions. The Gentle Leader Headcollar, a training leash for dogs that pull, prioritizes comfort in its design with minimal straps to keep your dog cool. Crafted from durable nylon with a padded neoprene nose loop, it’s the best leash for pulling dogs, ensuring ultimate comfort during extended periods of wear. Although this training toll rests on your dogs snout, it doesn’t work like a muzzle. Dog leads for walking, like the Gentle Leader Headcollar, offer ease of fitting thanks to the quick-snap neck strap and adjustable nose loop. However, this no pull harness for large dogs won’t fit our furry friends with short snouts like pugs or bulldogs. If you have a dog with a short snout, check out our Easy Walk No-Pull Dog Harness. Investing in PetSafe, the maker of this dog mouth harness, means more than just buying a product; it’s a commitment to quality and customer care. As a trusted global leader in pet behavior, containment, and lifestyle innovations since 1998, PetSafe’s no pull dog harness is dedicated to keeping your pet healthy, safe, and happy.
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
Product Dimensions : 8 x 1.25 x 0.1 inches; 1.44 ounces
Item model number : GL-Q-HC-M-BLK
Department : Pet Supplies
Date First Available : October 2, 2001
Manufacturer : PetSafe Brands
ASIN : B00074L4RW
Country of Origin : Vietnam
TRANSFORMATIONAL WALKS: Experience a joyous transformation in your daily walks with the PetSafe Gentle Leader No-Pull Dog Headcollar, a headcollar for dogs designed by a veterinary behaviorist. This head harness for dogs is the ultimate solution to your dog’s pulling, allowing you to regain control and enjoy stress-free walks.
UNIQUE DESIGN: The unique design of the Gentle Leader Headcollar, a no pull dog collar, interrupts your dog’s instinct to pull against pressure. This anti pulling dog collar allows you to guide your dog effectively, ensuring their safety and well-being during walks.
ULTIMATE COMFORT: Ensure your dog’s ultimate comfort with the Gentle Leader Headcollar’s design, a dog training collar for pulling, crafted with durable nylon and a padded neoprene nose loop. The minimal straps of this nose lead for dogs that pull keep your dog cool, making it a perfect choice for long walks or during warm weather.
SECURE FIT: Secure the Gentle Leader Headcollar, a mouth leash for dogs, easily with its quick-snap neck strap and adjustable nose loop. The snap closure of this leader leash for dogs provides an additional layer of security, giving you peace of mind during your walks.
TRUSTED BRAND: Trust in PetSafe, a global leader in pet behavior, containment, and lifestyle innovations, known for their no pull leashes for large dogs. With the Gentle Leader Headcollar, a training leash for dogs that pull, they continue their tradition of providing high-quality products that keep your pet healthy, safe, and happy.
U.S.-BASED CUSTOMER CARE: Our pet product experts are here to help you and your pet and are available by phone, email or chat if you have any questions
QUALITY PROMISE: PetSafe brand has been a trusted global leader in pet behavior, containment and lifestyle innovations since 1998 to help keep your pet healthy, safe and happy
Amazon Customer –
Gentle Leader causes dramatic and immediate positive changes, but has vulnerabilities
The Gentle Leader has dramatically changed for the better how our dog behaves on walks and runs. Our dog is an extremely strong and athletic 50 pound pointer-pit bull mix. With only a chest-attachment harness (or a back-attachment harness), he pulls constantly and lunges at whatever he wants (rabbits, cats, dogs, or whatever, whether close or far, real or imagined). With the Gentle Leader, these problems decrease by 90% or more. He still may try to lunge when he gets excited for his target, but it is easy to give him a moderate tug to control his behavior. There is no longer any risk he will pull one of us off our feet or take himself into danger. Walks and runs with him now are truly pleasant. It’s made a huge difference in our relationship with him.There are some costs to get these benefits. First, we followed the manufacturer’s directions on how to get the dog comfortable with the Gentle Leader. These directions worked for us, although he still doesn’t like wearing it, even now after a month of multiple times a day use. Sometimes he tries to paw away it, and if we don’t stop him quickly, he’ll take it off. Fortunately, he’s distracted enough during a walk or run that he rarely tries to take it off during those times. Also, a couple of times during a run the Gentle Leader came off (for some unknown reason, but not due to his pawing at it). All of these episodes highlight a vulnerability of the Gentle Leader: it’s not a heavy duty standalone harness or collar. Any dog that needs a Gentle Leader likely has problems behaving well on walks or runs. We read prior reviews before buying the Gentle Leader and noticed that some customers had experienced it falling off or breaking while their dogs were wearing one. Therefore, what we have done from the beginning is to attach the leash to the Gentle Leader AND to a chest-attachment harness (we added some links of chain and a carabiner to give some extra slack to the connection with the harness). This way, if/when the Gentle Leader fails, we will still have a good way to hold on to our dog. We think the manufacturer designed the Gentle Leader appropriately so that it is lightweight and comfortable for the dog. But for most dogs that need the Gentle Leader, it’s probably not enough, so other connections to the leash may be necessary as an insurance policy against a failing Gentle Leader. A dog with all of these connections can look a little like Hannibal Lecter from the “Silence of the Lambs” movie, but that’s a small price to pay for ensuring the dog’s safety and good behavior on walks and runs.
Sara R –
A Game-Changer for Dogs That Pull
We have a three-year-old golden retriever who is generally very well-behaved, except on walks. He pulls constantly, making it difficult to enjoy walks. Weâve tried every harness and special leash out there, but nothing worked. A friend recommended the Gentle Leader, and it has been an absolute game-changer. From the moment we put it on, he stopped pulling and walked calmly by our side.He does occasionally try to rub it off by rolling in the grass, but for the most part, heâs completely fine wearing it. When we got a new golden retriever puppy, now six months old, we experienced the same pulling issues as well as a lot of barking on walks. We decided to try the Gentle Leader for her as well, and it worked perfectly. She even stopped barking as much.Both of our dogs wear a size medium. I initially doubted it would fit the puppy, but after reading reviews, I decided to give it a try. The adjustable design made it easy to tighten it for her smaller size now and loosen it as she grows.If youâre struggling with a dog that pulls, I highly recommend the Gentle Leader. Itâs the only way weâve found to enjoy peaceful, stress-free walks with our dogs!
Biggyswa –
It works great for our dog
Totally ripped off the below article from –> (http://drsophiayin.com/blog/entry/are-head-collars-on-dogs-dangerous-or-safe)…but it says it all. It works great for our dogAttached to leashes are tools designed to help you control your dog by guiding its head, just as halters and lead ropes are used to help control horses. An animal tends to go where its head goes. So, if the dog (or horse) wants to pull on the leash and its head canât move, it canât pull you so well. If the dog (or horse) wants to head in one direction and you want to go in another, gently (but not daintily) guide its head in the direction you want to lead the animal.The nice thing about head collars is that with some dogs, owners can just slap a head collar on and the dog suddenly walks nicely on leash, including around distractions that the dog would have barked and lunged at in the past. But in some cases, dogs randomly paw at the funny gear hanging off their faces the way youâd paw at pesky flies buzzing around your head. In other cases, the dog walks nicely and on a loose lead but, when he sees a distraction, he starts to sprint several feet to the end of the leash or barks and lunges and flails to get at the dog, cat, or person in the distance while fighting to get its head loose. Now if this were a person, flailing on the end of a leash attached to an apparatus on his head, heâd surely have a neck injury. But anyone who has seen a dog that goes to town playing tug-o-war knows that a dogâs neck is built differently. Because of this neck strength, few cases of injury due to head collars have been proven or medically documented (I actually havenât seen any). Not to say injury could not happen. However, veterinary documented injuries caused or exacerbated by choke chain corrections and electronic collars are easy to find. . Most likely if dogs are pulling on their head collar a lot or running to the end, they may need massage or chiropractic care just the way people who work or study at a desk all day need back adjustments periodically. In fact, I think I need a lower back adjustment right now.The Basics of Teaching Dogs to Understand Head Collar GuidanceThe fact of the matter is, that as a trainer, if youâre concerned about injury due to head collars or difficulty accepting the collar, itâs best to learn the skills needed to actually train the dog to love wearing the head collar and walk politely on a head collar, as well as to teach the owner how to correctly guide the dog in an anatomically natural way. The first step of training dogs to love the head collar is easy. Just pair the head collar with food and systematically train the dog to stick its head further and further through. In most cases where the food and the collar are handled correctly, the dog can learn to shove his nose through in just a minute or two. Practice over several sessions if youâre worried that your dog will especially dislike wearing something odd on his head. On a side note, this method for training dogs to love their head collar is virtually identical to training dogs to love wearing a muzzle.Once the dog is good at shoving his nose into the head collar, then put the head collar on. Keep the dog focused on you instead of the funny thing on his face. You can lure him with a treat to hurry and follow you a few steps at a time; if heâs doing well after you repeat this five to ten times, increase the number of steps he must take to get the treat. You can also use targeting instead of luring if he already knows how to touch a target with his nose and loves it.Once your dogâs walking nicely and no longer has the desire to paw the head collar, itâs time to teach him that the leash has a limit. Every time his front feet pass yours, meaning heâs just a second or two from getting far enough ahead to pull, stop dead in your tracks. That will make it clear youâve stopped and even the slightest pull will mean a halt to his forward movement. Once he clearly steps back towards you and then stands with a loose leash (or better yet, sits), walk forward briskly on a loose leash.In other words, he learns the leash hanging in a lazy âUâ means he gets to walk forward. If the leash starts to tighten, it means youâre stopping. By doing this consistently for as little as one 5-10 minute session, Fido can learn that the leash has a limit thatâs predictable. Note: in order for Fido to learn this and continue walking nicely you have to be consistent about how you walk and hold the leash. If you sometimes let him walk ahead and pull a little such that the leash is hanging but like a wide smiley face, or if you stop when his feet get ahead of yours but instead of keeping your leashâholding hand down low at your side– you let Fido pull your hand forward when he continues to walk, youâre sending mixed signals about what you want. Fido may never clearly get what youâre imagining in your head. Have someone watch you so that you can see if youâre always being clear.Now that Fido can walk with a head collar on in a non-distracting environment, you may be ready to guide him better when distractions appear. When you see something that normally catches his eye, react ahead of time so that he canât run to the end of a his 6-foot lead. Hold his leash so itâs just one to two feet long but still handling loosely so that you can easily and quickly guide Fido in the direction you want to go. If you hold the leash that way, it will only tighten when you head in the new direction if Fido does not immediately follow. Then, so that Fido knows you have a direction in mind, you must clearly and quickly move in the different direction the same way youâd move if you and a friend were jogging and you had to grab her arm to guide her away from the hole she was about to fall in (To understanad the importance of movement, read Dealing with Difficult Dogs at the Vet: 5 Tips That Don’t Involve Food or Training Time).Head Collars Are Most Effective and Safe if You Have the Necessary SkillsOf course the choice to use a head collar is up to the individual; however, if youâre a dog trainer, itâs helpful to know why a head collar might be useful and how to use it more skillfully, beyond the basics described above. The number one reason I recommend head collars to some owners is that a head collar can level the playing field for owners who have mediocre timing and speed. Because the owners are able to guide the head, they can more easily get their dogsâ attention. The use of a head collar can greatly speed up the process of training dogs to focus on their owners and perform fun, polite behaviors instead of reacting to other dogs, people and stimuli. When used correctly, a head collar can even help control anxious dogs so that they can calm down enough to focus and take treats.
Lesley H –
Works well but Bear hates it.
I run with my dog, and while the gentle leader makes him happier and easier to walk, he can still pull too fast for my comfort trail running in New England! But he HATES this thing and hurls himself on the ground every 7 mins trying to get it off. Heâs successful every other time, so Iâm constantly putting it back on. I have to tighten it very obviously beyond his comfort, but if i leave it so itâs not pulling up his lips heâs got it off in a min or less. But, id like to keep my rotator cuff intact thank you and this DEF keeps him from pulling! At least my 28lb beagle with 90lbs of torque gets to run with me and not stay home- which is his other option ð
N West –
Yep. Should have bought this a year ago…It works perfectly! Took our bernedoodle for 5 minute walks at first, giving him treats. He rolled around on the grass and used his paws to remove it a few times. But today when we went out he walked right beside us as he knew he would get lots of praise and treats. We walked for 20 minutes zero issues. He was happy and fine and my arm was happy to not be tugged at the entire walk. The straps don’t hurt his face as he has a lot of fur and we don’t have to worry about it strangling him. Very simple and easy to use.
Katya –
Caro, mas a qualidade é excelente! Obrigada!
Abby –
I have a very small chihuahua that everyone likes to call the “terrorist” because of how reactive he is on walks. Constantly lunging after other dogs and pulling on the leash, I’ve been looking for AGES for a head collar that would fit his small head. He’s about 10lbs and has a very short snout which made it very difficult to find one that would work for him. I did have to have it altered because he’s got a fat neck (lol), but otherwise there were no issues. You definitely have to work with your dog to get them used to it, but this works miracles, I swear! Now whenever he tries to pull, he quickly realizes he can’t. He will see another dog, try to pull and be corrected by the head collar. I never thought I would see the day my little terror didn’t lunge for other dogs. Highly recommend!
HARSHA –
My 1.5 year old dog was a heavy heavy puller and I had severe shoulder pain. Walking him everyday felt like a nightmare . Thatâs when I decided to get the gentle leader and it completely changed my life! He walks like a breeze and The walks are so so enjoyable for both me and him. Highly highly recommend for all the pet parents who are struggling with leash pulling ð«¶ð¼ð¶
Tumi –
My dog hates this head collar, but i love it. The walks are so much better without any fights to stop the pulling. I recommend that if you buy this, keep a couple of treats in your pocket because your dog will pause every few minutes or so in attempt to remove the collar.