German Shepherd Dog Forums - View Single Post - Why don't some trainers like head collars?

Mooch · 03-04-2013, 07:27 AM

Head collars can do a lot of damage to a dogs neck if people use them like a viral collar - if you give a sharp tug on a halti it while whip your dogs neck around.
Also I think you can't give as refined a "correction" as you can with a collar.

But I believe hey are like any other training tool - safe and work well if used correctly but if misused they can do damage.
I used to use a Infin8 halti, the lead attaches at the back where a lead would normally go, it's like a martingale collar/halti hybrid - it worked really well but both my dogs hate wearing them.

03-04-2013, 07:27 AM	#2 (permalink)
Mooch Master Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: Australia Posts: 869	Head collars can do a lot of damage to a dogs neck if people use them like a viral collar - if you give a sharp tug on a halti it while whip your dogs neck around. Also I think you can't give as refined a "correction" as you can with a collar. But I believe hey are like any other training tool - safe and work well if used correctly but if misused they can do damage. I used to use a Infin8 halti, the lead attaches at the back where a lead would normally go, it's like a martingale collar/halti hybrid - it worked really well but both my dogs hate wearing them.