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Originally Posted by doggiedad
the fancy collars and leaders are great.
teaching a dog to heel on or off leash
(with distractions) works great also.
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Of course that is true, didn't you notice the people in this thread talking about teaching their dogs to walk on a loose leash? I think everyone here has said they used the collars
in training. They are a
training tool.
Not every dog can go out on a flat collar from the start and be trained to heel with distractions. For example Bianca was very leash reactive when I got her and taking her out on a flat collar and expecting her to heel with other dogs around would have been (and was) a disaster and could have also been dangerous due to the fact that on a flat collar I'd have had 75 lbs of strong lunging and pulling dog trying to get at another dog and no treats would distract her from it.
08-08-2010, 12:59 PM
