Sunday, August 27, 2006

Leash training tip

If your dogs pull when on a leash, you need to get a Gentle Leader Easy Walk Harness! These are incredible!
Overview:
Unlike traditional dog harnesses, the Easy Walk is a front leash attachment harness. This provides a more accurate cue for your dog in terms of direction. Unlike a collar, the Premier Easy Walk Harness never causes coughing, gagging, or choking because the chest strap rests low across the breastbone, not on the delicate tracheal area.

Why it works:
Traditional harnesses can actually encourage dogs to pull harder because of the "opposition reflex". That's the reflex that makes sled dogs do what they do. The Easy Walk Harness redirects the pressure through the front leash attachment. And, the patent pending martingale closure tightens slightly across the chest and shoulder blades when your dog attempts to pull forward.
Petsmart recommends and uses this kind of harness in their puppy / dog obedience classes.
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Pup Life sells this harness for $16.89 and Petsmart sells the very same harness for $29.99.

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