Re lifting dogs up and over stuff, most working dogs are used to being scruffed. I have to lift mine down out of the tailgate as she has a dodgy elbow. Nature provided two handles in a Labrador, one on top of the neck, shoulders, and the other over the loins. When she’s working she sometimes needs lifting over fences (I don’t train them to jump fences cos of barbed wire) and she is perfectly happy being lifted two-handed by the scruffs. Also useful for getting her out of water with a steep banking. No collar, ever.
Figure of 8, was kind of okay, but the same problem with the lying down and clawing.
Our Vizsla did this when we first tried it. He got used to it pretty quickly with the use of lots of praise and treats. Effect on his pulling was immediate and profound. It was very useful as a trainign aid to get him walking to heel - we don't use it any more as he's much less 'pully', we don't insist he walks to heel, he can sniff stuff etc but my wife can manage him as he is now.
Nice one, wwaswas . I figure leads are fairly cheap, so don't mind trying a couple of options until getting the right thing. 'In the pet shop' is never the ideal place to try out the options - too many stinky treat type distractions! I personally liked the simplicity of the figure of 8, so might give it another try.
We got one of these https://snugglepets.co.uk/product/figure-eight-head-collars/
1) it's fleecey and chafed less than just a webbing one.
2) mrswwaswas could choose the colour of the webbing and fleece...
We use a harness for safety in the car, clip her on to the harness and into the seat belt clip.
1) Its the law they have to be restrained.
2) Hard braking or a crash she is restrained by the harness and it minimizes hurt/damage. I hate to think what would happen with a collar.
Hedley, it’s a M I’m afraid.
My dog wears a harness mainly because he's quite stocky and the collar can slip over his head due to his thick neck
He doesn't pull, that said he's got a strong prey drive and is sometimes reactive around other dogs (esp on the lead), so there's a high chance he would lurch and potentially hurt himself
For both reasons I will always use a harness, and a collar too with his tag on it
It's also proved handy for grabbing if he gets into trouble...
look for a Julius K9 IDC Harness, my lab is 32 kgs and I can lift him over fences etc with that harness.
The Police and Security officers use them on their Dogs.
Just bought a Julius K9 and a shock absorbing lead - superb, both Bramble, Mrs B and I immediately got on well with it. Totally brilliant recommendation, thank you.