When will he accept the Halti??

[imported_nea]

Webby has gotten worse about pulling. With me he's allright, because I do the "be a tree" thing, but he still pulls some and bounds until the end of the leash yerks him (and my arm!) back. And I'm a little worried that it'll hurt his neck... And with my mom he is worse, she says.

Since I got him he's had to wear his halti for a little while each day. At first he was impossible with it. Then after a while he got a litte better... But now, more than 2 months later, he still doesn't accept it. He's taken to hurrying away when someone mentions "halti", and when he does wear it he either looks mournful and lies quietly or rubs his head against everything. Outside he does the same. I've been able to practise "heel" with it on, because then he is SO focuesd on getting the treats. But that it. WHEN will he stop being such a pain about it? :( I really need to be able to use it some more, after a walk using it he often is better the next walk without it, but it is so annoying to spend the whole time trying to get him to stop rolling around and rubbing his head on the ground.

:)

[Deeg]

My dog didn't like it either, but I put it on him one day and rewarded him. I left it on for the entire day and he didn't seem to notice it as much the next. It's like teaching a dog to like a collar. I put it on my dog for an entire day and after about a week he was used to it.

[imported_nea]

Ok, I'll leave it on him for the entire day tomorrow. Thanks for your help! :)

[Malamum]

My dog doesn't really like his either. Once we are walking he tends to forget about it, however if we sit in the one spot for a long time he rubs his head on the ground and tries to get it off.

In regards to him running to the end of the leash and jerking back - don't give him so much leash. When I am walking Indy I wrap the leash around my hand so it's very short - only about 2ft of free leash. That way it's easier to keep control of him and also there is no chance of him hurting his neck by running to the end of leash and then snaping his head back.

Now he is quite used to walking very close to me so I can have the leash really loose and he still walks next to me as if it was short.