Correctly conditioning a Gentle Leader, training loose leash walking and fading out the Gentle Leader is the key to comfortably walking your dog. Watch how it's done
I liked your point....."your dog has a great life, you don't have to do whatever they want When they want it...." I think we feel we have to spoil or give in to our pets too often, or feel bad when we don't.
100%, man. I rescued my pup at 9 months old. Had him over 10 months and at 19 months he follows me everywhere. When he'd give me that "lets play" look, or that "lets go for a walk" look... I'd take him. He's young and I want to be sure he gets exercised, but dammit... he can do it on MY time when I want to.
I have a standard poodle puppy. He is now 11 months and 70lbs. The pulling OMG, the pulling. I have tried a harness, a half martingale and a slip-lead. All that gear worked for a short time. My freaking back and arms omg. We needed changes and we needed them quick. My neighbor uses this gentle leader, she has a large doodle. I ordered one OMG!!! Took my dog for a hour walk, the walk was actually pleasurable. I am so glad I bought it.
“Your dog has a great life…” exactly! I have to constantly remind myself that I’m the boss and I can ask my dog to walk with me and not stop to sniff every 2 seconds! Thank you, brilliant!
Thank you Beckman! We wanted our hyper and reactive husky to be a good citizen on our walks for humans and pets, so we took your advice and got the gentle leader. You're right about the first struggle and fight as soon as the gentle leader on his face, because oh... he went to war with it. I'm so grateful for your thorough instructions because, I did exactly what you said to correct him when he fights it and for the first time my dog actually noticed me and not the gentle leader or the leash! We walked around the living room for 12 minutes with some corrections until he was ready for the front door. Through our front door is our courtyard and we walked around the courtyard for another 10 minutes with some corrections until he was ready for the front yard. When we got to the gate leading to the front yard, he was ready for the world. Walked in the front yard for 5 minutes to see if he is ready and he was! We walked around the neighborhood for 1.5hrs and he was so GOOD! No pulling, no fighting, no barking, no chasing and he didn't leave my side at all 😍. THANK YOU BECKMAN!!! My Buddy and I are buddies now. MAY GOD MULTIPLY YOUR BLESSINGS ❤❤❤
I just got my gentle leader in the mail today. Tried for 5 mins with Xmas ham as treats. Yum. Went well. Later we went for 30 min walk with ham. Could not believe the difference in the walk. Wonderful. I am70 year old woman getting pulled by my 18kg staffy/cattledog 6 month old. No pain, no pulling. Wonderful wonderful wonderful. Now we can have beautiful walks where we will both be happy.
I just want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for this information. We just adopted the most wonderful young Beagle about a week ago and we adore him. Problem is..he is LITERALLY the MOST leash reactive dog we’ve ever dealt with or seen! We’re talking spawn of Satan on walks especially when he sees another dog. I’ve been watching tons of videos, trying different training tactics all to no avail. The minute I got done watching this video I drove straight over to the pet supply and bought a gentle leader. I followed your tips from this video to the T and……wow! Different dog! Not one outburst, no insane pulling on the leash! I’m so encouraged and hopefull now!😃
I LOVE that you film a new dogs first training session with you. Most other trainers on YT have worked with a dog at least a little b4 shooting. It's very helpful.
How do you know this? He could've trained this dog some. Just be careful you're falling for the same setup because? I'm taking nothing away from Beckman as he is good but don't be so naive to think this couldn't be a 2nd or 3rd session as he did say he's been to the owners house.
Just used a gentle leader on my 6month old aussie/husky mix for the first time and it was like a different dog from the past 3 months!!! Took about 5 mins for him to give up trying to pull it off, and actually started looking at me during the walk. Can’t thank you enough for this tip!
i have it for a few hours now. will report back but after the first long walk without feeling like dislocating my shoulder i can already say: you may have saved our lives with this tipp!!!
I have been watching this channel for some time now and have heard the gentle leader be mentioned a lot and never pulled the trigger. I happened to be at Menards today and purchased it. GAME CHANGER. It’s been the best walk I’ve had with my year and a half old Doberman. Thank you for this!!
We have a 25kg Labradoodle who, even with a 2 point harness, pulls my wife down the road. My wife stopped taking Billy for a walk. We introduced the Gentle Leader and it all changed. My wife now takes Billy for walks and enjoys it because there is now no pulling. Another great video, thank you!
The Gentle Leader was the breakthrough our 155lb Bull Mastiff needed to be able to go on walks! It gave us the confidence to take him out and remain calm. It was that calmness that helped him relax and accept commands. Highly recommend this for big dogs, especially in the beginning of the relationship.
Hello, best training metods i saw so far on a youtube , best videos straight to the point , i have a 6 months old black russian terrier ,looked at 100 differnt videos so far you are the best, learning a lot from you , Thank you !!!
Your videos are awesome, you should have tons of subs! I spent a lot of time, and money, with only positive re-enforcement and it was pointless. Thanks to your content my dog walks with me now like a champ!
Yeah. Doing positive only training is like only giving chocolates to kids hoping that they will stop their bad behaviours. Explains the state of many kids these days. All this PC and only-good-things have gone out of control.
OK, watching you, maybe I'll give the gentle leader I have gathering dust on my reactive rescue dog. Thanks so much for this no nonsense news and demonstration.
Blown away how great this method is. For months using a normal collar I wasn't getting anywhere with my young reactive dog. We tried this gentle leader and the very first walk he was a completely different dog, walked perfectly. Really is a miracle product, thanks for your help man!
Gentle leaders are a really great tool !!! Your training approach, etc is EXCELLENT and your use of treats is PERFECT!!! I love that the end goal should eventually be "weaning" off the 'halti." I used the same 'method' with one of our late dogs - Beagle/GSD cross with Beagle being predominant - she LOVED the garbage. About three years later, she walked beautifully by your side, off-leash in the city, from there on until her end.
I’m so glad you recommend this. I have been using this on my big dogs for years and it is such a game changer. It took my pit bull maybe three times before she figured out it was not so bad and she stands still for me to put it on. She walks like a dream now!
I am watching your videos since a few weeks from germany.I habe tried different methods to walk my dog on a loose leash, but your method is the only one who is working great.It took me only one short walk and my dog changed a hundred percent, now it is a pleasure to go on a hike with my dog on the leash. THANK YOU
Thank you sooooo much for using an UNTRAINED dog!!!! It’s frustrating to see all the perfectly executed “training” videos with dogs that are obviously already conditioned to the behaviors being trained! Those of us trying to learn need to see things GI wrong in the way they do in the real world. Thank you!
Thank you so much! I have an extremely dog-reactive 1 year old GSD. I have watched countless hours of videos and have had my dog in a training class. Your videos have by far been the most helpful. Thank you for your honesty and clear instructions. You are the only one to clearly state how long a dog should be on a gentle leader. I also appreciate the truthful information on dog aggression and dog training. I have spent so much time enforcing door manners, etc. with my stubborn GSD I literally would cry out of frustration. Your "I can do this ALL day long " :) has really put me at ease. From the bottom of my heart, thank you. If I didn't live in Florida, I would be setting up an appointment immediately.
i went out and purchased the Gentle Leader after your video. I had immediate results. He tried to get it off one time. I raised the leash to tighten the collar around his nose. He looked up at me and started shaking his head trying to get the collar off. Once he realized he was fighting a losing battle he relaxed. Now there’s not near as much pulling as before. Just a light tug on the leash and you have his attention. Thanks for the insight and videos! 🙏
I just ran across your videos the other day and I really like the way you do things ! I trained with a friend that had dogs with all there degrees and worked search and rescue. The dogs would do anything for her . She passed away and I miss her ! She was no nonsense! I have a 9 month old lab that has a mind of her own. She’s doing well but I have a ways to go . She will bark at me . Not all the time but it’s like she’s telling me what she thinks . I have went back to making her sit at the door and doing the treat thing . I really need her to heal at my side I live in the country and walk on the roads and need to have control and her attention for our safety . I’m using your videos and it’s helping ! Thank you so much ! It’s challenging starting over with a new pup after having the best dog for years ❤️ we lost our lab of 14.5 years in February
Amazing video, I ll be training my Black Lab ASAP!, I wish I knew about this method before. Thanks sooooo much for the training video it is very valuable.
I agree with about the video that comes with it. I wish I had seen your video sooner. Now have a puppy and if we have difficulty will try the gentle leader according to your directions. Thanks a bunch! :)
Soon as I saw you pull out Gentle Leader, I knew this was going to be a great vid...this product is one of those things that you use it and scratch your head why this wasn't literally the first thing mankind thought of to put on dogs lol
I just got a loose leader and going to use tomorrow. Getting the hotdogs out of the refrigerator. They are actually knockwurst, he should love! I cannot wait for my dog to stop pulling! Other than his alligator teeth, he is almost perfect and learns things quickly. I use the mouth trick you use, so he is biting his lip, and he is getting better about not puppy chewing. Thanks so much.
I'm really glad that you're telling people that this tool is great and explaining that's the same thing actually like the tool used on horses while most people really think it's muzzle. I meet them on daily basis and they keep asking if my dog really needs it. It's really only thing that could help me and my weimaraner but we've been using it for almost 4 months now and I'm still not ready to go to walk without it. Also I can't believe this is the first time it's been used on this dog. She would fight it hard like every other dog but she's not bothered at all and she's not even interested in treats... I used treats to put it on my dog's head (putting the gentle leader between him and the treat, so he had to go through the loop with his nose to get it) until recently and only 2-3 days during the walks. Recently I stopped giving any treats for it and he acts same like this dog when we have to go out, he doesn't want it even though he wants to go out and he's been used to it for months.
Based on your advice I’ve just ordered one for my reactive whippet and firmly believe you should be getting some sort of kickback from that company for all your positive endorsements and free advertising!
I'm frustrated as I've always personally trained all my own dogs - I'm now 69. But I thought it might be fun to take my new mini Aussie boy into a "puppy" class for socialization. There were seven pups in the class. Every lunging, barking, out of control, excited pup was wearing....guess what? A full body harness...four of the seven pups. I felt so bad for the pup parents as the trainer didn't offer alternative control help. At the end of the eight week course, nothing had changed. I did tell one couple to watch your videos...they said you made sense and thanked me. So I thank you! I've broken out many foals/horses in my life. I wanted to ask these people if they ever saw any one leading a horse in a body harness?? Well maybe...at 30 miles an hour down the road...out of control :) Sad because I think my boy would be good at agility, and that would be fun. Should I try this program with this same organization?
As a horse person, and now a mule person, I have always wondered why we don't use the same kind of head restraints on dogs! Can you imagine trying to control an unwilling horse with a neck collar instead of a halter (or head collar as it's called in Europe)?! From this perspective, the Gentle Leader makes so much sense to me.
The Gentle Leader is a miracle and I admire them for getting their product on the shelf for $15. I am one of those people that is getting thousands of dollars to train "impossible" dogs. My current one-on-one is an 11 month old Black German Shepherd female. I was told she is worst case scenario, even though she's been through 5 other trainers. Cried her way out of every cage she ever got put in. Until me. I put her in a giant wire cage next to my bed and she screamed for 4 nights. It sucked, but I waited her out, telling her the whole time that I was doing her a favor. From one moment to the next, she looked at me like, "OK,I get it." and slept through night 5. Another 5 days was spent getting her body used to CBD and lowering her off the charts anxiety. She had progressely better leash skills on the farm that vanished when we got to Tractor Supply Co on day 17's 1st test in public. TSC just so happens to have Gentle Leaders, so I bought one for her and put it on outside the store. After walking her for all of 8 minutes, I took her back in. She was a perfect dog. No sniffing any items. Walking with me stopping with me. Turning with me. Now I'm on day 19 of 30. Back on the farm, I used it once when we got home and switched back to the collar. She pretty much keeps a few hairs touching my leg at all times without bumping me. When I release her to roam a bit [inside my bubble] and she tugs at all, I sit her and show her the Gentle Leader. For the rest of that walk, I'm holding the leash with my index finger. I have phases I try with dogs, giving them the chances to do simple dog stuff on their own. It's a real self esteem booster for them to realize they are pleasing me on their own. I wait to see if they need a Gentle Leader and then buy them one if it comes to it. That's why TSC is the first place I test them in public. As always, this is the best RU-vid channel on dogs by far. I click on every video to show my thanks.
I have been doing impluse control for two years with my male newf( yes I know they’re sooooooo easy to train) I now have this I need to try it near other dogs to see how it goes 🤞🏻
Thank you for all of your great videos, I have been using them to help my two dogs, both have been with a trainer and treat trained but I am finding your methods very helpful. Please can I check with you, if you know, is the Gentle Leader by Beapham the same as the one you are showing as I would like to try this method on my larger dog. Many thanks for your help.
This is awesome. How do we go about setting up lessons with you and getting our dog on video? Interested in walking on leash training, reactivity, for 9month old Golden Retriever.
When dog saw me coming with the gentle leader he would back up. I learned to approach him from behind and not let him see the leader. I would bring it up under his head and get it right over his nose. Worked much better.
Thank you so much for the recommendation! I've been switching between a martingale and harness for my recently rescued GSD mix. He gets either very excited or hostile when he encounters another dog and tends to pull me.
@@msdixie3363 It's the best tool ever! Only thing I don't agree with him is that you need it for a short time period. I've been using it for almost 4 months with my almost 9 months old weimaraner and I still don't feel safe without it but I don't really care even if I'll have to use it for his entire life as long as I know it doesn't hurt him and we're both safe on our walks. Nothing else can't compare to it, I highly recommend it to everyone.
Absolutely love the gentle leader. Just binge watched your videos and so stoked to put the information into action tomorrow. When she reacts towards a dog on the gentle leader, it self corrects, in time will she just not react?
Used one with my malamute female. Pulling was the main problem with her. Once she learned she could pull the nose strap off she’d do it every time. After putting it back on her and adjusting the clip part she’d use her dew claw to pull it off while twisting her head. Then she’d chomp down on the nose strap and cut through it. We went through a hand full of them before going to a pinch collar. I was 17 her and a wolf malamute male were my FIRST dogs ever. With zero dog training experience except what the petsmart guy told my mom and I.
Thank you for your video. I think they are great. Any recommendation for short snouted dogs? I have 2 boston terriers and the gentle leader doesnt stay one their short noses... (Apologies if this was already answered in previous comments). It would be great to see a loose leash walking with small, short snouted dogs.
I'm going to try some of your corrections with the gentle leader on. I had taken my dog to puppy classes and the trainer had us start our 6 month old puppy on a genital leader, the trainer told us to keep pulling putting her backing in the heal position (never doing a correction.). She's now a 4 year old pit/dalmatian with crazy pulling strength even with the gentle leader on.
I love head collars or halters as we call them in the horse world LOL however I'm a bit curious how would this work for short-snouted dogs. You probably do have to go through another method with snub nose dogs. But I was just curious if there is a particular type of head and halter you would recommend for those types or any tips you have for using a headhalter on short nose dogs
Your videos are full of knowledge!! Such an underrated channel. It would be great if you had a Microphone to get better audio quality. Something like a Rode Wireless Go. Thanks!
@@BDTraining it has a great wireless range so you can talk from far away from the camera without compromising audio quality. Thanks for all the videos!
This is exactly how my dog is,always panting when people are around and on edge..I tried the gentle leader and she freaked out and ripped it off..I will try this method. Thanks I then bought the harness that connects to the front on of her chest and basically does the same thing but doesn't turn her head
It helped. A little. Lab mix, narrow greyhound like head geometry, constantly inching her way out front, so I have to make multiple corrections. My problem ie that the nose piece gets over the eye. A trainer friend has the same problem. I’ve tried several different adjustments, nothing helps. So I’ve switched to a prong collar.
Never understood the gentle leader haters. My late Cane Corso loved hers over any other method. We made putting it on a "job" and it became comfortable to her in no time. With that, she also turned into wanting to be the best dog on a leash ever. Great experience for 12 years. No injuries or issues.
The gentle leader is great. My dog hates it, but one thing that has really helped is walking on concrete vs. near any grass. My dog constantly wants to rub her head on ground and try to get the lead off her nose (like he described)... but she naturally doesn't like doing that on concrete or asphalt. I was really hoping to see him have to correct for that behavior.
He actually tells you to pull the leash up if the dog tries to take the gentle leader off. Doesn’t matter if your dog is on concrete or grass, use the same method 😊
Great video, I was looking for someone to show me how to walk with the gentle leader, found this by accident. I would suggest you put Gentle leader in the title and you will get more hits for folks like me looking for it. I noticed you don't have the collar as high on the neck or tight like the instructions (one finger fit). I am curious why? isn't it supposed to help with them not getting chaffed or keeping it above the mid throat?
Love your vlog,how can I get a gentle leader here at my country I'm in the Philippines have a2 five months old great dane,I appreciate your help a lot 😊
you should try the halti brand I think the leverage on the Halti is much better. Its more toward the nose this one is still quite close to the neck hehe. Thanks
I have a Giant breed dog Dane/Mastiff and some of the halter collars don't fit the Larger breeds very well. I found a company called Bold Lead Designs and the product is called The Perfect Pace no pull halter leash 6 feet. Your videos are great! Can you do a video about multiple dog homes? I have 2 dogs and all they want to do is play.
You are awesome. I have a 13 week old puppy & she can stop & refuse to go. Will this work for her. She is half shih-poo. And the barking is out of control...barks to be barking.
Actually most people are using electric and e-collars wrong. They're actually the two prongs that you're supposed to set on either side of that large muscle right behind the ear. Most people don't use a correct more elastic collar that keeps the pressure. The colors do typically tend to slide around the esophagus. But you make a very good point people have a very hard time using things correctly and things can often slip and move. Even when tightening a collar around the upper neck so that way you have more control over the head it can still slide down or end up choking the dog a little bit or if it pulls it can choke itself a bit more. Also I may not be using them right but no pull chest harnesses have not worked very well for me
My son used to say "you're a bad mom" when I asked him why he thought that. He said "because you won't let me have what I want" . I told him "but that's my job because you can't just do whatever you want when you want." He said it's not fair, and I told him he is absolutely correct, but that's life.
Ok so I got a couple gentle leaders coming in today for my girls. I was wondering if I should eventually go back to collars or if I can just always use the gentle leader? I'm just not sure if it's ok to make it a permanent tool or if I should only use it if/when needed?
I've seen you use both the flat collar and this gentle leader for a loose leash walk. Do you have a preference as to when to use one or the other? Either on a small dog or a large one for example?
I feel like even tho my 90 lb Golden is good now on this I need to keep using it because if by remote chance a stray dog runs up to me on walk - I know he’d pull me in reacting to dog. With knee replacement I’d be a gonner
It’s obnoxious how much quicker my dog responded to leash corrections for “leaving me” than just reinforcing her when she was walking next to me. Now I do both
Could you tell me what the difference is between a gentle leader and a sporn head harness? We have the sporn one but now realized they seem different from eachother. Not sure which is best! Thanks!
Good advice to not let the dog go down to the ground to get it off because that's how my dog gets hers off. And I agree that the dog has a good life so they don't need to call all the shots! "I'm the boss and I go where I want to go." That's another good quote!
For people who dont have or dont want to use a gentle leader, use a regular collar/choker/martingale/prong whatever. It needs to be high up on the neck, not sitting down at the base of the neck. This is how professionals use regular collars. Watch a crufts dog show to see how high up the neck the lead sits. Higher up on the neck gives more control of the dog's head.
Do I still pull the lead and correct if my dog is pulling towards something he is fearfull off? I'm worried it will make it worse. I am using just a normal neck collar and normal lead
I would really like to see and learn this method on much older rescue dog like ours. She is 4 years old 15 lbs pooch, rescue from California. By age 1 y.o. she was already rescued to Canada. We got her few months ago and facing a bunch of problems with outside world. Pulling, lunging, barking at any dog. She gets so upset or excited, that she trembles and her breathing becomes so fast. At first we thought that she could of been used in dog fights. Very aggressive towards dogs, not humans. When she is at home she is an angel. For a few months we didn't have a quiet, relaxed or fun walk. It's very stressful for both of us ( I'm a mom and she is my dog when it comes to walks). Plase, help us. Thanks.
Use the exact same method he shows in this video. With an older dog it could possibly take a bit longer to make them conditioned to the gentle lead if they’re very stubborn but it should work if you do it correctly 😊
I do have a question. So I am disabled and use a cane to walk. Many videos I have watch doesn't work for me because you need more than one hand and I only have 1 hand to use the other one has my cane. My question is, is it ok to use this on a 5month old puppy? I just got a German Shepherd Lab mix pup 2 months ago and we are really trying to stop the pulling because I just can't do it and she has so much energy! If this is ok to use on a puppy then I want to get it. Please answer this question. 😀
My dog, an 8 month terrier x pup, sits down adamantally after a short walk on a "gentle leader" and short of dragging him around or changing back to a standard collar or harness, I am not sure what to do, any suggestions?
What if my dog simply sits as the correction is implemented. (We have taught ‘sit’ for just about everything else.) Not come back to me but sit in place in order to wait for additional direction? Do I need to have him come back to me before proceeding on the next few steps?
I'm new to your channel and I'm shookt by this video. Just wondering if gentle leader is safe for dogs that suddenly runs as soon as the door opens. I'm worried that his neck might snapped. My dog could seat and stay as I say it but he suddenly just ran when I say, "okay go". He's pretty stubborn sometimes, maybe because of his breed, siberian husky. Hoping for a reply.
