🥇🐕🦺 As one of your friends once said: there’s something about you and the leach! And he was right: you’re explaining is useful and the way you work with the leach is the way it should be done! Thank you for this video!
Thank you for an awesome vid, Joel! You're genuine and high energy, keep up the awesome work and live events. I think teaching owners to raise well behaved dogs is net positive to society. Further, a lot of your dog training / socialization stages / go-get method / behavior modification apply to raising kids too. You're making a difference to anyone who will listen, Merry Christmas!
Leather leashes are unlikey to snap if they are taken care of. Like all leather items they need to be bathed in saddle soap(or the equivalent, I'm a horse person) to keep it useful. But nylon is better if you're looking for something low maintenance.
I have horses too and find that nylon lead ropes deteriate over time too. the better quality will last longer than the cheaper ones, but they too break down with use and age. Especially in the sun. So we must check the leads and leashes, no matter what they are made out of to make sure they are holding up.
LOOOOOOOOK. I don't care how dorky the treat bag is as long as it works. I was walking around with a dog fanny pack for a while and I regret none of it.
I have a fully loaded fanny pack-type treat pouch and I love it. It has caribiners and pockets for my keys, is roomy enough to hold the rope ball and a spare, bigger float ball for water play - what's not to love! At least until I can afford one of those training vests.
I trained my dog without treats, clicker and any punishment. He never needed a muzzle and was as social in his behavior like Prince and Bosco. He was either a pure giant schnauzer or a mixed breed. He was just the greatest dog I ever had.
@@AS-em9bc I recently saw a Giant Schnauzer on the NBC Sport Dog Show .. wow, what a great looking dog! I usually only see the mini type. Worth the watch, if you haven't watched.
As a former police K9 handler I can tell you leather leads are 'you get what you paid for'. We have a leather guy who makes saddles who makes our leads and they're top notch.
@@jerrysbees I don't think you understand the pulling power of police GSDs. We post the dogs out for aggression training. We are in all kinds of muddy, wet environments. I've owned many unruly pets that I had to train and none have come close to the tension my K9 partner puts on a leash.
Cap. Leather is not good unless it’s taken care of on a constant bases. In the video he said 6 months, and I can guarantee NO K-9 units are using a leather collar so the probability of anyone believing you is highly unlikely. K-9 units use a harness and a very short woven leash
In general, before training sessions, I always recommend to my clients what I call an equipment check, especially for outdoors. Any leash can snap if not in the right environment or care for properly, but if you do a nice tug test prior to using it, you can tell more about the durability of the thing. I've had plastic collars unsnap, prong collars pop off, leather leash cracks, and breaks along with the ones made of fabric. Check your equip!
@@adamm5054 That is good practice. In my training world the business side of the leash always had protective gear. The only exception was muzzle fighting. We definitely checked those before training. Even the muzzles were all leather.
you deserve to have over 1million subscribers...I argue with my mother all the time about using a harness on my leash aggressive dog and she gets so mad at me when I tell her its just helping my 65lb dog pull me easier when I'm only 110 lbs! I've recently purchased a gentle leader and my girl is so responsive that I can actually work with her now. Thank you for your vids!
I’ve been saying for years that harnesses do nothing but turn your dog into a sled dog 🙄 Congrats on upgrading to a gentle leader!!! Best thing you could do for your dog.
I had a 10meter long, older leather leash when my Weimaraner Willy (R.I.P. dear friend) decided to go after a bird in the field behind our house, I flew through the air, the leash - in this case luckily- snapped and I landed unsoftly and broke my collar bone. While I panicked about the snapped leash and therefore that Willy would go farther over the field minding his business, he -surprisingly to me- came back to me as I was still laying on the ground and started to lick my face. 😂 So this was nowhere near a road yet I was always scared of him getting away. (Long Story with one traumatic experience as I had witnessed him 😢get hit by a car years ago.) So yes indeed leather leashes are unreliable and suck. So I thank you for this again helpful video. 😊
am i the only one that just uses a fanny pack as a treat bag? i have a cute one that says "nerd" on it and it's perfect. lasts the whole day on the dog walks/training i do absolutely love head halters. no more sore arms and the german shepherd im working with is a lot better i have a harness for my pocket pit but i walk using his collar. the only reason he wears it is for grabbing purpose when were in the dog park or something. (grabbing him away from aggresive dogs fyi. my dog is very dog friendly... just other people like to bring there dog reactive dogs to the park)
You are not the only one. I still have mine from the 80s when I used it in school or when I went on walks. We called it a belt bag and I still call it that. They are functional hands free alternative to a purse. I don't care what people think of me. I'm also proud to be a nerd.
Leather leads are great as long as you care for them. Leather is a living product and needs care. The two I have are handmade, so probably a good deal thicker than the average store stock. I've had mine since the early 2000s.
This comment reminded me of the hours of work I put in with my mom and aunt, cleaning saddles. I can suddenly smell Murphy's oil soap and leather conditioner.
Great video. I volunteer at a shelter and we are encouraged to use clickers to ensure more consistency between all the trainers so the dogs hear the same marker sound instead of a bunch of different voices and intonations.
You went straight over the chokers. I hear you often about prong collars, but not about chokers...They shouldn't be used to actually choke, The way I learned to use them is by making it 'cling' right behind the ear ( not actually choking them) I found it very efficient, especially was with my huskies :) and yea that is exactly how I used them retractive leach
Thanks so much for comments about clickers. I've always wondered why proponents didn't want anyone hearing them say "good dog". I do harness sports with my dogs (canicross and skijoring) so they know exactly what the harness is for - fun!
As always, another quality video, packed with good advice from an experienced expert on dog-related issues. Thank you. I especially liked your explanation as to why you did or did not like some of the products. Have a wonderful holiday seaseon.
I mean I hear you about retractable leashes. But whenever I walk him in the forest with a long line, he gets tangled up and I have to constantly free him. This will actually hang above the ground, and he might have to backtrack when he walks around a tree but it's a lot easier to manage. It's 5 meter which is more than enough room for him. Plus: it comes with a warning button: I hold the lock halfway and it rattles on the cog on the inside.
I just bought a harness and an attachment for the seatbelt in the back seat of the car. A big crate wouldn’t fit in the car so I thought the harness would be good for safety? 🤷♀️
Use the harness to short leash your dog to a headrest in the car to act as an easy seat belt solution. Don’t throw the harness away but I agree my dogs are monsters on a harness walk
I tried the Easy Walk on my IGs this past summer, and it was very effective. I was using a Roman harness for them before, and it was fairly ineffective for teaching them how to walk on the leash. The Roman harnesses are still good for keeping them safe in the vehicle, though, because collars or regular harnesses on sighthounds can easily break their long skinny necks, or at the very least, damage their windpipes.
some trainers say the gentle leader doesn't have a control since it just change dog's head instead of giving a kind of negative reinforcement. Some say the gentle leader is danger to dog's neck. What do you think?
I used a halti on my lab-mix that pulled. He didn't like it, always had his nose down with his paws pulling the harness down to try and take it off. It did make walks bearable for me, and when he was about 14 years old or so, I think he got tired of trying to pull and I could walk him normally with a collar. Since then I have done way more research and we hired a trainer to help us starting out with our new puppy. We have a cane corso and have learned to use a HS prong collar. I think the gentle leader would still work to stop pulling from being an issue on its own, but I find the prong to be much more effective at both stopping pulling as well as overall communication when used lightly, similar to a bit for a horse.
With a big headed dog like a pit, you often DO need a large if it matches the weight class in the gentle leader. I had a red heeler I used to dog sit that like to pull a little (before I got into leash discipline). She was always trying to get you to go just a little bit faster. The retractable leash thwarted that impulse by messing up her bio-reflex to the leash tension and does work well with herding breeds SOMETIMES. (Now I am obsessed and leash train all my dog sit dogs, though, and it is better.)
I have a 65 lbs Pit Bull Terrier and I got a size large before I heard Joel talk about it. He’s right, the leash clip on a large size hangs down too low and my gal found a way to bite through it. Sent it back and got a medium. Much better fit.
I don't like clickers for the same reason. I've always got my voice with me, in all situations. I get that clickers make a nice crisp and consistent sound, and that's great, but a solid "Yes!" does the same thing, and no fumbling around outside of a formal training session.
Clickers are trash. You can click your tongue. I teach cats to learn single words pretty easy too. I reserve clicking only to call my cat when I need it to come because there is danger. Cats can learn to recognise held up fingers too. Cats really often know what you want out of them, if they care is another thing. Oh they require years of work every day, but it is worth it.
That's the truth 🤣. Me: Thunder, spin! Thunder: I know, but I don't want too, because you don't have a treat in your hand this time. Honestly, I actually use Joel's training methods on my cats. I just soften it down a bit, because cats are diffrent than dogs.
I don’t use leather leashes but it was interesting to know about the snapping potential. My big concern is secure collars - and the way they ‘buckle up’. I really dislike the fabric collars with the snap together fitting. It’s fine on a decorative only collar or a vibration collar but not for connecting a leash to. My rescue dog was handed over to me wearing this type and the first time on the leash in my driveway he spotted something and took off. I was expecting him to come to a sudden halt at the end of the leash but the plastic snap fit just flew apart on the collar and he continued towards the road. Luckily no harm came to anyone but that collar went straight in the trash and he has a round leather one with a proper metal buckle now. I was partly to blame because I should have looked closer at his collar when I took him but I was surprised the rescue allowed any dogs to have them.
Thanks for all the tips. But I don't care what people think of me as far as what I wear. I still have my original 80s belt bag from when I was a kid in school. Fell in love with the functionality back then and that will never change for me. Also I'm a proud nerd. I watch sci fi movies and cartoons with my dog. My dog has an Xbox controller plush toy. I forgot to say I found out about gentle leaders thanks to your channel. I couldn't walk my dog without one. THanks.
I love the critique of treat bags not being cool enough and here I am with my home made pouch put together from shoelaces, a scarf and a key clip. XD I also didn't like using a clicker, but I found my words tended to come out too slow, so I started using tongue clicks I used with horses. A pro to that is that every person's tongue clicks sound different. (Although people keep telling me that their dog recognizes the individual clicker in a room full of clickers.) Baskerville is so great! My dog has a long muzzle and I had so much difficulty finding a proper basket muzzle for him. I have been using the same leather leash for my dog for 6-7 years, it's only now showing signs of wearing down. My last cotton leash broke after 2 years.
None of my leather leashes have ever snapped and I've had one for 13 years! (Although it's true that they are very good quality and were quite expensive). Edit: I came to the comments section and saw that almost all the people that swear by leather leashes are horse people too. I guess we take good care of leather because of the saddles and boots 😂
Joel, THANK YOU doesn't do justice for what your vids/training/language/no-nonsense approach do for me and my mixed breed from México. He's reactive. Bikes. Dogs charging him (happens quite a bit out on walks unfort). Can I ask, if you and Prince are headed to the farmer's market, what's your collar set-up? Martingale collar thoughts? (was waiting for you to give your strong opinion on it ;-)
Great videos, I have watched every trainers on you tube . The positive only stuff is BS, does not work, started using your methods on my Dogue de Bordeaux and am having success finally.Thanks.
I bred and raced Siberian Huskies in Europe for 25 years. You want to use a harness for work only, even if your Sibes are trained to heel (mine were). Dogs quickly learn the difference between when the leash is attached to a harness and when it is attached to a collar. My 4-year-old mixed breed figured that out in one walk. It's just safer and more controllable to keep them on a leash, especially on slick surfaces. Martingale collars (my dog has one with some padding) are just fine for walking a well-behaved dog.
How did I know exactly what you were going to say about the harness! Lol it’s perfect if you want to trigger opposition reflux in your dog. At least, in most cases, it seems like 99% of the time it just teaches dogs to pull against/into pressure.
My trainer kinda looked at me funny when I refused the clicker. I just said, "When I'm on a walk, where is the clicker 90% of the time? At home. Where is my mouth? On my face. So I mark with good boy/girl." I do take one thing from her during training puppies. Retractable leashes are confusing for dogs. They don't give feedback on how far they are allowed to go.
Have exactly the same opinion about clickers. Completely unnecessary. But regarding treat bags, c'mon, who cares if you look nerdy as long as something is functional & convenient?
Can you use a gentle leader and a Baskerville muzzle at the same time. Non aggressive dog. Unless you're a rock. Then you're getting eaten! (Bloodhound)
Retractable leashes should be banned if pepper spray can be, irresponsible use is the problem. Youre dog may not be mean but that leash can take out the rollerbladers and bikers on the trail ! I dont even need the easy walk anymore I just loan it out to people like the gal down the street being walked by her to 90-100 lb dogs. She thanked me aftwer she gave it back and now She walks the dogs. Different approach for different dogs. Gentle leaders are great too. Waiting for Joel to trash the easy walk so i could unsubscribe.....SIKE! Waiting for Episode #6 for the Beckman Bosses/ Wolfpack!
I've seen so many dogs almost lose their lives by an elevator because their owner didn't bring them inside before the door closed. That shit is horrible.
Great quick video! Much appreciated! We use the gentle leader on our Rough Collie and it has done wonders for our walks! I am with you on the treat bags too! Some of these are so ugly and bulky!
I dont agree that gentle leaders are good they can snap the dogs neck and again cant correct them. I also dont agree that you prefer a easy harness over a collar you cant correct them with any type of harness, i also dont agree that you like flexi leashes they can easily break and you have no control over the dog. Also prong collars from pet stores are not so great they can break easily they can actually damage your dog some of them compared to a herm sprenger one that is totally safe and great quality. Also about leashes leather needs maintenance and I would say use biothane atleast for me I use a biothane lead does not need maintenence and does is better quality than nylon
I dont agree that gentle leaders are good they can snap the dogs neck and again cant correct them. I also dont agree that you prefer a easy harness over a collar you cant correct them with any type of harness, i also dont agree that you like flexi leashes they can easily break and you have no control over the dog. Also prong collars from pet stores are not so great they can break easily they can actually damage your dog some of them compared to a herm sprenger one that is totally safe and great quality.
I had the weirdest thing happened today with my dog I take them to this park every day for a walk and it’s not a dog park but people bring their dogs and my dog is just two years old and he’s always seem to be OK with dogs but today when I opened up the back hatch to put his leash on, and he’s never ever jumped out of the car without a leash on, but he jumped right out of the car and went right after somebody’s dog and had a fight with them and the poor dog was a young dog and was not the type that wanted to fight and I am just so upset and now I’m going to be very cautious with this dog but I am wondering why a dog would do that he’s never ever done this in his life and he sees dogs all the time, and the other dog was just a young happy dog and it was a female where my dog is a male. I am just so stumped. Anybody could help with this problem. I’d like to know a little bit more about it. Thank you.
My dog walks better on a harness for some reason. Doesn't pull at all and walks right by my side loose leash. On a collar it's like she's searching for IEDs in Afghanistan and has to go on point. Go figure lol.
We use a K9 Bridle - it clips and controls from behind the head. I always thought a Lester’s leash would be best but am too cheap to buy one - thanks for setting us straight on that.
Thank you for sharing the products. I got the “cool” treat bag” love the voice for a marker! I sooo agree. It’s so hard to use a clicker and maneuver a leash. What’s wrong with our voice? Lol. But the muzzle I really wanted to know about. So many of them out there!
Hey love your videos always watch right away with my wife. We have two intact GSDs they get along great at 6 months of age do you think that relationship will stay good as they age ?
depends for me on personality and the sexes. if there different sexes then you should be good. it's same sex you should worry about. not saying it's impossible though just harder
Hey, do you have any recommendation how to correct a dog who can't wear slip leads or anything around the throat due to trachea damage, as it's a small dog? Already existing damage. My dog is highly nervous and reactive around other dogs and I've tried slip leads, but then discovered his trachea damage. Gentle Leaders too, but he doesn't stop pulling/going after the dogs. He doesn't react to the pinch in the side either. He is building himself up throughout the whole walk, corners are pretty bad too, as he constantly expects something around it. He is a rescue from Hungary, so we don't know his full history, but he has some scars. Edit: Prongs and ecollars are forbidden where I live.
With small dogs you can pull them upwards slightly. This changes their angle and reduces the driving power in their front legs. But don’t pull too hard because you don’t want to make them slip and fall, and make sure the harness applies force to their shoulders and/or chest, not their belly or neck. He has a few videos dealing with anxious/overstimulated dogs which you could look at to try and get an idea of how to deal with any behaviours your dog might share - it can be difficult for someone to advise on the behaviour of dogs they haven’t met, unfortunately :/
Thank you, you two! I will look into the harness and try to apply the tips. We are working on getting a trainer onboard to deal with his reactivity and nervousness, so I hope in the meantime, maybe the tips can help.
I gotta say, I’m not a fan of Baskerville muzzles. I think they have their time and place but personally I don’t think they’re good for every day use. They’re perfect for muzzle training and short term wear, but don’t allow a dog to pant, and aren’t truly bite proof. They’re definitely better than nothing, and far better than the cloth grooming muzzles, but if your dog needs a muzzle to be walked on a daily, a Baskerville is not going to cut it, and won’t allow your dog to regulate their temperature fully. Leersburg, and Dean and Taylor basket muzzles are far more appropriate for daily use, and are truly and fully bite-proof.
When I trained my first dog, I used the prong collar. I didn't like it. It worked, but I just didn't like that if I needed to pull the leash with force, I was stabbing my dog in his throat. That was before I had ever heard of gently harnesses.
