welcome to veterinarians guide today we're talking about a really interesting topic ,the topic is leashes and collars and what's good ,what's not so good and what's appropriate for your dog ?
There really is no absolute right or wrong answer as it pertains to what kind of collar ,what kind of leash and what kind of harness is appropriate .
For all animals
A lot of it really has to do with the size of the dog ,the breed of the dog , whether or not they have any medical related issues and also their behavior and their training .
So you to start with the question of collar versus harness there are definitely benefits and drawbacks to both .
When we think of a collar pretty much anything that just goes around the neck and presumably the leash would clip on to the upsides .
- They're easy so it's an easy thing to take on and off the dogs don't generally speaking mind wearing a collar .
- The problem is that if you have a dog that has a tendency to want to pull when they're on a walk them pulling on a collar puts a lot of strain on their neck and overtime can potentially cause injury to their neck so that's something that you want to be very careful about .
- Sometimes just a function of appropriate training and teaching the dog not to pull and teaching them to heel, however you know in the process of while you're getting that done you need to really sort of think think about whether or not a collar is an appropriate thing to use for your dog .
There are certainly different types of collars there's regular collars there's what's called a prong collar which means that if the dog pulls it kind of it kind of pinches into their neck a little bit not enough to hurt them but the hope is that it discourages them from pulling sometimes sometimes it doesn't again it's a again it's a training sort of tool , there's also something called a martingale collar which is which is designed to put less pressure on the neck which works out nicely for a lot of dogs but again you know if the dog has a real tendency to pull you know this may not really be the solution either that that becomes an important training type issue .
Conversely harnesses the big plus here is that if your dog is pulling in they're attached to a harness :the weight and the pressure is distributed across their chest and and it doesn't cause that potential injury to the neck .
The hang up there is as if they're pulling and they're on a harness there is very little to discourage your dog from continuing to pull because it's not uncomfortable at the you know it doesn't it really cause them any problems to keep on pulling and before you know it they're just dragging you on down the street now they do make some some harnesses that are specifically designed to kind of help with that there are certain harnesses that they clip in the front rather than over the back and when the dog pulls what it does is it tends to squeeze their shoulders a little bit and also because of the way the the leash clips on it tends to sort of pull the dog off to the side of whatever side of the dog you happen to be standing on so so what it does is it trains the dog that if they try and pull they don't actually wind up getting to go in the direction that they want to go they wind up getting deviated off in a direction they don't want to go and the hope there is that they will learn over time that trying to pull forward is is is is not a behavior that that they get rewarded for you know so that's something that can be very beneficial as well you know so you know these are sort of the you know the the pros and cons of collars versus harnesses there are many many different styles of collars and harnesses out there and particularly if you have a dog that has a tendency to pull when you're when you're walking when you're walking the dog this is a really good time to you know either educate yourself about training or to speak with a trainer to figure out what is gonna be the best method of preventing that from happening and what is going to be the you know the best type of collar or harness to use now the the the flipside of this conversation is leashes so what do you attach to that to that collar of the harness so realistically speaking there's only there's there's only a couple kinds of leashes there's sort of just your standard leash and there's also what what are called flexi leads these are these like retractable leashes retractable leashes there's a lot of convenience there because that way again you know if your dog wants to go in some direction they're not kind of yanking your arm out of here so I got to do that the problem is is again if you have a dog that has a real tendency to pull or they don't they don't sort of mind you when they're out on a walk it can give them too much freedom and then and then you've lost control of the dog so to speak so flexi leads are really great for dogs that are that are very well behaved on a walk that they can kind of saunter around and not be as directly tied to you that they can kind of just do whatever they want to do as long as they understand that they have to stay within a certain perimeter of where you are if you have one of these dogs that that you know their training is not complete yet and they're really trying to get farther than you want them to get then a flexi lead can be a little bit problematic in that sense and you may be better off with a more conventional type of a leash so that's really kind of the basics of leashes and collars like I say I would recommend that if you have anyD issues or concerns about about the dog pulling or or any other kind of behavioral type issues that are involved with with a walk it's always a good idea to do some research and speak with a trainer about what the appropriate equipment would be to to make things as safe and effective for your dog and to and to make things safe for you as well while you're out taking them for a walk my name is dr. Gary Richter thanks so much for joining us today
There really is no absolute right or wrong answer as it pertains to what kind of collar ,what kind of leash and what kind of harness is appropriate .
For all animals
A lot of it really has to do with the size of the dog ,the breed of the dog , whether or not they have any medical related issues and also their behavior and their training .
So you to start with the question of collar versus harness there are definitely benefits and drawbacks to both .
When we think of a collar pretty much anything that just goes around the neck and presumably the leash would clip on to the upsides .
- They're easy so it's an easy thing to take on and off the dogs don't generally speaking mind wearing a collar .
- The problem is that if you have a dog that has a tendency to want to pull when they're on a walk them pulling on a collar puts a lot of strain on their neck and overtime can potentially cause injury to their neck so that's something that you want to be very careful about .
- Sometimes just a function of appropriate training and teaching the dog not to pull and teaching them to heel, however you know in the process of while you're getting that done you need to really sort of think think about whether or not a collar is an appropriate thing to use for your dog .
There are certainly different types of collars there's regular collars there's what's called a prong collar which means that if the dog pulls it kind of it kind of pinches into their neck a little bit not enough to hurt them but the hope is that it discourages them from pulling sometimes sometimes it doesn't again it's a again it's a training sort of tool , there's also something called a martingale collar which is which is designed to put less pressure on the neck which works out nicely for a lot of dogs but again you know if the dog has a real tendency to pull you know this may not really be the solution either that that becomes an important training type issue .
Conversely harnesses the big plus here is that if your dog is pulling in they're attached to a harness :the weight and the pressure is distributed across their chest and and it doesn't cause that potential injury to the neck .
The hang up there is as if they're pulling and they're on a harness there is very little to discourage your dog from continuing to pull because it's not uncomfortable at the you know it doesn't it really cause them any problems to keep on pulling and before you know it they're just dragging you on down the street now they do make some some harnesses that are specifically designed to kind of help with that there are certain harnesses that they clip in the front rather than over the back and when the dog pulls what it does is it tends to squeeze their shoulders a little bit and also because of the way the the leash clips on it tends to sort of pull the dog off to the side of whatever side of the dog you happen to be standing on so so what it does is it trains the dog that if they try and pull they don't actually wind up getting to go in the direction that they want to go they wind up getting deviated off in a direction they don't want to go and the hope there is that they will learn over time that trying to pull forward is is is is not a behavior that that they get rewarded for you know so that's something that can be very beneficial as well you know so you know these are sort of the you know the the pros and cons of collars versus harnesses there are many many different styles of collars and harnesses out there and particularly if you have a dog that has a tendency to pull when you're when you're walking when you're walking the dog this is a really good time to you know either educate yourself about training or to speak with a trainer to figure out what is gonna be the best method of preventing that from happening and what is going to be the you know the best type of collar or harness to use now the the the flipside of this conversation is leashes so what do you attach to that to that collar of the harness so realistically speaking there's only there's there's only a couple kinds of leashes there's sort of just your standard leash and there's also what what are called flexi leads these are these like retractable leashes retractable leashes there's a lot of convenience there because that way again you know if your dog wants to go in some direction they're not kind of yanking your arm out of here so I got to do that the problem is is again if you have a dog that has a real tendency to pull or they don't they don't sort of mind you when they're out on a walk it can give them too much freedom and then and then you've lost control of the dog so to speak so flexi leads are really great for dogs that are that are very well behaved on a walk that they can kind of saunter around and not be as directly tied to you that they can kind of just do whatever they want to do as long as they understand that they have to stay within a certain perimeter of where you are if you have one of these dogs that that you know their training is not complete yet and they're really trying to get farther than you want them to get then a flexi lead can be a little bit problematic in that sense and you may be better off with a more conventional type of a leash so that's really kind of the basics of leashes and collars like I say I would recommend that if you have anyD issues or concerns about about the dog pulling or or any other kind of behavioral type issues that are involved with with a walk it's always a good idea to do some research and speak with a trainer about what the appropriate equipment would be to to make things as safe and effective for your dog and to and to make things safe for you as well while you're out taking them for a walk my name is dr. Gary Richter thanks so much for joining us today
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