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I have done a search and been reading about different collars as at my basic obedience class i was using a soft nylon collar and my boy was pulling a bit on his lead. I asked the instructor how to correct this, his answer was to put a head halter on my 5 month old (lagotto). Straight away my boy slumped to the ground very unhappy with it and tried to paw it off, I was then told to pull his head up with the lead so he would stand up. With the head halter on he didnt pull but he was like a different dog, he just kept slumping to the ground and pawing at it. That is the only method advised to me on pulling. I notice alot of different opinions on the halti, some positive some not. Confuses me even more whether i should use one or try something else. Any suggestions please

Good topic. I have been searching and reading about different collars as at my obedience class i was using a soft nylon collar and my boy was pulling a bit on it and asked the instructor how do i correct this. His answer was to put a halti on my 5 month old boy. Straight away my boy slumped to the ground very unhappy with it and tried to paw it off, i was then told to pull his head up with the lead. With the head halti on he didnt pull but he was like a different dog, he kept pawing at it and slumping to the ground. That is the only method advised to me on pulling. I noticed alot of different opinions on the halti some positive some not. Confuses me even more.

Sounds awesome jbbb! great looking dogs

If i had the money for it i would buy it, my boy would love it!! Renting it out is a great idea also, help you pay it off quicker

I feed sardines or tuna, twice a week. My pup and cat both love it!

Once a week, wash him myself, use fido's shampoo.

i use an indoor clothes line, dont use the outside line at all.

Very sorry for your loss, RIP now Gordie

Good advice Cosmolo and PW

No worries Molasseslass Thanks Poodlefan, i thought it a bit odd to use baby wipes (breeder told me that)

What about wiping dogs eyes? I was told to use baby wipes, should i? or should i be buying dog (aristopet) eye wipes?

molasseslass looks expensive to set up but i thought over the dogs life span cheaper than going to the groomers?

Thanks BMP for the links

I am in the same boat as you molasseslass!

How do you know what clippers to buy? to completly clip a dog, there seems to be too much choice and i have no knowledge. Does anyone use scissors? for triming and scissoring? what brand and what style?

What about obedience training?

I also use what i have available, cheese, cut up peices of meat or chicken. Kibble doesnt work for my pup for training.

Chubbz, just smell kibble. Dont smell nice to me, wouldnt get my taste buds movin!

My pup doesnt like kibble by itself, too boring? anyway, i add yogurt & sardines or mince & veg.

Risyntira, did you take the pup for its second vacc? id ring the vet and see what it was.

I didnt take any notice of the vet bill just signed it duh! so when i got home and checked it thats when i did ring back and ask why i had been charge $22 for drontal they said thats the normal price, then i checked with local pet stores and new id been ripped off. Wish i new that bout VIRBAC but why would a vet tell you, i guess thats how they make there money. If i had of got PROTECH is that when you only have the two shots?

Interesting to read that Emm, thanks for searching!

Emm, my boy weighed in at 8.2kg. I had never heard of Virbac only Protech.

I think Coronavirus (CCV) is if you travel or move to north of queensland, dont know much about it. Please correct me if im wrong.

Emm, 8 wks was FORT DODGE Protech C4 & FORT DODGE Protech Duramune C2i (C6) This shot done by breeder's vet. 12wks was VIRBAC Canigen KC & VIRBAC Canigen DHa2P (C5) 16 wks same as 12 wks shot. (C5) Im already getting iffy with my vet $22 for one tablet of drontal allwormer. Last time i buy worming from him!