First night of puppy class

[kathiam]

so I was looking online is this what you are talking about?

Amazon.com: Head harness, Halti size 2, lots of colors to pick from, strong nylon webbing: Home & Garden

Amazon.com: Head harness, Halti size 2, lots of colors to pick from, strong nylon webbing: Home & Garden

[BeagleyMiss]

i recommend using the gentle leader or a halti collar as well. lilo has been on one since she's been 4 months old and it's worked wonders! she wore it every day for every walk or activity (except agility or while at play) until she was 2 years old. she's 3 now and we don't use it that much anymore because she does not pull me very often when she doesn't have it on. sometimes i bring it with me on walks and if she becomes a sniffasorous it goes right on and then she stops. i think that you have to be more stubborn than your beagle sometimes when it comes to training! good luck!

[ArthurDudley]

between the two i would go for the gentle leader if you have to, i much prefer the harness's whilst mine are still puppies, i manage the strength of my two just fine with them, i also used to find people would automatically asume i had a grumpy dog with his halti/noseband on, & this really wasn't the case at all

[Smeagle]

I wouldn't be using a head collar on a baby puppy. Head collars can and do cause damage to a dog's neck, they would be an absolutely last resort training tool for me.
Not only that, but many dogs find them quite aversive. Ever seen a dog struggle against a head collar when you try to put it on? Or roll on the ground and scratch at it's face trying to get it off? The name "gentle leader" is totally misleading IMO.

Suzanne Clothier has written a brilliant article on the dangers of head collars;

Flying Dog Press - Suzanne Clothier - The Problems With Head Halters

No tool should be used as a bandaid for training. Tools should be used to help you gain control so you can have a bit of extra leverage to help you teach the dog the behaviour you want.

When I was training loose leash walking I used a well fitted martingale collar and the change of direction technique. We do all our walking and training on a flat collar now, training is about building a relationship with your dog, and teaching your dog that being with you and obeying your commands is the most rewarding thing ever

[deardaisy]

Originally Posted by kathiam

Slowing car?

Somewhere he's learned that when a car slows down, it stops. After it stops, a person gets out. Yay person!!

So every time a car slows, for any reason, he wants to go to it to see the person that (of course! in his mind..) is going to get out.
lol

[kathiam]

Originally Posted by deardaisy

Somewhere he's learned that when a car slows down, it stops. After it stops, a person gets out. Yay person!!

So every time a car slows, for any reason, he wants to go to it to see the person that (of course! in his mind..) is going to get out.
lol

Just like Lily has learned that when the doorbell rings someone is here. Only problem is we have surround sound on our t.v. and there seems to more door bell ringing in commercials and t.v. lately and she gets all excited and runs to do the door. I feel so bad for her when nobody is there to greet her.

[Tucker]

Originally Posted by kathiam

Just like Lily has learned that when the doorbell rings someone is here. Only problem is we have surround sound on our t.v. and there seems to more door bell ringing in commercials and t.v. lately and she gets all excited and runs to do the door. I feel so bad for her when nobody is there to greet her.

If we see a commercial that we know has a doorbell sound in it we mute the TV rather than having 5 minutes of barking at the door.


We also put in a baby gate at the entrance to the living room so people can come to our house without being mugged by 3 beagles. My wife has a friend that visits every so often that is scarred of dogs. That gate is closed when she comes over.

[RosCole]

Our guys go nuts over car horns! I don't know why or what they associate it with but even if they hear a horn on TV its cuckoo time in the beagle house!!

Funny though, they can hear dogs and other animals on TV and not even flinch. Interesting...