The Best Gear for Hiking with a Reactive Dog: Safe and secure leashes, harness, and collars
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- Опубліковано 25 тра 2020
- The Best Gear for Hiking with a Reactive Dog: Safe and secure leashes, harness, and collars.
Hiking can be a great activity to share with a reactive dog, but it is important to keep your dog safe and secure while out on the trail. After 8 years of hiking with my own reactive dog, here is my list of gear that we bring with on every hike.
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WOW. great video. Have a sweet lab mix I adopted a few years ago, and when she suddenly lost her older "brother" she fell apart. She has become so fearful and uncontrollable. so heart breaking not being able to even take her for a walk down the street. Taking reactive dog training class to help us, but it doesn't start for months. THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!! We are looking under every rock to get her mentally healthy and feeling secure again. And that means getting outside and back into life- slowly and safely. thanks again. great equipment advice. will check out your other videos.
I really like the harness you recommended. Thank you!
Just adopted my sweet Jenna three weeks ago and she is reactive and fearful, mostly with other dogs (and still people). I bought her a regular harness but once she started backing out of it from our first vet visit, I knew I needed to find an alternative. I ordered the Ruffwear Flagline harness and can't wait to try it out. Since we're still adjusting and training, I want to make sure we have secure gear :)
Congrats on adopting your sweet pup! And yes, it is so important to have a secure harness or collar while working with a fearful dog at higher risk areas (like a vets office). Hopefully, with a little time, consistency, and reinforcement of less anxious behaviors, she will start to find her confidence soon.
@@pawsitivelyintrepid We successfully went to the vet last week (she had to have some sedatives, though)! When we got out of the car, Jenna was trying to back out of her Flagline harness. I was much more relaxed and just calmly watcher her try since I knew it would be incredibly difficult for her to escape. Since I could be more calm, she was a lot more calm :) The front loop is an essential addition too for when she gets excited about a new place or bunnies. I need to go write a review on their website now, haha.
Very helpful video thank you. We have a dog reactive dog and have been looking for harnesses that our dog cannot back out of. We had issues with the Julius K9 harness as our dog backed out of it and was then attacked by a German Shepherd Dog. Since then I have been nervous about walking our dog in a harness. Thankfully the one you mentioned in this video looks good. I may try it.
It is so scary to have your dog slip a harness. Mine almost did that once, which is what led to me finding and purchasing the Web Master. Hope you can find the right fit for your pup! And hope your dog was okay after that attack.
I notice the blue harness kind of slips to the side...is that just a fit issue?
Yes, that harness does slip side to side. It does better if I have it adjusted more snugly, but if Glia pulls side to side at all, the harness tends to rotate some. Despite the mild rotation, it doesn't seem to bother her and she has not had any rubbing or chafing in her armpits. But if you are looking for a harness that rotates/ slips side to side less, Ruffwear's Flagline and Switchbak harnesses have wider chest pieces and don't rotate as much. Or adding the chest guard piece might help.
No beanie?
all of these years of training would simply be solved with slip lead. all this years of training and the dog cant exist in the vicinity of another dog. hmm says something about positively only training. there is no such thing as positively only or force free. restraining the dog on a harness is a force. putting the dog on a leash is controlling the dog which is a force. put a slip lead on give some well time corrections with treats and you`ll see amazing results in weeks.
Thank you for your comment. You're definitely right, that there is some restraint force with using a harness and leash. And it is always nice to hear what training works for other people. But positive training does work. There are several research studies that have examined different training styles and support this style of training. And I have seen huge improvements in my own dog using a predominantly classic "positive reinforcement" style of training. But training doesn't happen overnight regardless of what type of training you use and good equipment ( like a sturdy harness) can help in the meantime.