Congratulations to the winners: Steph B, Elizabeth, and Kathy!
Despite having been around for over a decade, I am still astounded by the number of people who refer to a Gentle Leader as a muzzle. It doesn’t matter that it’s pink, covered in flowers, and about a centimeter wide around the muzzle of a fluffy Golden Retriever, there’s still always that person who kind of edges sideways and scooches by with an apologetic “I don’t want to get bit.”
I use it as an opportunity to teach people, of course. I mean, of all the thousands of dogs you see on a regular basis, how often do you actually run into one with an actual muzzle on it? It’s very rare. I always fall back on the old “horse halter” analogy, which people seem to get.
I am so into this whole thing because, without a doubt, it is still one of the finest dog products ever produced, in my opinion.
I’ve seen firsthand the successes, crazy shepherds who can suddenly be walked by the family kindergartner, people who had given up hope on taking their pet in public finally feeling like they had a shot at doing so. I’ve tried everything with Brody from Martingales to no-pull harnesses and I still ended up back with the Gentle Leader as the product that works best for him.
Now, every dog is different. I like the no-pull harness when we’re out in the boonies and there’s no one for him to jump on. Brachycephalic dogs who don’t have a muzzle for the Gentle Leader to sit on aren’t good candidates. And some people swear up and down that no matter how closely they follow the instructions, they just couldn’t get it to work for them. Everyone figures something out eventually, if they keep working at it.
But me, I am an Gentlevangelist. I love them. And because I’m a lucky person, Premier sent me a goodie box of some of their best items to do with what I will. Well, I already purchased most of them already, so I am going to share the wealth with you guys. Today I have three products to give away:
1. An original Gentle Leader training system with the collar, a leash, an indoor drag line, and an instructional DVD. Size medium.
2. The Easy Walk Harness Size M/L, in purple.
3. And for the kitties, the Come With Me Kitty harness in a lovely blue, size M. I admit I was a little skeptical on this concept at first, but after seeing behaviorist Dr. Sophia Yin talk about the wonderful effect of early socialization of kittens and how so many of these cats love getting to go out and about with their harnesses, I was sold. I’ve started to notice quite a few more people out on my walks taking their cats for a stroll.
So I’ll keep it easy, you all know the drill. To enter just leave a comment below with which product(s) you would like to win and why! Contest open to US/Canada, and will close 11:59 PST June 14, 2011.
I LOVE the Easywalk harness! I never thought I would use one until I put one on my border collie at the request of a friend and our whole relationship changed! Would love another for my new pup. š
I would love to win #2, the purple EASY WALK HARNESS size M/L. My 5 year old American Pit Bull Terrier, Kahlua, loves to walk around the neighborhood. The Easy Walker is the only harness I can use to keep her from pulling me down the street. Her original pink Easy Walker is beginning to show wear after years of use. And like a girly girl dog, my Kahlua loves everything pink and purple. Thanks for the opportunity to win a new Easy Walk Harness! Muddy paws to all!!
I would like the easywalk harness. I use them when running my dogs at agility trials because they go crazy wanting to get in the ring! Thanks!!
I would love to win a Come with me Kitty harness so that my two indoor kitties could get to go outside!!
Ruby (dog) would like to win the “Easy Walk Harness” she is such a puller, lunges and this one was actually recommended to us from a trainer. Would love to be able to go for more walks.
We would love to win the Easy Walk Harness. We foster dogs & sometimes they have never been walked before; this should make the adjustment period much easier š
HI. I have a 3-year old Saint Bernard and we just recently added a “Saint/Dane”, Daisy, (St. Bernard/Great Dane) puppy to our family. She has only been with us for 6 weeks and has already gained 30 lbs. and at 5 months is up to 70+ lbs. I would LOVE to win the Gentle Leader to help, with what will be a VERY LARGE dog in just a matter of a few months, to learn the right way to go on our walks…..especially when I am trying to walk a combined total of 300+ lbs. worth of dogs in my future. Thanks for this opportunity to win these fabulous prizes. BTW-I use the Easy Walk Harness with great success with my Saint Bernard….I love it for her!
We have a year and a half old Britanny who acted like he was training for the Iditarod Sled Race. Pulled so hard, I ended up in physical therapy for my elbow/shoulder. THIRTY SECONDS after we set out with a Gentle Leader, he was walking at my side. Until this point, I had not realized our Golden had been pulling too although, not nearly as bad. Would love to win another for our dear Gennie!
I had a similar experience! My 90 lb lab hurt me knee and my father’s shoulder with his incessant pulling. After the Gentle Leader, I could practically walk him holding the leash with my pinky finger!
This is the ONLY thing in the year and a half+ of his life that has gotten the “please don’t pull” message across to him. Hope to be able to ween him off of it at some point.
A freakishly strong 55 pound dog is bad enough. I can’t imagine being pulled along by a 90 pound dog!!
I have used Gentle Leaders for years. I use them on the rambunctious puppies to the puppy that tries to put anything and everything in their mouths. I feel this has helped me form expensive foreign body surgeries. It gives more control over their heads and what they are putting in their mouths while on walks.
I believe this is one of the most valuable things puppy people should get.
Not looking to enter the contest, just wanted to say love your page! And this is a great article. I love and recommend all of these products to my clients and they do work wonders.
My border collie mix bosco would love the purple easy walk harness. We currently use the gentle leader but he can be a bit reactive to bunnies in our neighborhood and I don’t want him to hurt his neck lunging with it on. We were going to get him a purple easy walk because that is his fav color but no one sells it in town š his big brother (a 120lb malamute) has one and he wants to match. Plus it will make it easier to walk them together
My son Stevie would love to win a gentle leader or an easy walk harness for his furry friends in foster care at Northeast Nebraska Humane Society. For Stevie’s 6th Birthday he is fundraising for NENEHS. He lost his two labs last year days before his 5th birthday & they were never returned home. This year he wants to help his furry friends in Northeast Nebraska. The Premier products are amazing & would be SO beneficial for foster care dogs that tend to be a handful. These products would greatly improve the lives of these animals & their care takers. Thank you!
Hi. I would actually love to win any of those products. I have a 4 month old border collie, 13 year old border collie and husband has a 6 year old aussie. The aussie has an Easy Walk Harness which works great. My border collie has a very old gentle leader with a wide nose strap (before they made it thinner). Its too wide to use effectively on the puppy and the Easy Walk Harness is also too big for her even when she will be full grown.
I’m with you – I love my Easy Walk and my Gentle Leader. I use the gentle leader whenever I need good control – busy parks, vet visits, etc. and the easy walk comes out if we are just going around the neighborhood. Not sure what we would do without them!
My Pitbull, Rock, and I are inseperable – except when it comes to taking a walk. He is so strong and so excited that he pulls me around like a ragdoll. We’ve had to give up walking together and I miss it so much. My Aunt told me about the Easy Walk Harness. It sounds like the perfect solution to our dilemma. I would so like to win the Easy Walk Harness, Med/Lg. “Just a minute, Rock. Let’s get your special harness on!”
I train Service dogs for a program called North Star. We use the Easy Walk Harness for all of our dogs. I can really use one for my current puppy.
The Gentle Leader has been a life saver around here! My 1 year old Lab/Mastiff mix Mosby was always taking us for walks and it was never an enjoyable experience. I finally broke down and bought the Gentle Leader and what a difference it has made! He’s still getting used to it, but as long as I keep a steady pace we do pretty good. The bonus to this is that he was also able to escape his collar, no matter how snug it was (his neck is really a lot of loose skin) and the Gentle Leader secures him and takes away the fear that he’ll escape. In addition, I find that people are less afraid of the big black dog walking down the street simply becuase he looks like he’s muzzled. As awful as that is (poor big black doggies never get a break).
I would love to try the Gentle Leader, but that is not Clyde’s size. We will break down and buy one to try one of these days. I think the biggest challenge will be him trying to paw it off his snout. For our daily treks around the neighborhood, we alternate between the Easy Walk and the Sporn harnesses. Both work equally well with Clyde. He’s not a “puller” when in familiar territory, but his good manners go out the window when we’re someplace new.
I’d love to win the Gentle Leader! A medium would fit my Springer – we’ve already use one of these for classes and anyplace where there’s a lot of excitement. He’s a “hugger” and we are trying so hard to teach him to keep 4 feet on the floor while greeting people! We started on day one (no joke) but alas, the Springer comes with springs in it’s feet… I’d like to keep one in my car so that if I need it I can just grab it.
I would love to win the Gentle Leader Head Harness – The training method we are using works very well with this tool and since my dogs travel quite a bit with me, the head harness is a great thing. The GL helps my dogs understand that we all need to behave in a civilized manner in public – pulling on lead is not a fun outcome for anyone – and it looks horrible. My guys happily walk at my side on a loose lead with the GL – but one of my boys has outgrown his – so the medium size would be perfect for us! My guys are cocker spaniels, btw.
I would love to win the gentle Leader for my Irish setter. He is now 2 and other than trying to pull my arm out of its socket when we walk on a leash he is a good boy. No pulling has been the only command I have had an impossible time with him on. The Gentle Leader might be just the thing.
I would like to win any of the items for my local animal shelter! They are currently short on dog harnesses and have lots of kittens coming in who might benefit from the cat harness. Thank you, Dr. V.
I’m a Gentlevangelist, too! I hate to see clients come in with choke or prong collars, and they STILL have no control over their pulling dog… it’s such an easy solution! Regarding the people who say it doesn’t work, I think the only problem with the product is that people find it hard to get the correct fit. I think they get confused with the directions and then give up.
For those that are entering the contest, or are going to buy one, consult Premier’s chart to decide if the Gentle Leader or the Easy-Walk Harness is better for your situation. The Easy Walk Harness is great for those that pull and strain against the leash. But if you have a dog that lunges, tries to chase after other dogs, jumps, etc… then the Gentle Leader is a better choice for your dog.
(scroll to the bottom…) http://www.premier.com/View.aspx?page=dogs/products/behavior/gentleleader/description
Shuks, just saw it’s open to US/canada only, can you do a UK competion please ?
I don’t need another one, but I whole-heartedly recommend them, as a friend did to us. It works great for our overly friendly & rambunctious English Cocker, Miss Elizabeth!
I would love the Gentle Leader harness for my new girl. We just rescued her from the shelter a month ago. She had been there for 5 mos and we were the only people to look at her during her stay there. She has not been socialized at all so everything is new to her and each day is a new day in bringing her out of her shell. I have a Lupine harness from my basset that passed away 5 yrs ago that I have used on her for walks, but she has so many fears….and having to get it over her head freaks her out. She tries to back out of her collar when she gets scared, hence the absolute need for a harness. It would be great to have the Easy Walk so I could have better control of her when she jerks and tries to run, yet not have to pull a harness over her head.
I love the Gentle Leader! I call it “Power Steering for dogs”. It makes an unruly dog really easy to handle. My main issue with it though is getting the dog to accept it – many dogs will rub their head on the ground and everything around them in order to try to get it off. But, once a dog gets used to it, it’s wonderful!
Oh wow! I love that this brand has a harness for cats! My poor cat has never been outside, because he was born and raised in a kennel and every time we try to take him outside, he tries to run off. I would love for him to be able to feel the grass and the air and smell new things, and this harness would be perfect! Even if I don’t win, I think I’ll buy one anyways! š
I run an ACD rescue and we often use the Easy Walk Harness to teach our newest fosters about not pulling on a leash. Cattle dogs can be very strong and easily slip out of a normal collar so it’s a great training tool. I would love to win Item #2 for our rescue group.
I’d like to try the kitty harness – I’ve seem miracles happen with the application of the Gentle Leader.
I would love to win #1 or #2 for my favorite dog rescue, Secondhand Hounds! They love bully breeds and we are always looking for supplies to help foster families with their foster dogs.
I use the Gentle Leader and a harness on my 65 lb. dog, He minds so well on our walks now! I’d like to try the kitty harness on the alpha of the house; the cat.
I’d love to try the kitty harness! Our cats love to go outside, but aren’t street savvy enough to roam free. My mother-in-law trained her kitten to stay in her yard (as far as we know) by taking him out on a harness.
SInce i recently won a giveaway, I don’t need to be included in this one. But I wanted to say that I love the Come With Me Kitty cat harness. I have several for my cats and they work really well. The cats love getting some time outside to explore their yard. This is the only way I let me indoor cats out and always supervised. They love it and I suppose I do too! It’s also great the the Come With Me Kitty harness comes in many colors. Each cat has their own color that matches their coat!
I am a huge GL fan! and I’d love to try the Kitty Come Along! It works so well for my very large dogs, I bet my kitties would love to take a walk, too! Thanks Dr. V, I hope I win!
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We would enjoy the Easy Walk medium. Tino has one right now, but he chewed through the straps that go around his chest. My husband improvised by putting a chain there. It works but sure would like a new one!
Tino is 70lb lab…maybe a large would be better?
I would love to win the gentle leader and easy walk harness! I am a very active foster for an all breed dog rescue (PAWS New England) and am constantly having to buy these for my fosters. I foster a lot of the dogs with behavioral issues and so they generally stay with me longer than a highly adoptable dog would to work on their manners. š
I’d love to win the gentle leader for my puppy! thank you very much for hosting a giveaway.
I don’t need any of them, but if I win, I will donate whichever to a rescue.
I would love to win a gentle leader or easy fit harness for the dogs in our care – Humane Society for Boone County (www.hsforbc.org). We are a 100% volunteer organization and have no physical shelter – our volunteers open their homes for all our animals. We often pick up loose animals (we have no animal control in our county) and either or both of those items would assist in the transition of these animals into furrever homes. I am a personal gentler leader fan and user for the past 4 years. It works!!
Thank you!
i would love the gentle leader for my boston terror, Vegas!! hahah! He is sucha puller on the leash that I think it would help me train him!
I REALLY need a Gentle Leader! I have taken on the task of training my daughter’s beautiful huskie. House training is going great, but leash training is slow going. I love this dog and want to make walks better for her!
I would love to win the original Gentle leader!! Looks like it says it works for dogs 25-60 pounds so it would work for the 35 pound Australian cattle dog we just adopted about a month ago!! We have one for our other dog, but she apparently needs one as well š We’ve been meaning to buy one, but it’d be great to win one instead!
I have a question though, did Brody take a while to get used to his? I don’t always use Toby’s just because he gets sooo excited when i pick his leash up, but then when i get the gentle leader out he gets a little mopey and usually jumps on the couch. Then i feel bad, lol š
Both of my dogs wear the Easywalk. I’ve had people stop me & ask me about the harnesses, once someone even asked me to adjust her dog’s harness so it fit properly! Some people have told me it doesn’t work but I tell them that it won’t make your dog into a great walker w/o training but it does help so they won’t pull your arms off. Anyway, my senior dog no longer quite fits into the large & the local stores don’t sell the M/L so I’d love to try this on him!
I would LOVE to try the gentle leader. My husky is just CRAZY on a leash, and we have tried everything from no pull harnesses to a wacky walkr, but have not tried the gentle leader. The M should fit, as she is in the mid 50 lb. range. If I don’t win the one here, I am definitely going to go buy one for her, in hopes it will work!
I would love the original Gentle Leader for our standard schnauzer. He’s insane when he sees a bird! We’ve heard wonderful things about the gentle leader and have been wanting to try it out.
I would love the Gentle Leader! Dexter is a standard schnauzer and while is only 22.5 lbs. at 4.5 months, one day soon, he’ll be 40+ lbs. which would be nearly half the weight of my wife, Kristin. So, I think we should win this so Dexter doesn’t rip my wife’s arm off and because I’m a sweet enough husband to think of it!
I got a Freedom No-Pull Harness a couple of months ago (mine don’t care for the Gentle Leader, although I like it) it has been great! All the guys walk right beside me, no problem.
I originally purchased the Gentle Leader for Sophie, my Cattledog, when I rescued her in 2000 and now it is all I would use for my new rescue pup! They are awesome! We had some comical moments when first trying it – like Sophie walking on her hind legs while trying to scrape it off with her front paws! Our original leader is getting a little threadbare and we could use a new one.
I would love the The Easy Walk Harness Size M/L, in purple — I have a chocolate lab that I TRUST YOUR experience to know could greatly benefit from this — as the choke collar just isn’t working on our walks…………..she likes to drag me around. Thanks for having a give away.
I would LOVE the easy walk harness for my bloodhound Fred. Ive tried all sorts of no pull things for him so this would be interesting to try. The gentle leader head halti wouldnt work for him due to his nose is normally on the ground smelling š
I would like to try the Gentle Leader, our two 65 and 75 pound dogs are pretty good walkers, except when they see a cat out or another dog. Then they pull pretty bad. I don’t feel safe walking both by myself (one is fine), maybe this would help!
Hi!
I’d love to get the Come With Me Kitty!
I’ll be moving soon to a quieter neighborhood and would finally be able to walk my 2 cats (Puce and Fido) around! They’ve only been indoor so far.
I love your website!
Thank you!
I have a 9 1/2 year old Golden who still pulls on her daily walks. I have tried the Gentle Leader but she throws a fit even with an adjustment period, so I would love to win the Easy Walk Harness to make our daily walks a more enjoyable experience when we encounter other animals and people because obviously not everyone wants to say hello to my Golden. I can’t understand why though. š
I would love to try the Come With Me Kitty harness so Abby can try exploring beyond the confines of the apartment. Even on the balcony a harness would be a nice safety feature. We had a close call where she almost jumped between the slats once, so she is currently forbidden from going out there.
I would love an easy walk harness! We have the gentle leader and it works wonders for our pit mix. The only problem we have is that she has super sensitive skin and it tends to rub at the bridge of her nose and leave a mark after she wears it. We’ve been talking about transitioning her to a harness for awhile now and this would be the perfect opportunity! Thank you!
Hello,
I would love to get a gentle leader for my growing lab pup, because they are such great products. I am raising my own service dog with the helping of a trainer, and prior to getting my first gentle leader for her I was told to get her a prong collar. I went against the advice, and went for a gentle leader. The gentle leader and easy-walk harness are great products for dogs both small and large. They are great products, and they have allow me to humanely train my dog to walk better on a leash. She is just 6 months old, but she walks so well with the gentle leader on her.
Thanks for offering to give some to people, because they are such great products they should be used more than the other types of collars and harnesses. The harnesses seem safer and better for the dogs and cat alike.
Thanks!
I have a 3 year old Maine Coone/Manx cross kitty named Arte. Before I had to move in January, he used the dog door to go outside. Our house now doesn’t have a dog door and is on a busy street so he can’t go outside. He sits in the bedroom window and howls to go outside. When Maddie (my 3 yr old bull mastiff who wears a type of gentle leader) and I go for walks I can hear him when we’re halfway down the block. He’s very smart and I think he would be easy to train with the harness. All the cat harnesses in the stores here (Edmonton AB) seem to be very flimsy and I could see him slipping out very easily. It would be nice to be able to take him for walks with Maddie or just take him out into the back yard.
My Magoo (cat) is a regular walker in out neighbourhood. He loves his harness and walks proudly down the street with it. Magoo is not like a dog and wont keep pace with you, he like to stop and roll and smell flowers and visit with people. Its takes us about 15 mins to walk to the corner but to be honest, he is the best teacher about how you should like your life….with eyes wide open and stopping to smell the flowers ever chance you get. I would love product #3 just to give it a try.
At the shelter we swear by Premiere products! All our dogs wear them in the kennel- helps them stay calm and put their best foot forward when going on a walk with a prospective adopter.
i personally lvoe the Easy Walk harness as my Frenchies can’t wear a GL
Come with me Kitty sells like hotcakes to our feline adopters
I would love a new Easy Walk Harness. My Spinone wears one as well, but it’s not quite the right size (and i’m broke and can’t afford to get her a new one- that’s shelter work for you š
Oh, I’d love to try the cat harness (I already own 2 gentle leaders and one ez walk PER DOG… but nothing for the cat). She was undersocialized due to being a feral kitten, all those precious socialization periods were spent socializing her to domestic life/me and my family instead of to the wider world. I’m not sure what she’d think of being able to go back outside now at 8 years old (I trapped her in my garage at about 8 weeks old), but we’d like to give it a try!
I’d like to try the Come With Me Kitty. When my older cat was a kitten, I got her used to wearing a harness without the lead, but as soon as I attached the lead, she freaked out and would never wear the harness again (I attached the lead after a week of her wearing the harness without and let it lay on the ground untouched).
Our younger cat is a bit more social and I would be interested to see if she would adjust well to walks.
I would love to win the kitty harness. My orange and white guy, Connor, is in love with the outdoors all of the sudden. All of my cats are indoor only, but I’d love to be able to give him his heart’s desire and take him out for some safe exploring.
I would love #1 – the gentle leader. I need it because after 2 years of trying to teach her to walk on a leash I am finally going to admit it isn’t working. It could be because my husband lets her pull and when I take her out I am always starting at square one. It could be because all the squirrels in my neighbourhood are trying to kill themselves by running in front of a dog but mostly I think it is because Mulligan aka Eidelweiss Just Dreaming hasn’t read the manual on being a golden. i think she skipped the chapter on being obedient and loyal. I need help
Suzy
would love the Come with me Kitty.. I have 3 cats.. but one of them it would probably actually work on.. He is a big boy and used to go outside all the time but since we moved we are too close to a busy street and there are a lot of feral cats that like to fight in my area.. decided to make kitties indoor only. I do have a no pull harness for my 1 yo puppy and it is fantastic to not be pulled around the yard! If i ever end up taking him somewhere with lots of people i’ll definitely pick up the gentle leader!
We have a foster greyhound here that pulls quite a bit on the leash. He keeps getting passed over by potential adopters because he gets excited and is hard to control on a leash. We’ve tried other “no-pull” harnesses and they don’t work for him. We’d love to try the Easy Walk Harness.
I would love the kitty harness for Kado, my therapy cat in training. Her current harness will be too small soon and she needs something new. I have a gentle leader that I use on my lab/aussie. At this point, it is no longer used to keep her from pulling, but as an alert that it is “time to work.”
I would love the Come with Me Kitty. I already walk my older cat and would like to do so with our 1 year old, but the halter we use with the older boy is too big for the younger girl. She doesn’t do too bad with it inside, but I would not go outside with the larger halter on her. Our older cat thinks he’s a dog the way he walks with his halter and he will go up to the dogs in the neighborhood to say hello!
I’d love to try the Gentle Leader, but I don’t think that size would fit my 70lb pit bull BUT one of my kitties, Cielo would dig the Come With Me Kitty harness š
I so want to try the easy walk harness for my boy. The gentle leader is awesome and I use it for all three labs but my older boy hates it.. The other two have adjusted and don’t mind it at all. He still has to wear the gentle leader until I find something else that works..
My pup is an extreme puller. I’ve tried the Gentle Leader on him when I first got him (I was fostering him at the time); however, he would simply lie down and refuse to walk. After many unsuccessful attempts, I decided to switch to the Sporn harness. Although it does deter the pulling strength, his big body mass (80lbs) and high energy makes it difficult for me to control him when he’s excited. I’ve been thinking of retrying the Gentle Leader or switching to the Easy Walk for awhile now but I simply cannot afford to purchase either if they do not work. I am keen to give the Easy Walk a try (since the Gentle Leader would not fit him) and if it cannot correct my overgrown, rebellious teen of a dog, then I would gladly donate the harnesses to those in need!
We would LOVE to win the M/L Easy Walk Harness!! Jack lives in one on every trip out of the house so he puts a lot of wear and tear on his and could use a new one.
It’s great that you put up a M/L size too. Most stores carry only the standard sizes and not the “Tweener” sizes so people may not be aware that there are Tweener sizes unless they shop online. Jack has a deep narrow chest and doesn’t fit at all in the standard size M or L. So if a dog doesn’t fit those, hit up the Premier Website.
Another cool thing available online from Premier is the Deluxe Gentle Leader, which comes with some cute patterns and, more importantly, a felt lining where the Gentle Leader rests on the nose.
Jack is in a Gentle Leader any time we have to navigate multiple dogs or people because he has suffered from fear aggression. With good control over his head, we can safely take him into environments that would not be safe without it.
I would love to win the M/L walk harness! I currently volunteer at Harbor Humane Society and we could really start using some of these with the dogs. The regular harnesses work on some of the dogs, but these would be wonderful on the volunteers hands!!
I would love to try the Easy Walk Harness. I already have a Gentle Leader, which is the best thing for Gilbert – he is a big-time puller, but he hates it so much and is constantly trying to get it off his nose. So I generally use a Sensation harness, which works OK, but not as good as the Gentle Leader.
I would love to win the Come with Me Kitty harness. I live in an apartment building with a courtyard and I would love to let my cat, Lily Potter, tag along on my outdoor adventures!
Love the easy walk harness and would be interested in trying the Gentle leader in a small
I would love the EasyWalk harness for my bulldog, Lilly. We affectionately call her “Cannonball.”
You can probably guess why.
We also get Comments on the easywalk harness all the time too. People, you know the loudmouth guys who consider themselves the dog park “experts”, telling us it’s on sideways (they think the, er, leash connecting bit should be on our dog’s back). I enjoy correcting them. It is definitely a cool product though.
I would like to win the Gentle Leader because I couldn’t find any when I originally went looking so our Easywalk harness was kinda the consolation prize. Also because my goggy is so cute.
I was just thinking earlier today how great it would be to have an Easy Walk Harness, and my girl is a M/L! We already use a Gentle Leader (size M), but it’d always be nice to have a second on hand (it gets pretty grody after a trip to the dog park where she inevitably sticks her snout in a freshly dug hole).
Gentle leaders are a great tool for teaching a dog to walk nicely. You will want to make sure you introduce it slowly and make sure it’s a positive experience. Too many pet parents just put it on and try to walk their dogs. I also like the Easy Walk Harness by Premier. I have seen immediate results in some dogs that pull with the harness. Thanks for the informative post.
Would love one for our cats! They love staring out the windows, I’m sure they’d like to go for walks outside. At least for a little while, you know until it’s naptime. Again.
I just recently got the GentleLeader Headcollar for my boxer mix who’s a terrible puller & jumps on people (she is incredibly sweet & wouldn’t hurt a fly, but she scares people when she runs at them jumping!) I hated to see people afraid of my big sweetheart, so after trying everything else under the sun & being opposed to pinch collars, I found the GentleLeader. It’s amazing!!! After a week, she had gotten used to it and wasn’t trying to claw it off her face anymore. She walks so well now, and actually SITS rather than jumping on new friends!! I would love to try the Easy Walk Harness for when we’re on longer walks and there won’t be so many distractions but I still need her to stop pulling. Thanks so much for this post & contest!! :]
I would love to try either of the dog ones, I have a border collie mix whose.. absolutely a terror on a leash. I don’t have a lot of time to actually uh, train her not to be, (I’m 25 weeks pregnant, and have a 10 month old! Woohoo Irish twins).. She’s my husband’s dog, well, actually my husband’s ex wife’s dog. Her idea of training her was to lock her in her crate. So she’s especially.. not socialized. I can’t walk her being so pregnant, and my husband has no experience training a dog! (My pitbull walks like a dream on a leash, thankfully, and I trained her when I was 15!!)
I don’t need to enter, but thanks to your article and all these comments, I’m ordering Wally (Brody’s surf buddy) an easy walk harness. He’s a great walker with me, but with anyone else he’s a mess.
Thanks!
I remember Wally! He was awesome! I hope you love the harness!
I would love to win a Come With Me Kitty Harness. I have a Gentle Leader Headcollar for my 1 year old bull terrier/shepherd mix and it works wonders on him. I’m so thrilled with Premier Pet Products and would love to have a Come With Me Kitty Harness for my year old cat Chuckie. He loves exploring the outdoors but I love him too much to let him be an outside cat. I’ve tried out cat harnesses with him but nothing seems to work, it looks like he feels uncomfortable in them. I know and trust Premier Pet Products and I feel like this would work very well for him.
I’ve been wanting to try the gentle leader on my male husky, I don’t know if it’ll work but I’d be willing to try anything to keep him from pulling my arm off
I’d like to try #1 with our 2 year old Akita Riley. He is really such a good boy – very well behaved, can 100% trust him with people and other dogs. He’s obedient and respectful around the house. We are so proud of him.
The one thing that I need to work on with him is pulling while out on walks. He absolutely loves being out and gets so excited. He loses all sense of propriety and just wants to dart around like a bullet.. he’s almost 80lbs of lean muscle, so it is essential that I am in control at all times. He’s not pulling anywhere in particular.. he just pulls forward.. not interested in dogs passing or anything.. just busy heading nowhere.. haha.
Anyway, I know I’m to blame, not him. I tend to get him fired up before we even go out.. ” you wanna go for a walk??” And so we start out too excited.. I am working on this – starting out the walk in control and we’re doing better. Any help we can get would be awesome. I haven’t tried the gentle leader yet, but have heard good things. Please consider us for your sample. š
Thanks.
Tanya & Riley
I’ve been looking for a good harness for my cat, Liam. He was a rescue cat and even after a year of living with us, is still having a hard time adjusting to life ‘on the inside’. A few weeks ago it occurred to me that maybe if I harnessed him and took him for walks, it might cut down on his door-darting episodes. So I’d definitely love to try the Come With Me harness!
Gosh does it really work? I use a harness not like yours on my Rhott Shepherd and no success. Apache’s strength is always the winner. Which one would be good for my 110lb still growing darling?
The gentle leader worked with us right from the very start. We always had problems walking our 1 year old golden retriever as he pulls a lot. Tried everything but nothing worked until our vet advised us to use the gentle leader. And about the misconception that it’s a muzzlle, I can also relate to that. Our golden retriever was wearing one when I was walking him last week. People who do not know what a gentle leader is will certainly give you odd looks. One lady even asked me if he bites because he had a muzzle on. Explained to her that it was not a muzzle & that he can still open his mouth.