Head Collar Training
Thursday, January 10th, 2008
Over the centuries many methods and devices for controlling large and powerful animals have been tried. The idea of a training tool that gives more effective control is not a new one. One effective principle says “when you control the direction of an animal’s head you can more easily control the direction of the animal’s body”. Training dogs to use head collars work on this same principle.
One of the advantages head collars have over buckle, choke, or pinch collars is their ability to aid the dog handler in achieving a high level of control using far less physical strength. This has revolutionized training as methods requiring less force can be applied by greater numbers of people and used on greater numbers of dogs.
