🐾 Walk the Walk, Not the Pull! 🐾
The HALTI Optifit Headcollar is a premium anti-pull solution designed for large dogs. With its adjustable fit, padded nose band, and reflective safety features, it ensures a comfortable and secure walking experience. Ideal for training, this headcollar promotes better control without compromising your dog's comfort.
Product Care Instructions | Hand wash or machine wash on gentle cycle, air dry, no bleach or harsh detergents. |
Material Type | Nylon |
Number of Items | 1 |
Unit Count | 1 Count |
Item Dimensions L x W | 7.9"L x 4.9"W |
Item Display Dimensions | 0.2 x 1.18 x 4.92 x 1.18 inches |
Color | Black |
Pattern | Solid |
Closure Type | Buckle |
P**3
Love that it connects back to the collar
This gentle leader is really easy to fit onto the dog, there’s a clip under the chin that’s adjustable. The nose strap at the top is padded so it’s comfortable for our pup. The gentle leader is nice and sleek, the color is simple and works really well. I love that there’s a piece that connects back to the our dog’s collar, so it has a little extra control using our martingale collar. Our pup pulls less when we use the gentle leader, and he is also less reactive.
R**L
Great product
My dog is definitely head-strong (husky/shephard) and this has helped redirect him and reduce his pull. It's not going to fix a strong puller by itself or be a 'magic cure' for most dogs but it is a very useful training aid. The construction is well made, soft nose and I like the extra security of being able to connect it to the collar. My dog can take it off his nose by himself, but only does so after the walks and can't get the whole thing off on his own. He's not a huge fan, but it helps to keep him under control. Not magic, but helps.2023 update... I love this thing! After 2 years of heavy use, still going strong. Only problem is the price has doubled! A family member 'requisitioned' one so I'm down to just one and foster so use it a lot. I purchased another brand (still not as cheap as this one was) and it is sooo low quality in comparison! I recently started fostering a hound who has a serious nose and pull instinct and tried many different combos (no pull harness, front strap, martingale, etc) and this one did work like magic! I still double clip her just in case, but control the nose control the hound! 1 week with this and she walks on a loose leash (unless she smells something but is controllable!)! The other one was so low quality in comparison I'm just going to bite the bullet and order another one of this brand vs trying for something else that wont compare... the details are great!
C**N
Benefits outweigh the cons, just purchased again.
I bought this product about 4.5 months ago and genuinely waited to review it so I could see how it held up and performed over time. To begin, I just bought a new one which is good and bad. Bad because it ended up tearing (see below), but good because I liked it enough to buy it again. A quick summary: There are definitely some noteworthy cons, but almost all of them can be avoided with PROPER use of the product and making sure it fits correctly. With proper use, this is a wonderful tool.Pros: I'm a ~175 lb man with a dog who is only about 60lb, but a pit/aussie mix who's strength is only exceeded by his relentless energy and desire to chase everything from animals to kids to airplanes. This made walks with a regular collar and even a full body harness quite exhausting and stressful. Before buying it, I had tried a million things to stop the pulling with no luck. With the Halti, walks are MUCH more manageable.Although he still tried to pull (see cons), the strength with which he's able to pull is SIGNIFICANTLY less than before. The pulling is now more of an annoyance at the beginning of a walk, rather than a full body workout. With even the slightest resistance, he can't pull very hard before it becomes uncomfortable for him. So in a sense, it does what it advertises in a roundabout way.Another pro is that because the Halti attaches to his face instead of his neck or body, it is MUCH easier to redirect his attention when he becomes overstimulated by something. Instead of using a traditional collar or harness and pulling his body away while his head is completely turned and still focused on the stimulus, the Halti allows you to physically turn his head away from the stimulus and get it out of his eyesight. This in COMBINATION with a variety of other training techniques can become extremely valuable in making walks much more manageable with a reactive dog.Cons: The Halti is not magic. You can't buy a $13 product expecting it to just magically make your dog a dream on leashed walks...if you do, you'll be severely disappointed and still frustrated. This however should be expected. Additionally to be expected, it takes quite a bit of work to get your dog to be comfortable with this foreign object on its face. It takes TIME and PATIENCE. You have to work hard to develop a positive association with the Halti by continuing to treat while first introducing it to them, then resting it on their snout while treating, then clipping it for very short amounts of time, then longer amounts of time, then short walks on leash down a hallway, then longer walks back and forth, all while treating and slowly reducing spacing out the treats. If you don't have the patience to work with your dog in this manner, you will never get it on the dog for a walk, and you'll have wasted your money.The clip on this product that can be adjusted to fit your dogs face is lacking in strength and should be improved. At the end of almost every long walk, it has become a little bit looser than when I started. It doesn't become loose enough on a walk to reduce it's effectiveness, but it IS sort of a nuisance. Before every walk I have to make sure I adjust the clip to the correct position in case it got loose on the last.---SUGGESTION: set it to the correct position for your dogs face, take it off, and mark that spot on the Halti with a silver sharpie. In reality, resizing the collar takes all of about 2 seconds, and if you already have the spot marked on the Halti to the optimal position, any extra time it takes to get it ready and on your dog before a walk is pretty much negligent.Lastly, but possibly most important: If the Halti is not PERFECTLY snug around your dogs nose, it can cause quite a bit of problems.The lesser problem is that if it is too loose and you're not 100% aware, your dog will be able to paw it off of his/her nose and you'll have to stop to tighten it and put it back on. Luckily, if this happens, you have the backup strap that should always be connected to their regular collar, so your dog still won't be able to go anywhere.The more significant problem, in my opinion, is that if its even a little too loose and your dog pulls directly AWAY from you with his face towards you (imagine him backing up away from you), the bottom strap of the Halti that goes underneath the chin, can get pulled up around their jaw and stuck in their mouth pulling at the back of their jowels. This can be pretty traumatic for the dog and damaging for the Halti. The first time this happened, my dogs molars actually tore the strap halfway through. It has held up for the past couple months even being torn halfway through, but this is the reason I am finally purchasing a new one.Additionally, please make sure the Halti is tight enough around their nose so that it does not injure their eyes. If it is too loose, the circumference becomes larger than their snout, and pulling on the leash can cause the Halti to move up and put pressure on the bottom of their eyes. Once again, this is easily avoided with proper use.
J**A
Great brand, worth every penny
I ordered a Halti head harness and by Amazon error got a body harness and matching lead. I loved them both so much I ordered the head harness also. I’m super impressed with this brand and will be a lifelong client.The harness is the ONLY harness I’ve used with my 2 year old exuberant life-loving Labrador pup that has allowed me to communicate with her on a walk. I’ve used several harnesses with front clips and they’ve been ok but they were not comfortable for her and chafed her arm pits. The gentle leader was the best but just does not compare.This halter is soft, padded in the right spots, and tightens when she pulls out of excitement. She gets the message that she’s breaking the rules and 80% of the time corrects herself. Every walk is a training walk but this is a game changer for my very exited and playful dog.The matching leash is amazing. It allows for so much flexibility in length or clip location that it’s now my favorite. I can clip it to the front and rear of the harness at the same time for max control or clip just to the back at varied lengths depending on the situation. I use the same one for her head halter as well. The leash is so soft in the hand and just excellent quality. I’ll buy another one once this one dies, but I think it will be a few years. Highly recommend!!
M**S
Perfeito
Veio certinho a regulação é perfeita
M**S
Excelente producto!
Cumple con su función perfecto!! A mis peritos les costó un poco de trabajo acostumbrarse al halty pero desde la primera vez que lo usaron vi una gran diferencia!! No más Jalones, caminan junto a mi sin querer salir corriendo, no les lastima nada y los puedo controlar con solo un pequeño gesto de la correa. MUCHAS GRACIAS POR ESTE EXCELENTE PRODUCTO!!Quiero hacer notar que no es para dejarlo permanentemente puesto en el pero, se usa para sacarlos a pasear, y trabaja junto con el collar. Luego se quita al terminar el paseo, y si esta bien colocado el Perro no puede morderlo no romperlo. Leer las instrucciones te da una buena idea de cómo colocarlo y cómo se usa.También revisar bien las tallas, compré la pequeña para mi corgi y la mediana para mi pero grande, y les quedan perfecto!!
D**D
Halti Headcollar
Arrived fast! It works amazing. I have been trying it on for a few minutes, and walking my dog around the house with it. She doesn't like it but is getting used to it. I took her for a short walk, about 20 minutes, last night and it performed very well. She stopped a couple of times and tried to paw the collar off but just continued to walk with me when instructed. I have a 72 lb german shephard who is a bit nervous so she tends to pull when she wants to return home. There is no pulling with this collar.
F**.
Bisher ein kleiner Erfolg
Mein Hund war sehr überrascht, aber tatsächlich hört die Zieherei auf, manchmal versucht sie sich es abzustreifen, aber insgesamt klappt es gut. Bei Hundebegegnungen klappt es besser. Die Passform für meine Boxerhündin perfekt.
B**L
Tao et son licole
Facile a placer, ça ne dérange pas mon chien et donc , enfin les balades sont agréables 😉
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