Cesar MillanPack Leader Collar™ - Training Collar of The Dog Whisperer (Medium, Grey)

This is the second dog that I trained with the Cesar collar.Old vs. New style:I have used both. I did like the old style because it was easy to put on. I snapped it on. This one slides over his head and has to be adjusted. This is NOT an issue. I like how this is made better. It slides over his head easy. It stays in place. There is a separate collar at the top that is what controls the dog. The neck part is ONLY to hold the collar in place. It is the only purpose of the neck part.Size:The dog I am using this on now is a Doberman/Pitbull mix 6 month old pup. He has a little Australian Shepherd and a little Great Pyrenes in him. He is close to 50 pounds now. I went with the medium. I need to adjust it to make it the smallest. It is still a little too big but it works EXTREMELY well.My experiences with the Cesar Collar:My first dog, Jasper was a high energy Pitbull/lab. He was a puller. He didn't respond to dog treats while walking. Not even high value treats. Through different training classes and watching Cesar, I learned the collar was supposed to be high on the neck. I could never keep it that high all of the time. Finally, we broke down and bought the Cesar collar. This was the OLD style of Cesar collar. My dog became an excellent walker. For me, The Cesar collar was only TEMPORARY. Once I applied what I learned in classes and learned from watching Cesar, I was able to remove the collar. Once he learned to walk and I removed the collar, he walked BEAUTIFULLY. People were constantly commenting how well he walked. The original collar was a GAME CHANGER for Jasper.Move on to our 6 month old pup, Alfie. Alfie can be an excellent walker when he wants to be. Most of the time he is. He can also try to lead. If I snap his collar he becomes stressed. This builds into tension until he is doing zoomies in the middle of our walk. The weird thing about this Alfie is he LOVES to walk what I called "Free Leash walking". I put him on a long leash. I hold the leash in my right hand. he walks beautifully through the neighborhood. He doesn't realize that I have him on a leash. Treats do help a lot. He stays at my side the whole time. If I pick up the leash close to his collar, he starts to lead and pull slightly. I drop the leash and he falls right back in place. I was hoping to train him to walk on a leash by using this method. It didn't work.I tried a harness. Personally, I felt like I was managing him and my pup was the pack leader. I never can see him walking without the harness one day. To me, a harness is a lifetime commitment. I know if I train him to walk properly, I will rarely snap his leash or collar. It is getting him to that point though. I needed help keeping the collar in place. I started considering the Cesar collar.What concerns me with Alfie is his unpredictability. He most often walks beautiful. He can pull light but will fall into place when I stop. About once a week, he can become very difficult and do zoomies, buck like a horse and try to jump all over me. If I bring his collar up high, he doesn't like that much either and I can get the same response. He is getting stronger. I need to take care of the issue.A couple weeks ago, enough was enough, I was tired of the unpredictability. I bought the Cesar collar. It sat in my basement for 2 weeks. I didn't need it. I didn't think it would work. I was also reading so so reviews on the new style of the collar. Finally, after more than one unpredictable episode in one week, I pulled the Cesar collar out and put it on him.It was an instant game changer. I am now pack leader. Whereas when the collar is at the base of his neck, he didn't pay much attention to a snap. Now he can feel the collar with a light snap. Now, he is walking by my side. A small snap and he knows he has to straighten out. I have only been using it a few days now. I am finding great success in training my second dog with it. Our walks are becoming more peaceful.5 stars:I can't recommend this enough. I work hard training my dogs. Alfie does magic shows, he bows and plays cornhole. The walking though is a different story. We both want to walk but each of us want to walk our own way. It was a power struggle between the two of us. The Cesar collar helps keep the collar in place; therefore, making me the pack leader. Love it.

I Have a Bullmastiff and this collar works great to control him. He is a 150lbs so for me to maintain control can be very difficult without this collar. I recommend this collar for anyone needing help maintaining control walking your dog.

I bought the medium pack leader collar, which should fit as my dog’s neck is 18 3/4” and the size says 16 - 19” for medium. The medium’s to small. The mesh padding in the collar is stuff and not well padded. I’ve an American Pit Bull and they have a fine fur coat with skin that’s easily damaged. The mesh padding and stiff edging for the collar, for this bred, appears as if it would be uncomfortable, and could rub a sore. I bought Mr Millan’s back pack at size medium and while it fits I’ve worked with better ones, and both his lead and this collar for my dog in size medium need to be in a size larger. The plastic clips to close the collar are smooth without teeth so I doubt they would hold in the closed position with an unruly dog. Just disappointing. One of my cats thought the lead an interesting toy for some reason. It all looks nice, the blue looks good. Too tired and disappointed to try to return the lead and collar.

I got this for my large breed Dogo Argentino pup as she is growing quickly, is already powerful, and is pulling and jumping. She's only 45 lbs now and on her way to 80 - 100 lbs. A standard lead will not work well on walks at this time. There are methods to train using a standard lead and bating with treats/commands, but this would be less traumatic on the neck as standard leads slip down quickly.Anyway, the problem with this collar is one thing, it should have quick release fasteners. My dog is very hyper and getting her to stay still while getting it on is a real challenge. I can get it on, but then tensioning the top and bottom lever fasteners is very impractical. It takes me about 3 minutes just to get the darn think on, positioned and tensioned correctly before the walk. Also, she easily releases the fastener with one swipe of the paw. The lead is there for safety, but who wants to stop the walk to start fixing a leash?There must be either an infringement/patent or cost issue related to the quick release fasteners as this would be an easy fix. I plan on getting the fasteners myself and have someone sew them in securely. It will cost me a few bucks, but its worth eliminating the aggravation and wasting of time.

Fit was off. My dog is too small for this type of collar. I’m sure it’d work great for larger canines. Great quality and value.

This collar I had the best experience before to use electric o es, due they understand not to pum, this are Bullterriers, Brindle weight is 60 pounds in walking pull are like 100/120 pounds for this collar is the best. I wish Cesar makes new items again.

Quality was good, but my dog didn’t like it

I bought one to see how our pups would do. Well I bought a second one today! One is beginning training walks and the other was not behaving well on leash at all. Yeah it’s my fault but this collar was an instant fix. No pulling from her at all and just the tiniest quick snap brings attention where it should be!!!! A small pitty and a cane corso mix