Just a followup to my class of last night with Skeeter, my 51/2 month pup and the positive training instructor.
The trainer taught me how to adjust the gentle leader and how to put it on and check to make sure it was fitting correctly. Skeeter hated it......she kept scratching at her muzzle with both front feet and rubbing her head on the ground and anything else she could find. We began trying to get her attention on walking with commands and treats. She soon began to settle. We worked with her paying attention to me with the other people walking by and a couple of other dogs.......some distance away, however. She wanted to run to them, but the gentle leader made her realize there was a correction for lunging away. I let her wear it to get accustomed to it while at home while playing with her toys, but she would intermittently rub on the furniture, floor and her bed.......I removed it about an hour before she was to go to bed. This a.m., both of her lower eyelids were puffy and the insides were red. They must have really been bothering her as she stood still for me to gently rub them. I was concerned and called the vet......still awaiting a call back and the trainer. The trainer assured me it was on correctly, but she could have irritated her eyes with all the scratching and rubbing.
I wanted to know if others had experience this with the gentle leader and what to do about it. I was supposed to use it each day for 2 weeks with her walking and attention training......
Any advice?
The trainer taught me how to adjust the gentle leader and how to put it on and check to make sure it was fitting correctly. Skeeter hated it......she kept scratching at her muzzle with both front feet and rubbing her head on the ground and anything else she could find. We began trying to get her attention on walking with commands and treats. She soon began to settle. We worked with her paying attention to me with the other people walking by and a couple of other dogs.......some distance away, however. She wanted to run to them, but the gentle leader made her realize there was a correction for lunging away. I let her wear it to get accustomed to it while at home while playing with her toys, but she would intermittently rub on the furniture, floor and her bed.......I removed it about an hour before she was to go to bed. This a.m., both of her lower eyelids were puffy and the insides were red. They must have really been bothering her as she stood still for me to gently rub them. I was concerned and called the vet......still awaiting a call back and the trainer. The trainer assured me it was on correctly, but she could have irritated her eyes with all the scratching and rubbing.
I wanted to know if others had experience this with the gentle leader and what to do about it. I was supposed to use it each day for 2 weeks with her walking and attention training......
Any advice?