Is a 3-4 Month Puppy Too Young to Start Using a Gentle Leader?
I have a 14-week old Shepherd mix puppy who definitely pulls on his leash when we walk, but that's as to be expected at this age, so that's actually not why I was thinking about getting him a gentle leader.
He's got a bigger problem of eating literally anything loose on the ground; I'm attempting to train him out of it but that's obviously going to take some time. While that's happening, I was thinking about getting a gentle leader attached to a harness just to gently keep his head up. But I obviously don't want to do anything that would hurt him or cause any future problems so I wanted to see if this was a good idea in general -- and if it's not, if it's something with regards to his young age or not?
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Yes you can definitely use a gentle leader from a young age, it is encouraged even. The one thing you need to know about these leads are that you MUST NEVER yank on it as you can hurt your dogs neck (whiplash).
Gentle leaders are not meant to prevent dogs from eating things but to train them to walk appropriately.
Puppies explore things with their mouth so it is normal for him to want to eat and chew everything in sight - you will have to monitor him. Depending on the breed, dogs tend to get over that as they age. Be sure to have plenty of chew toys and give lots of exercise to keep his interest - a bored dog is a destructive dog.
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