I love the Halti! Bella is a real tugger on a leash when we are not in the fenced in back yard, where nothing is going on. There is just too much going on when we walk through the neighborhood and she becomes too excitable. Two of my other dogs were trained with choker collars (it was the tool used at obedience school and required). We didn't take Bella through obedience school but tried to put into practice what we had already learned. Unfortunately the choker was not sufficient. She would have gagged and choked herself to death. Corrections meant nothing to her. I was at my wit's end when I found the Halti. I don't really know if there is a difference between the Halti and Gentle Leader. They looked the same to me when I was looking at the boxes at PetsMart. Anyway, the Halti worked like magic with my girl. By the time we had walked to the end of my driveway, the first time she had it on, she got the idea. Walks are a pleasure now and the picture shows her at a picnic in my daughter's yard. There were lots of people there and she was a well behaved angel.