I tried everything with Timber. Haltis/gentle leaders are absolutely useless with her. I tried every training method in the book. The only thing that works is the prong collar. I don't find it cruel at all. She knows that if she is wearing this collar, and she pulls, it will pinch her. So she does not pull. So she does not get pinched. There is no cruelty in that. However, once the collar comes off and a different collar goes on, she will start to pull again. I have a bad arm, and the prong collar has really helped. I feel that Timber and I have much more relaxing and fun walks, and have even learned to bond better as a result.

RB Leather also wore a prong collar. Unfortunatly it didn't work. She still pulled. She walked much better with a halti but she could pull it off her head. Choke chain was useless.