Hi folks, your dog listener here with the thought for the week... but to be honest it has been brewing in me for a while (so to speak).

While in Copenhagen teaching one of the Jan Fennell Foundation Courses, one of the students told me of her experiences as a massage therapist for dogs.

She told me that she had treated an awful lot of dogs with muscle strains caused by pulling excessively on the lead. This included many of them with injuries sustained with a body harness or halti put on them.

This reminded me of a dog event I was invited to appear at in Kent last year, where I saw hundreds of dog owners, all being dragged along by dogs wearing body harnesses and the like.

Now the manufacturers of these gadgets claim that they stop dogs from pulling, but quite evidently from what I saw (and my student has treated) that the only thing that is different from a lead that goes around the neck and one that goes around the body is the area of stress and, in a lot of cases, injury. That is if the owner does not know how to get a hang of the controls...

Dog Listeners have for years made a point of instructing dog owners on how to be happy and in control while walking the dog, and I am excited to announce that we have now developed a revolutionary concept to bring dogs to heel and take away all of the pain of aching muscles and joints (I am including owners in this too!)

Look out for an announcement in the coming week as we unveil our latest and most impressive aid to getting the dog you always wanted.

In the meantime, click below for a short informational film demonstrating one of the problems that the Dog Listener approach can successfully deal with. Hang on!!
Best wishes, Tony