You have to spend adequate time and effort to choose the right training equipment for your dog because you will be spending a lot of time with it in the future.

The sort of coaching leash and collar you want relies on a number of factors, including the ones in this list :

* Your dog's Character Profile * Your dog's touch sensitiveness or edge of pain

* Your dog's weight and size in relation to your weight and size

* The kit's efficacy * Your dog's safety

* Your ability for coaching your dog bear in mind that coaching isn't a matter of strength but refinement.

For you, Tommy's coach, it doesn't need to be a heavy aerobics session. Pulling on leashes Leashes come in a variety of styles, materials, widths, and lengths.

These are the most typical materials :

* Canvas : Canvas leashes are widely available in pet stores and thru catalogues and websites. They come in a selection of colours, though olive green appears to be the most typical.

We get ours from Handcraft Collars ( http://www.handcraftcollars.com ). The best coaching leash is a six-foot canvas leash - it's straightforward on the hands, simply manipulated, and just the right length.

It is also the most cost effective. For the average-size or bigger dog, for example a Labrador, we employ a canvas leash that is half -inch wide. For toy dogs, for example a Yorkshire Terrier, we employ a leash that is quarter -inch wide.

* Nylon : For a training leash, our materials of choice are canvas or nylon. Both can be quickly manipulated, a serious element for the technique we use, and they're cheap.

Canvas, particularly with bigger dogs, is simpler on your hands than nylon.

* Leather : Leather leashes are also fairly popular, though they're costlier than canvas leashes. They are typically bulkier than canvas or nylon but don't readily lend themselves to our approach to coaching.

* Chain : We've never actually accepted the point of chain leashes or why any one would wish to utilize them but they exist. Chain leashes are sometimes used with big dogs, but they are heavy, unmanageable, and hard on the hands.

As an example, if you wished to fold the leash smartly into one hand or the other, as needed by the coaching systems I teach in this series of articles, you would not be in a position to do so without substantial pain. It's glaringly a leash you may use for training Tommy.