Comfort Trainer Head Halter. Stops Pulling for Ultimate Control (6, Tan)

We have a couple of the Comfort Trainer Head Halter we purchased several years ago when our older dog was a puppy. They are amazing! They really were an excellent training tool for our dog Wyatt and we still use the larger one every day. When we adopted our puppy Jane, we immediately began using the size 3 we already owned for her training. Still amazing! She's grown to a little over 50 pounds so we searched for the next size up. When we ordered the new Comfort Trainer Head Halter in size 4, I was pleased to see that everything looked exactly the same as before. It took a little time to realize that while they look great, the clasp has been changed to a much cheaper and failure-prone alternative. The first clasp broke entirely. Thankfully this happened while in our yard and the puppy came back into the house safely with some treats and coaxing. Amazon is amazing and sent out a replacement immediately. Unfortunately the replacement also has clasp issues. On this one the clasp releases with any tug from Jane. This is a real problem with our 50 lb puppy who is still learning! She's tugged herself out of the harness several times. When we moved her back to the much older size 3 (that is honestly a tiny bit too small for her), it works beautifully. I'm sorry to see the quality diminish on the Comfort Trainer Head Halter. They really were an excellent product and I've recommended them to many friends and family. Unfortunately I can no longer do so. They are simply unsafe at this point. I hope the manufacturer will realize the error in the change and switch back to more robust clasps. As it is, we'll continue to use our older versions but will be unable to purchase replacements when they wear out.

I've been a long-time user of head halters and I THOUGHT this one seemed like a simple solution. The last one I got was a Snoot Loop brand that appeared similar in design, but seemed far more complicated to adjust. I had gotten that one from a top trainer, who adjusted it for me. I also had purchased it directly from her and did not recall how much I paid. So, when the time came to order one for my new dog, this looked like a good solution. All I can say is... what a waste of my money! I ordered the size that was listed as appropriate for my dog. He's about as average a build as a dog can get. Nothing too remarkable or odd about his head and nose shape. He's 38lbs, so we ordered the size 3. The first annoyance was that the super small clip was a pain in the butt to try to get closed, even though my hands are tiny. Secondly, sadly, it never seemed to move or sit correctly on my dog. In no time at all, he developed rub marks and red sores on his nose from this. It rubbed in the area at the top of his nose, closest to the inside corner of his eyes. I have since stopped using this item and ordered the original Snoot Loop. Turns out, the Snoot Loop brand I've had so much success with in the past, was also nearly $15 less (with shipping) and only took 2 days to arrive, when ordered directly from their website. Thanks to the Snoot Loop, my new dog is now happy in a head halter and it's quite successful for us. Sadly, thanks to the idiotic placement of the oversized tag on the Comfort Trainer, I instantly got annoyed and removed it. Plus, we wore it for a short time before we determined it wasn't the right thing for us. So, I can't return this and I'm now out over $30 for this wasted experiment. Lesson learned. Oh, and the Snoot Loop that I thought was oh so difficult to adjust... only took about 2 min to make perfect. I can't recommend this Comfort Trainer and I highly suggest you avoid this headache purchase for you AND your dog. (Tan nose strap in the pictures is the Comfort Trainer and the black nose strap is the Snoot Loop. The Snoot Loop gives more adjustments and allows for more space and comfort around his nose, yet doesn't slip off)

My dog likes this head halter better than he likes his name-brand gentle leader. He still doesn’t love the concept of a head halter, but I wasn’t expecting a miracle. He does seem to find it easier to have his mouth wider open in this one. I think my dog walker must have loosened the buckle clasp, however, as he completely slipped out of it while crossing the street the other day (how it is, without fail, that he knows when I’m jaywalking across a street where cars fly by and stops halfway across to try to paw off his halter?).The only negatives are that the clasp to secure the halter around my dog’s head is very small and more difficult to find and unlatch through his thick mane than was the latch on the gentle leader, and that the sizing mechanism, by virtue of being a buckle, seems more appealing to my dog walker to use than to use the quick release clasp. The result is that if multiple folks are using this halter it won’t be a once-and-done affair to fit the halter to your dog’s head

We'll never use these again.We had one halter for 3 weeks for our 65-lb pup who is in obedience training. The halter collar made walking better, but unfortunately the fabric that touches the O-ring under his chin has already worn and frayed (after maybe 15 uses). He always walks on my left side, & only the fabric on the right side under his chin in the O-ring has eroded.The manufacturer is refusing to repair or replace the halter, as they are trying to argue my dog must have chewed it. He has a huge head, so the ring sits just under his chin, and the frayed area is right inside the ring. Chewing this single strand is physically impossible.The seller, however, has been very supportive, and is replacing the broken halter. We'll circle back in a few weeks about whether this was a fluke weakness, or more of a systemic issue with the design.The plastic clip on the other halter we purchased (size 3) for our 2nd pup - 50lb cattle dog - just broke when she yanked hard to chase a chipmunk. Thankfully, she's not one to run far.