Cesar Millan Pack Leader Collar™ - Training Collar of The Dog Whisperer (Small, Grey)

This is the second dog that I trained with the Cesar collar. Old vs. New style: I have used both. I did like the old style because it was easy to put on. I snapped it on. This one slides over his head and has to be adjusted. This is NOT an issue. I like how this is made better. It slides over his head easy. It stays in place. There is a separate collar at the top that is what controls the dog. The neck part is ONLY to hold the collar in place. It is the only purpose of the neck part. Size: The dog I am using this on now is a Doberman/Pitbull mix 6 month old pup. He has a little Australian Shepherd and a little Great Pyrenes in him. He is close to 50 pounds now. I went with the medium. I need to adjust it to make it the smallest. It is still a little too big but it works EXTREMELY well. My experiences with the Cesar Collar: My first dog, Jasper was a high energy Pitbull/lab. He was a puller. He didn't respond to dog treats while walking. Not even high value treats. Through different training classes and watching Cesar, I learned the collar was supposed to be high on the neck. I could never keep it that high all of the time. Finally, we broke down and bought the Cesar collar. This was the OLD style of Cesar collar. My dog became an excellent walker. For me, The Cesar collar was only TEMPORARY. Once I applied what I learned in classes and learned from watching Cesar, I was able to remove the collar. Once he learned to walk and I removed the collar, he walked BEAUTIFULLY. People were constantly commenting how well he walked. The original collar was a GAME CHANGER for Jasper. Move on to our 6 month old pup, Alfie. Alfie can be an excellent walker when he wants to be. Most of the time he is. He can also try to lead. If I snap his collar he becomes stressed. This builds into tension until he is doing zoomies in the middle of our walk. The weird thing about this Alfie is he LOVES to walk what I called "Free Leash walking". I put him on a long leash. I hold the leash in my right hand. he walks beautifully through the neighborhood. He doesn't realize that I have him on a leash. Treats do help a lot. He stays at my side the whole time. If I pick up the leash close to his collar, he starts to lead and pull slightly. I drop the leash and he falls right back in place. I was hoping to train him to walk on a leash by using this method. It didn't work. I tried a harness. Personally, I felt like I was managing him and my pup was the pack leader. I never can see him walking without the harness one day. To me, a harness is a lifetime commitment. I know if I train him to walk properly, I will rarely snap his leash or collar. It is getting him to that point though. I needed help keeping the collar in place. I started considering the Cesar collar. What concerns me with Alfie is his unpredictability. He most often walks beautiful. He can pull light but will fall into place when I stop. About once a week, he can become very difficult and do zoomies, buck like a horse and try to jump all over me. If I bring his collar up high, he doesn't like that much either and I can get the same response. He is getting stronger. I need to take care of the issue. A couple weeks ago, enough was enough, I was tired of the unpredictability. I bought the Cesar collar. It sat in my basement for 2 weeks. I didn't need it. I didn't think it would work. I was also reading so so reviews on the new style of the collar. Finally, after more than one unpredictable episode in one week, I pulled the Cesar collar out and put it on him. It was an instant game changer. I am now pack leader. Whereas when the collar is at the base of his neck, he didn't pay much attention to a snap. Now he can feel the collar with a light snap. Now, he is walking by my side. A small snap and he knows he has to straighten out. I have only been using it a few days now. I am finding great success in training my second dog with it. Our walks are becoming more peaceful. 5 stars: I can't recommend this enough. I work hard training my dogs. Alfie does magic shows, he bows and plays cornhole. The walking though is a different story. We both want to walk but each of us want to walk our own way. It was a power struggle between the two of us. The Cesar collar helps keep the collar in place; therefore, making me the pack leader. Love it.

This product works for my dog because he is trained on how to walk. This collar is not structurally made. I do not recommend this product for untrained dogs who are hard pullers.

We have a 3 year old Rottweiler, and have tries all kinds of collars and harnesses. The dog is very strong and it has been a struggle walking her especially if she sees a squirrel or a cat. Put this collar on her and she pulled a couple times and instantly stopped. Now when I put the collar on her she doesn't even try it. Super easy to make corrections with a quick gentle tug if she loses focus. Would highly recommend for anyone having issues with dogs pulling or losing focus. For reviews complaining about the weak harness clamps, I could see them being an issue if you were using the double collar as a harness (connecting a lease directly to the back connection) if you use the slip leash as designed the only pressure on the collar is keeping the slip lease high on the dogs neck to easily control the head, there's really not a lot of stress on the double collar straps.

This collar is not made like it used to be! The ‘buckles’ are plastic and do not hold so the collar constantly loosens. Not worth the money as it will have to be modified and likely cost another $50

I so wanted to love this but it just didn’t work like it does on the videos. My 95 lb. Doberman pulled my body into pain!! She was trained with prongs and I wanted to stop using the prong collar . However, this was my last resort. It’s back to the prong, fortunately she loves her prong collar. I don’t.

Fit was off. My dog is too small for this type of collar. I’m sure it’d work great for larger canines. Great quality and value.

The buckles came loose initially before I realized it was not meant to be tightened. It's just a clasp to hold the ring around my pup's neck. It's a game changer for basic obedience training and relation-building. So far, I am very pleased for my rescued shepherd.

Works great