Originally Posted by
dullbird
chains are used in show as its the only thing you can put on a dog that doesn't really cover up anything...you get a check chain up behind the dogs ears and suddenly it looks like the dog is not wearing anything and you can see every line on the dog from the ears down...which is obviously important in showing.
but like you say these dogs are already well manored and don't really need it on anyway
Edit: I have used something similar to what you have put up solmanic it works similar to a chocker but with material......personally IMHO you will have control with this set up but not as much as a halti as with the halti you have control over the nose which in turn controls the rest of the body where the head goes the body must follow.
to give you a different example you can put a lead rope around a horses neck to stop it you can to a degree even if its up high near there check bones. but if you want altimate control you put your had around the bottom of its nose it stops it from turning the head away and walking forward.
