My dog eats trash and other dangerous items on our walks, would a muzzle or ecollar be a solution to this problem?

Check out our muzzle page. There are directions for measuring your dog there. Once you have the measurements, you can contact our office and we can help you find the right style and size. Not all styles fit all dogs, so we do need your measurements first.

I would also suggest training so you can eventually walk the dog without the muzzle, I train my dogs first that when I say “leave it” (or YUCK, I use the word yuck) that if they spit out what they have in their mouth, I will give them something better. This means you need to be prepared 100% of the time at first and always have a number of very high value treats with you (whatever your dog goes bonkers for, my dogs love boiled, cubed chicken breast). If your dog grabs something, literally put the chicken under his nose after you say LEAVE IT. He will have to spit out what he has to get the treat and you can really praise him. I have a puppy that literally eats everything on the ground, I mean everything… bugs, rocks, dirt, mulch, dandelions, fuzz, paper, etc… I’ve been doing this since the day I brought her home and now if I say YUCK she leaves what she was going to pick up and comes to me for a treat. You have to be really consistent though, and be ready every single time. Keep him on a short leash and have food with you all the time. Once your dog understands this, you could then reinforce non compliance with an ecollar if you need to.

We have an excellent video on how to train a dog with the Electric Collar Training for the Pet Owner.

I hope this helps.

Cindy Rhodes