Lead, harness, collar recommendations

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Morning all.

I am in the process of adopting a GSD.

She's around 2 and nervous around people, traffic and other dogs.

I'd like some recommendations for leads and collars along with a harness which would be suitable for her.

I've confused myself by using Google.

I'd like the harness to help prevent her pulling

Thank you!

I use a halti no pull harness (not headcollar) with my 30kg almost 3 year old lab. Honestly, it was a godsend when he was younger, enabling me to keep him safe if spooked or overly excited. Alongside a lot of training he's mostly great on lead now and I only continue with the harness for the increasingly rare spooks. It gives me confidence. I can see a day when we won't need it but we're not there yet.

EzyDog have some good options for large strong dogs. I have a 7 month 38kg pup that is a strong puller. Link to website here but you can sometimes find the stuff cheaper on Ebay. https://www.ezydog.co.uk

I swear by the EzyDog Double-up collar. I use this in conjunction with a 5 foot webbing training lead that I bought from Ebay. It has a heavy duty trigger hook.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/262379759260?var=564924504107
I find this to be an excellent lead for a strong dog and it doesn't hurt my hands.

I also have the EzyDog Quick-fit harness and when my pup was on that I used a double ended training lead which has a handle loop at both ends. So I attach one end to the Double-up collar.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/280692122187?var=580033819063
That is really useful for pavement walks in traffic.

However, they can tend to pull more on a harness - it gives them more pulling power, so I have now switched to collar only for my puppy.

You may want to look at Dogmatic, their headcollars are excellent for large strong pullers.
https://www.dogmatic.org.uk/

Good luck with your new girl.

I use a perfect fit harness on my large dog. Unfortunately it doesn't help with the pulling but it's a common myth that harnesses encourage dogs to pull - they don't, it's just that collars and head collars make them uncomfortable when they do. I can manage my dog's pulling though and appreciate some can't and need extra help to enable them to walk their dog safely.

I use a ladder lead from bully billows. It has handles all the way down so it and means I can easily use both hands to walk her and I can quickly alter the length. Great for crossing roads too.

Thanks @CellophaneFlower
The ladder lead looks interesting, I might consider getting one.

I love mine. I originally had the halti lead which has an extra handle or 2 I think, but this one has handles all the way down which is even handier.

We had EzyDog, really good.

Ezydog with anti shock section on lead- helps a lot if they very strong. And if needed you can double up with halti.