Gentle Leader Calming Cap - Medium Pattern

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Product Features

• Lessen's anxiety
• Lessens stress
• Reduces visual stimulus
• Filters vision
• Easy on/off use

Product Details

• Item Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B000RHZ0UQ
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,032 in Pet Supplies (See Top 100 in Pet Supplies)

Product Description

The Gentle Leader Calming Cap is a new behavior management aid that is designed to lessen a dog's anxiety or aggression in high-stress situations. The Calming Cap was designed by Trish King, CPDT CDBC and director of Behavior & Training at the Marin Humane Society, in collaboration with Lisa Moore, CPDT. The Cap was developed originally to ease hyperactivity in a dog that became agitated while traveling in a car. Since then, pet owners and professionals across the pet industry have used the Cap to quiet and calm anxious or excitable dogs. How It Works: The Calming Cap reduces the visual stimulus that makes a dog agitated by filtering his vision. The single-panel sheer fabric window makes the dog's vision indistinct, while allowing the dog to easily navigate his surroundings. Quality Features: Single-panel sheer fabric window offers enough vision to confidently navigate surroundings while reducing the provoking stimulus. Soft fabric and elastic fit provides maximum comfort. Two Velcro strips wrap around the collar allowing for easy on/off use. Available in four sizes! Petite - Most Toy Breeds, Puppies; Small - Shelties, Most Small Terriers, etc.; Medium - Cattle Dogs, Female German Shepherds & Rotties, etc.;Large - Mountain Dogs, Male German Shepherds & Rotties, etc.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sizes based on head size not weight, March 11, 2011

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Tara Lang - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Gentle Leader Calming Cap - Medium Pattern (Misc.)

I am a vet tech and I have used this many times in the veterinary clinic, even used the petite on cats and rabbits. It generally does calm a pet, though not every pet. We use it for general restraint of the fractious dog, nail trims and blood draws to name a few things. Just a note the medium is the most common size we use and it is suppose to fit snug. It is based on the size of the dogs head not body weight. For instance bulldogs need a large and a doberman a medium.

From the manufacture website sizes are as follows.

Petite: Most Toy Breeds, Puppies

Small: Shelties, Most Small Terriers, etc.

Medium: Cattle Dogs, Female German Shepherds & Rotties, etc.

Large: Mountain Dogs, Male German Shepherds & Rotties, etc.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Gentle Leader Calming Cap, September 19, 2008

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Michael & Sheri May "Michael & Sheri May" (Sacramento, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gentle Leader Calming Cap - Medium Pattern (Misc.)

This is the second Gentle Leader Calming Cap that I have purchased. I love the way that they work but have noticed that the large is very large and the medium is on the small size. The large is too big for our 77 pound Lab mix and the medium is too small however it will fit on our 36 pound Springer mix. We decided to go with the large so that our large dog would be more comfortable and have not regretted our decision.
I would recommend this to anyone with a reactive dog! What a great idea for desensitizing your dogs' environment.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very helpful!, September 15, 2010

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Ruth M. Muller "Martinabonita" (Bend, OR) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Gentle Leader Calming Cap - Medium Pattern (Misc.)

After enduring my Catahoula's barking and pacing in the car for years, I had nearly given up . The only solution seemed to be to incarcerate her in a box on longer trips . Then A trainer suggested the calming cap - and it eliminated 80% of the problem . She still barks a bit at the beginning of the trip and when an especially big truck passes us ...but she and I can travel together in the car for hours and enjoy sharing the trip. Thanks you, gentle leader for this good idea...