This tool - the head halter - was also used by the ‘reward group’ (the ‘non-aversive’ group) in Lincoln University’s e-collar research. The flagship research used to claim that e-collars are unnecessary and that ‘reward based’ training is better - particularly from an animal welfare perspective. But it isn’t mentioned - anywhere - by the researchers responsible. Why? Because it is an ‘aversive’ tool. As such, to admit that it was required to control a ‘reward trained’ dog by a ‘reward-based’ tra