Hi,could anyone suggest where I could get a webbing half check collar from,please?I used these for years on my last two collies,so easy to slip on and off,and helped with the pulling!Ive had a brief look online but drew a blank,could only find that awful thin nylon.This stuff i mean is thick,soft,and a good width,an inch or maybe a bit more,I had leads in the same stuff,they lasted for years,in fact the trigger clasp broke in the end.I think its webbing,anyway!Thanks!

Have you looked at Pet Needs, they do some lovely soft half check collars.

I got mine from Earthdog.com, not cheap, but they are good and last for ages!

Luxway is where I always buy mine from at shows. In fact pretty much all my collars and leads come from them. http://www.luxwaycanine.co.uk/

I bought a half check for Ebba when I first got her 6 years ago from culpeppers on the recomendation of huskygal I think it was.
It is as good as the day I got it, and she wears it all day and night.
And they come in different colours :) :) ANd they couldnt have been more helpful, as I stated it was for a Rottie, and the questioned my measurement as it was smaller than the most Rottie collers they do. Ebba is a small Rottie, so I cant fault them :) :)
http://www.culpeppers.co.uk/
Lea :) :)

Have you tried Collarways, they sell Lupine "combo" collars.

http://www.collarways.co.uk/pages/lupine-1-patterns-for-large-dogs/4256

George Grayson, www.kumfi.com/ are very good.

I've just got Nando an Ancol one, it's padded and has three adjustable bit so I can make sure it's not choking him. I have to say it does NOT help with pulling at all though. I do have it adjusted so that it doesn't choke at all. 9/10 I walk him with his headcollar anyway.

Im sure I posted on here this morning,thanking you all!Must have dreamt it!Thanks very much everybody,Ive had a look at all the links and ive decided to send for a couple from luxway.Thankyou all very much-Parrysite,no,i agree they dont help that much with pulling,Ive got headcollars for two,and a halfcheck on one,and I can manage like that,but I find a little rattle of the halfcheck chain does seem to check her when shes in full bad behavior mode-a little anyway!thanks again!

General reply, what you call half check collars seem to be what we call martingales.  Are martingales and half check the same thing in the U.K.?

I think it will help Nando more when he is out of his silly puppy mode that he is in! Having a 32kg GSD on the end of the lead without a headcollar at the minute is like having a horse! He knows what heel means and he knows that it leads to good, tasty treats when he does it, but frankly he is in full swing Kevin the Teenager mode at the minute and other than the headcollar, I don't think anything would work! The little rattle of the chain should remind him when he is that bit older, I think.

In the UK, a 'martingale' collar is like this; http://www.topdogs.com.au/products/Martingale-Collar-Medium-Dogs.html where the movable part is made from webbing/other fabric.. a half check however, has the 'movable' part as chain, like this;
http://www.collarsandtags.co.uk/images/Leather_half_check2.gif

Thanks parrysite.  We call both of them martigales, just one is in chain and the other is the same material as the collar part.  I noticed the one you show for the half check seems to do up with a buckle.  I like that, and a quick release even better.  Otherwise they are so fiddly to put on and off.  I used the fabric only version when we were training for our CGN (Canine Good Neighbour) and now that we are doing Rally-O wondered if I might get another.  Have to find out if they are allowed first.

earthdog half check for my lot... strong and wash in the machine .. plus lovely patterns ! I have them as I find they are the only type that dont damage the beardie coat. Half check with chains do some  terrible damage ...

> The little rattle of the chain should remind him when he is that bit older, I think.

That works with Buster, the chink of the chain tightening reminds him to slacken off (doesn't work when distracted by his best buddy the rottie though). I too have the collar adjusted so it has no 'choke' action and have only use rewards to teach walking on a slack lead, never any 'checking' of the leash.

I started Nando's heel work the day we got him. I didn't teach it strictly as they would do with obedience etc, but just that if the lead tightens I make like a tree, and lots of rewards for walking to heel. He was fantastic up until his Kevin the Teenager time kicked in and the slightest distraction nearly pulls me over! Lots of training hasn't helped so far as he knows exactly what he should do, it's just that he gets so easily distracted. So I've started using the head collar which has really helped. He still knows what heel means, though so hopefully once he's grown out of his teenagers years I'll just need to give a quick rattle to slacken the lead.