Set STURMFREI®

Yes, you can find the video here .

Yes, you can find it further down on this page or watch it on YouTube .

You can find out everything about exchanges here .

Yes, depending on the abdominal circumference, the slider is located further to the left (larger abdominal circumference) or to the right (smaller abdominal circumference). Pull the leash through the carabiner at the back and let it pass to the right or left of the dog's neck, depending on how the pressure of tension on the leash affects the position.

No, he doesn't have to. However, it has two advantages:

1. As with us humans, the reaction to “slow down” is most instinctive when pressure is applied to the shoulder from the front. (To do this, spontaneously press against your shoulder and you will feel it go backwards instead of in the opposite direction).

2. The shoulder is not a “threatening” place for the dog. This means: If he feels pressure on his shoulder, it doesn't trigger a feeling of strong threat (as is the case with the collar). This means: It is less stressful for the dog to be slowed down at the shoulder than in the area above and he is more likely to react to braking at the shoulder by stopping (instead of fleeing, aggression/resistance).

Yes, pull longer lines through the carabiner at the back and attach the line carabiner at the front. However, it is advisable to use a shorter leash for the first few walks, as the tension on the leash will direct the angle upwards and not to the left (if you are walking on the left).

It is good for the dog's learning effect that he is initially braked horizontally from right to left so that he realizes this and does not have to exert strong pressure.

Yes, the earlier a dog gets to know how to lead as naturally as possible, the fewer problems arise later. By turning towards you, the dog also learns to orientate itself more towards you later when free running (frequent eye contact). But please also consider: Dogs, like children, learn through experiences with the environment. They want to interact, sniff, walk, and learn to assess themselves and others. It is therefore very important to give the dog these experiences.

With the STURMFREI®, contact with other dogs on a leash is also possible by not tightening the neck (collar) or throwing it back (chest harness). This will help you avoid leash aggression in the long term.

Two sliders serve to additionally stabilize the front strap (position underneath on the left and right, not available for size XXS). One is used to press the two straps lying on top of each other together on the closer. So that no loop is created that disturbs the dog while running.

The additional sliders on the STURMFREI® Saver are used to place the two connecting elements that connect the abdominal straps where they least disturb the dog after all the straps have been adjusted.

Yes, if you switch to a collar or chest harness, he will be guided differently and will react accordingly in the long term with corresponding reactions. But this changes with age, for example (as it does with us humans). Because of the loss of physical strength, the dog pulls forward less. Most dogs fall asleep with the STURMFREI® in their basket.

You feel less constricted than with standard wider chest harnesses with more material.

In the very small harnesses, square rings are sometimes used because the construction that holds the D-ring and the D-ring itself are heavier (since particularly thick BioThane® is used to provide stability against the friction of the D-ring). Since this could bother small dogs, we use a lightweight square ring instead.

If your dog constantly has his nose to the ground and is flat on his sides, check the front harness. When you bend forward, the abdominal belt will slide forward if it is not adjusted tight enough.

For example, if you attach the dog to something where it should wait, or you just want to go to the car, you can also attach the leash directly to the stainless steel slider at the back. This is slightly larger than the sliders on the front strap because the carabiner for pulling the leash through is hooked into one side. Use the free side for briefly attaching the dog.

However, if you lead the dog over a longer distance at the back of the stainless steel slider, you will be faced with the same problem as with chest harnesses: guiding from behind provokes the dog to pull forward/stimulus focusing in the front vision/smell area.

Yes. If you want your dog NOT to pull. When riding a bike, generally make sure that your dog has enough leash (doesn't run too close to the spokes and could fall behind). Please also note: Other dogs can react aggressively to a dog sprinting past them, as in nature they do not tolerate - from their point of view - being "ambushed" out of nowhere (especially if they have nervous people with them) .

Therefore, with your dog on a leash, only drive on routes where it is compulsory to be on a leash or slow down and give the dog a large leash radius so that he and the other dogs can determine through interaction with each other that there is no danger.

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All texts and content are written by Nina Bednarz (Communication Sciences, Sociology MA) and arise from her accumulated specialist knowledge.

The content is based on specialist knowledge of mammalian learning behavior, interaction and communication rituals, which follow similar structures across species.

There is currently no book in the dog area that deals with these connections.

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Online seminars are being planned for 2023.

Our customers benefit from experience reports. Every dog, every owner, every attitude is different. It is very helpful for interested parties to find out in as much detail as possible what has changed as a result of STURMFREI® and how the dog behaved beforehand. Solving health problems by reducing the stress of leading the way is also an interesting aspect.

Cases in which particularly insecure dogs have been resocialized with STURMFREI® over months are also encouraging and interesting for people who are looking for solutions.

STURMFREI® has been patented since 2014 and is protected in Germany, England, Ireland, France, Spain, Italy, Lichtenstein, Austria, Poland and Switzerland. The STURMFREI® brand is also under protection.

STURMFREI® was constructed and is explained by Nina Bednarz (Communication Sciences, Sociology MA)

STURMFREI® is protected by the EU trademark EUTM 013790241 registered with the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and by the European patent EP 3 209 120.