They are called "Gentle Leaders". They are head collars, like a horse's halter.
I have Labs and have worked with a lot of them, those boys had Gentle Leaders on because they pulled against a regular flat collar. People who don't want to use a choke or prong collar buy them -
Just more evidence that these are gentle people with gentle dogs. Those are English type (show type) Labs and the only quieter dogs I know are show type Goldens. My Labs are the field type which are rowdier and might run to a stranger to jump up and kiss him, but they don't have a mean bone in their bodies. I've known some dog-aggressive Labs but never a people-aggressive one. Such a dog would be a complete anomaly.
If these out-of-control Hollywood wannabes had killed my girls, I would not rest until their badges were in my sock drawer.
Thanks....for your post, AAM.
My mistake.
Those two look like a couple of happy puppies. I have two springers and they are they same way. They are kid’s dogs, just two happy guys who love you and everyone else and if they suspect you don’t love them back they will offer you each and every one of their toys until you do. The “SWAT cops” shooting those two would be like walking on to a kindergarten playground and just shooting the children. I hope the national news and radio programs pick this story up and run with it. It must stop.