I have little time on the computer so I scanned through this and I'm printing it to read the rest. My dog WILL NOT heal. Tried just about everything, with ample time in between so he doesn't get confused. I can't get him to heal without being super submissive, and I don't want that. I feel so disconnected with him on the leash, I can't see his face or body language, really. I bought a halti and went through the conditioning to slowly get him used to it and he still would stop at every street corner and try to pull it off.