I totally understand your frustration Alyssa! My Rita is extremely dog aggressivewdmnfsdfklgjfdlkb kzdfl.ck,dmsand it makes it hard to walk her or take her anywhere. So I tend not too. My big issue is if I walk her, and someone has a dog offleash (people are stupid and think it's okay to let their dog come up to a strange dog) and let their dog approach my dog. I KNOW my dog is aggressive, hence I have her on a leash AT ALL TIMES, absolutely no excuses whatsoever. So my issue is if a dog approaches my dog, and my dog attacks that dog, (of course I would do everything in my power to prevent this and stop this) and causes that dog harm, that is not on me. See, my dog is properly restrained on a leash and gentle leader, and this other dog is unsupervised and/or off a leash. And I know that the roles switched, I would be the one to blame, because, well, there are leash laws! Ugh ok on to your questions, lol!

Have you tried the Gentle Leader with Mikey? It works very similar to a horse head halter. If you lead a horse by the head, the body will follow. Same with dogs! With this you would need to walk him in a heel (on your left side). As for the cars, the main focus would be to get his attention on you and not the passing cars. Try high value treats (such as bits of turkey, carrots, his dry dog food, something he really likes) and praise him for not reacting to the cars. Teach him to 'watch me' and hold the treat right by your face to get his attention on you for at least 10 seconds, and then try to work up from there. This is what I do with Rita, and it does help! I hope this helps, and best of luck to you!