Originally posted by schteve_d
He is TERRIBLE on a leash! He pulls like mad until he's out of breath, then sits down and won't move until he catches his breath! Any advice on that appreciated! I plan on walking Bud and Tash there to get him on Thursday and walking him home (yes, I took thursday and friday off - I'm a sucker).
For the walk home I wouldn't worry about training too much, hopefully he'll tire himself out enough that he won't pull so much, LOL

And I'm probably a big meanie, but if he sat down I would probably just keep walking. Depends on the individual dog and the situation though.

Once at home I would take him out by himself for training sessions and practice walking on a loose lead. My favorite exercise for this is to start walking and the minute the leash begins to get tight turn and walk in a different direction. You can give a verbal cue like "oops" or "this way" etc so that he begins to tune itno your voice. Pretty soon he will learn that you are a very weird person with unpredictable walking patterns and he'll begin to keep a closer eye on you. You may look a little silly constantly changing directions at first, but it's worth it in the end.
I've used that exercise to train friend's and family's dogs for informal heeling, as well as my own for formal heeling.

I hope I explained that alright.

Good luck. I'll keep him in my thoughts tomorrow for when he gets "tutored".

I can't wait to see pics.