How To Get Your Dog To Walk Right

[finn's mom]

I haven't met a lab yet who can walk without pulling that doesn't wear a pinch collar.

Finn is a labrador retriever and all he has around his neck is a nylon collar. I use a six foot nylon leash, and, he walks nicely now. It took almost a month of consistent, at least twice daily training walks to get him to the point he is at. He's still not perfect, but, he doesn't pull unless he sees another dog or a squirrel or something. But, even then, he settles down quickly when he realizes that we go absolutely nowhere if he pulls. I did try a prong collar for a couple days, but, it wasn't effective. It didn't bother him, but, it just wasn't working for training him not to pull. And, I wouldn't even think of putting a choke collar on him, I put one on my leg once and jerked it. I had bruises for over a week. I did the same thing with the prong collar and it didn't hurt. Anyway, just wanted you to know that there is at least one lab that doesn't wear a pinch (do you mean choke or prong, i wasn't sure) collar and, who nearly 75% of the time, doesn't pull. I'm sure there are lots more, too, they're just a little more hard headed when it comes to teaching leash walking.

[jesse_3]

Well, with my aunts dog Alex, I have started a new method of making her sit for 10 seconds whenever she pulls too hard. I just started that last week, it worked well for the first time..Maybe you could try that with a harness. Oh yes, practice and LOTS of praise is great. When they do a good job cheer and pet them..They love to stop for that

Steph, Jesse, Splinter