Quote Originally Posted by gwen
I am new to the dog world too, I have only had my dog for a few months, I asked this question too and I was advised to buy a gentle leader it only cost £9.00 dont know what that is in dollars but it changed everything for me, I have a GSD so he is very strong, but now I am in control if I want to let him wander ahead I can and I can also get him to heel too without any effort he learnt very quickly and now we are both happy.

Congrats on having the GSD experience. My RB Buddy was Shep/Huskie
mix and a delight to live with. I accomplished the same training for Buddy
but, used a different method. I am so glad it worked.