I should be the last person to give you advice on this, because I have the same issue with Zoee. Except she barks at any other dogs or sounds of dogs. She pulls too.
At the shelter we sell a harness called Sensible Harness. The leash latches in the front on the dogs chest. When they pull it just turns them around, away from what they are pulling toward.
I have used this with Zoee and it works a little. But I'm just not consistent in working with her. Its all my fault, not hers. She is a good dog. I'm not such a good dog mom.
I also did some training with a person who used to be on here (Giselle). It's an exercise to teach the dog that distractions are a good thing. Only when I did this with Zoee she had too many treats and had an upset tummy that night. Oops.
Anyway, I had her in a sit and everytime she averted her eyes from me I gave her a treat. I would have used the clicker, but she is afraid of it. So I just had a trigger word, for example GOOD. So she looks away...GOOD (immediately) and then a treat to follow. We did this in my front yard, and Sophie had Ivy in her car with her. She took her out and walked around us. Then we stepped it up and went to PetSmart and walked around there.
So for Mikey I guess you would start on a not so busy road and work your way up to a busier street. Or start in your front yard, if you have cars that go by.
Like I said, I can tell people all day things to use to train their dogs. But I can't do it with my own.![]()
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