Quote Originally Posted by Karen View Post
She's topo old for it to be adolescence in the normal sense, dealing with hormone, and all that. So it is all behavioral, from the sounds of it. Can your brother walk her at all? Is there any fences area nearby you could let her run for a while every day? As for her pulling on the leash, what kind of collar/harness do you use? A halti might be a good investment. Most of all, consistent training, especially when walking, and outstubborning her in her training is most important.
He gets home at 6 pm, unfortunately. Long work days. When we got Cass, I tried to coax him to walk her alone or with me, to no avail.

I don't think there is anywhere I can let her, although I'm constantly searching for one. I would love to go to a fenced field and let her run. There aren't really a lot of outlets here, and she jumps our 4 foot tall fence in the yard with no problems. We have to be really careful with her.

I use a harness on her, that goes around her front (chest), back and belly, and is supposed to redirect her towards me when she tugs and I stop. It doesn't phase her. Here, this one is kind of like mine, similar in make-up:

http://www.amazon.com/Premier-ECO-Ha...068171&sr=8-15.

If she sees something she wants on a walk as well, like a squirrel (her favorite) or an outdoor cat (her second favorite), or a dog (aggressive rather than chase reaction), even with the harness pulling against her, she will tug. I switched from just the collar to the harness after on multiple walks, she thrashed around so much trying to get away from me and run after something, she would almost slip right out of her collar, and it seemed she was choking herself. Now she breaths heavy and chokes herself with the harness, which worries me as well.

Do any haltis loop around the body too? Any halti harness I have ever seen just loops around the face and neck, and I know she could get out of that, as she has a very nervous reaction towards muzzles. She gets them off at any cost (which is how we learned to do her nails ourselves. The nail person couldn't even get near her).