Comments on: Our puppies becoming a real drag

By: Jay

Jay — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 18:52:15 +0000

I do recommend the choker collar. Every time your dog pulls the leash you should give her a swift pull with the leash.

By: My dog is so hyper! | You are in My World Now

My dog is so hyper! | You are in My World Now — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 21:05:19 +0000

[...] she’s now 60 lb and it’s becoming harder and harder to take her for a walk because she tugs on the leash so hard that she’s almost pulling us off our feet. In other words she’s a real drag [...]

By: Jason

Jason — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:09:01 +0000

My Pit bull pulls like she is on a daily pulling competition. I can completely relate to how you feel about your dog going from a cute puppy to a over powering big dog. I wish that I would have started the no pulling training early when my dog was younger and easier to control.

Lately I’ve been using a leather dog harness for walks these days and apply the turn and walk in a different direction method when ever she starts to pull. It’s been working, and my morning walks have been getting more and more enjoyable.

By: Walking the dog is a true workout these days | You are in My World Now

Walking the dog is a true workout these days | You are in My World Now — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:54:49 +0000

[...] and tugs and lunges at things. You certainly have to pay attention all the time or you’ll be pulled off your feet if you’re the one holding her [...]

By: Eric

Eric — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 09:05:45 +0000

I would be very wary of choker collars and personally wouldn’t use one, they are like a lassoo which tightens around the dogs neck when they pull.

If your dug pulls, try a gentle tug to stop as soon as your dog starts to pull and then turn around and walk back the other way. Then as soon as she tugs again, do the same, stop and turn around.

Praise when she walks beside you calmly, it may take time, eventually she will grow tired and bored and will stop pulling.

By: Midnight and her smell fests | Tricia's Musings

Midnight and her smell fests | Tricia's Musings — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 03:13:56 +0000

[...] forever to do her business. What’s worse is that she’s so strong now that she simply drags me along behind [...]

By: Handyguys

Handyguys — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 14:35:00 +0000

I’m no dog training expert. You may want to try what I call a choker collar. We used on with my dog when I was a kid. It didn’t hurt the dog but would be uncomfortable when he pulled real hard.

The dog I have now I walk with no leash. I have trained her to stay on the sidewalk or not far up the lawns when walking in the neighborhood. When we walk through fields or trails she goes further from me but always stays in sight. When in the neighborhoods she is trained to sit near the curb and wait for a “cross” command before crossing the street. All of this off of the leash. I still have issues with her pulling when on a leash, probably because she prefers being off of it.

My current dog I am using a technique I have read about called “escape training”. You can read about it here
http://www.loucastle.com/escape.htm
It uses an ECollar.

Good luck with your dogs.

By: Shelly

Shelly — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 09:27:55 +0000

The picture of the doggies are sooo cute! I have a kitten that is beginning to grow into a cat. When my family brought it home, it was so adorable but now it is getting bigger and more rambunctious. And when the cat/kitten jumps on the dining room table, it’s not so cute anymore. We now see the effort it takes to raise a pet that continues to grow.

By: psi guy

psi guy — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 04:04:07 +0000

It is amazing how soon they go from cute to huge!