Need help walking the dog (not vice versa!!)

[BeefmasterB]

I had a lab pup that was hard to teach leading to. I bought a trainng video and used this technique. He was trained in a day or two. Here where the basic training steps. Use a short leash and a choke collar. Whenever the dog starts to get ahead of you quickly reverse directions and take off walking at a fast walk. When you feel the dog resist don't stop walking. He will be pulled along for a few steps but will follow you. As soon as he gets past you again repeat the process. Pretty soon he realizes that if he passes you unpleasant things happen and if he stays beside you you will not switch directions on him. My lab became very well trained in a day or two. After a few days he would not even go past me to greet another dog.

Except for the choke collar that's how the dominatrix does it

Wow Dun! You have an interesting life

The "dominatrix"???? I've met a few of those. Just curios Dun, whose neck was attached to the leash?

Hoss - that is a very good technique you described! I have used it myself And it works very well. CAn't forget the rewards though, when they do things right.

[Chris H]

I had a lab pup that was hard to teach leading to. I bought a trainng video and used this technique. He was trained in a day or two. Here where the basic training steps. Use a short leash and a choke collar. Whenever the dog starts to get ahead of you quickly reverse directions and take off walking at a fast walk. When you feel the dog resist don't stop walking. He will be pulled along for a few steps but will follow you. As soon as he gets past you again repeat the process. Pretty soon he realizes that if he passes you unpleasant things happen and if he stays beside you you will not switch directions on him. My lab became very well trained in a day or two. After a few days he would not even go past me to greet another dog.

Ditto on what Hoss says. In addition, you mentioned you walk the dog a couple times a week? Change that to a couple times a day for a young dog. That dog is so excited about getting out that he'll be bouncing off the wall every time you take him out if you go several days between walks.