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Both of the spingers are trained to the whistle, both are gundogs and very obedient, but Lab is only young and isnt going to make a gun dog, so we didnt send her away. But whenever she is on the lead (quite alot because she is forever p*ssing off) she drags me. Im only little and dont like it
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Anybody any little things I could try to teach her to walk by my side? x
 
Find a training class and take her for a few weeks. My husband and I both used to instruct at the local dog training school and every so often we would see s whole litter of labs appear with their desperate owners, all being pulled round!
I did competition with my lab so they are trainable, but some more than others.
The North West is a really strong area for obedience training, and honestly it's really good fun!
Your other answer is get a halti, they worked superbly on Harry my GR, and now all I need to do it put the loop of the lead over his nose and he behaves immediately.
 
Get a halti. If that doesn't work get some of her fave treats (Bones/sausages etc.) and hold them by your side. she might start walking with her nose in your hand though. Or you could give her a treat if she walks just a few paces without pulling. (say 5 paces and gradually build up)
 
I took Tia to training classes because I had the same problem and she is now fantastic on the lead... They did things like having a treat in your hand you are holding the lead with to make them walk at heel and getting them to turn around if they start pulling your arms out.

Tia now walks to heel without a lead, something I never thought would happen, and it's all been with the help of doggie treats!
 
The way I trained my uncles younger lab to heel (Gundog) was to walk with food in hand, so she was aware it was there and keep saying heel to her and pulling her back if she pulled away. When she walked properly she got a treat and soon learned when she walked correctly she was rewarded. I admit if she was bad she got a smack using the end of the lead on her rump kinda area. Nothing major. Not to hurt her, just to let her know she'd done wrong and now she walks to heel without a lead on. It was a lead with built in choke collar. The sort you see gundogs wearing if you know what I mean?
 
I can recomend dog training classes, I did them with Chip and it was great fun, although he did eventually get expelled. Well actually the guy said to me that Chip has a human sense of humour and was very obedient mostly but he couldn't really make him do things he didnt want to so it was best to not spend any more money on training!!!!! He is the most exceptional dog though, in every way.
 
I didnt find training classes helped at all with our dog, he just pissed about and got distracted till he got tired and then behaved.

I find the same with him at home really, when hes giddy/hyper, he takes the piss but once hes getting tired (say 10 mins of playing or so) he'll behave. Open spaces are a nightmare for getting him to come back, but in an enclosed space like tennis courts he's pretty obidient.

We're just slowly building it up to bigger and bigger spaces with more going on, think baby horse, little and often.
 
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