Sprocker that pulls like a train on the lead

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Emily91

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Hi

I was wondering if anyone could give me some advice? We recently got a 2 1/2 year old sprocker. he is fab inmost respects, but we are having issues with him on the lead. He pulls like crazy and its starting to be hard work. He also has no road sense and will happily pullinto the midddleof the road.

Any ideas on to how to approach these issues?

Thanks for your help
 
I'd get her working off the principle that being with you and beside you is a good place to be, and that pulling gets her nowhere, or backwards the way she came, or in a big circle.
You need to incentivise walking to heel/on a loose lead.

Use a headcollar as mentioned, or a half check/full check collar. If you have a harness, put it in the bin. Also get a nice leather lead, nothing chain, nylon and definitely not a flexi!
 
I'm not a Caveman :p

Harnesses give the weight advantage to the dog. Their chest area is their strongest part of their body and it is their centre of gravity. Huskies are put in harnesses to pull sledges, after all, not by their collars!

Glad it worked for you but in the majority of cases, for large dogs who pull, they do not work for the reasons mentioned above.
 
Lol, you are right you are not Caveman, my apologies! (trying to pretend I don't need glasses clearly I do)

Thanks for that, ,I just wondered as Molly is lke a different dog with hers, she's rarely on a lead and was chronic on a collar, pullng, choking herself and now with the harness whe just walks at heel and desn't pull at all!
 
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