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May 13, 2011

When we walk our 8 month old dog she pulls us down the street when we get near a house that she knows there is another dog at. Can a HALTIE solve our problem?

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Hi. I have a problem while I walk my 9 month old dog Annie. I do not want her necessarily to heel the whole time I just want her to walk on a loose lead. When I walk her because she knows where the dogs in the neighborhood live she will pull harder near a dogs yard until we get there then she will bark at the dog. Then when I finally get her away from the dog she pulls until the next dogs yard. We live on a street with many dogs so there is no avoiding them. She basically just wants to say hi to them and is not aggressive towards them. But I have tried many ways to solve this but I cannot get her to pay attention to me and stop walking me. How can I get better control of my dog? Someone suggested the Halti Head Collar but I am not sure how effective it is. I really want to make walking my dog enjoyable, (for both of us).



Another thing she does is when the family goes on a walk she HAS to be in front or else she will bark/choke herself. The family frequently goes for long walks (especially in the Valley) and we want to take her along but she is such a nuisance to us. Please help, I love my dog and fear that she will injure her neck while pulling (which is why I cannot use a "training collar." I have heard the Halti mimics what higher ranking wolves do to lower ranking wolves in the wild and thought that it would be good to use. Anyway please help us with the problem.



Thank you,
Jessica/Annie
Cindy
Cindy Cindy's Answer:
Don’t waste your money on a Halti. You may as well go out in your back yard and build a little bon fire with the money you would spend on a Haltie. You would get more use out of the money.



Get a prong collar and use it. I call them power steering on dogs.



This is really a lack of obedience issue. If you would like to learn more about the principles of obedience training a dog, read the description for my Basic Dog Obedience video. You will probably find that you have not had the full picture on the steps of training a dog must go through before it can be considered fully trained. You can also read why I am not a fan of taking an untrained dog to obedience classes.

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