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?

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