He is a 1yr old lab. he was pulling terribly on leash. i got him a head collar. it works great. i don’t use the head collar, he still pulls but not a bad as before. What other training methods can i use so he wont pull? to be honest im not too concerned with him walking at my side at the moment, just the pulling. unless of course the way to training is walking by my side so he wont pull. ALL advice welcome!
Labs are known for this. I have a Lab and she used to pull terribly. The reason they do this is because they are trying to be the dominant one, so they are pulling because no matter how far you let them get ahead of you they try to get further ahead. My dog was the same with the gentle leader (Head collar). The way I got her to stop was to teach her to walk beside me.
I would wear a shirt or Jacket with a pocket, which I would fill with training treats. I would then put her on the leash and tell her to walk nice, right away before she had a chance to pull or get distracted, I would reach in the pocket and give her a treat. Now her interest (especially being a lab who are notorious food hounds) is on my pocket. Every couple steps I would say good walk nice and give her another treat. For training I started with very short walks and frequent treats to keep her interest, then as she got better I would make the walks longer, and the space the treats out more. Now I don’t even need to bring a treat with me, I tell her to walk nice and she stays right beside me. At first when I wasn’t training her I would use the gentle leader to avoid her picking up bad habits. Patience is key, labs are very smart, find a way to communicate what you want and they will learn very quick. I’ve been able to teach mine everything from the basics to turning on and off the tv.
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