Originally Posted by ryan

Sorry I've not read the whole thread and I've not actually had this problem for many years but I will tell you a trick that worked for one of my previous dogs.

I kept him on one of these flexi-leads but with the freedom of the length of the lead whenever we were around other dogs. I never let him off the lead until he came to me on command to be released from the lead, when he came, I would make him sit, take off the lead and make him stay until I decided. It took some time but eventually he associated coming to me with being released to play and we never looked back. When he saw another dog he would dart back to me and sit and wait before I allowed him to play. Hope this can be of some help to you.