I have many springers none of them pull and all walk at heel on and off the lead, and are walked and worked together.

When they are worked together only one works at a time so as not to pollute the area, the others either sit and watch or walk at heel.

All dogs will pull if they have not been trained properly, I can honestly say I have never had a dog who pulls and I have never failed to train a dod to walk on a lead and not to pull.

Timing and time is the secret. People often perfect the heal and not pulling in one area (Puppy classes and the garden) and they think the dog is trained it is NOT, you have to train in a variety of places and situations and you have to keep at, if the dog is allowed to "forget" its training it will (it never does IMO the owner retrains it without realising).

I get loads of people bringing their dog back as it has "forgotten" how to heal only to perform a perfect heal for me first time. The reason the dog has "forgotten" is that the owner has "FORGOTTEN" and is actually causing the dog to pull. A quick owner refresher will have the dog back at heal in minutes.

The bit that alway surprises me is some people come back time, after time ,after time and never seem to learn. I can teach and train dogs but people you can keep 'em.

Nick

I think slip leads are great but where we live now I stick to a headcollar. There is so much crap about and so many things going off (aggressive dogs for one) that I'm worried if I dropped Rupert's lead and he ran off and got caught, the slip lead would yank tight on his neck and do damage. Where we lived before he walked fantastically and I had no worries, but round here there are a fair few dogs you don't want to be within 20 feet of at any cost, and there are a few Rupert has tried to get away from and its easier to gain control by a headcollar for me. On his slip lead he has had me over a couple times trying to get out the way of certain dogs and its not good for his neck or my arse

Rupert walks fine on a Canny, he has never quite been to heel he has always been about 9inches to a foot away from my leg which I'm lead to believe is too far, but he doesn't physically pull and is responsive so I just leave it now, I think that might be how it feels most natural to him and because I have a habit of stumbling he probably fears I might barge into him

I do like the Canny collar, its like the K9 bridle and doesn't ride into the eyes, Rupert was useless in a Halti just didn't work for him at all and he could get it off easy as pie.

Its very frustrating having a dog who pulls, we got Milo at 16 months old and he pulled like a train so it was straight into a headcollar for him because despite being only 27kgs he can yank me pretty damn far and I'm not short/small as such. He was harder than Rupert hands down but did get there. I think it really is persistence and lots of time.

I really wanted to get Rupert back on a slip lead this summer but with the sorts of dogs round here in regular every day walks its just not worth it

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