OK assuming you`re not insecure enough to need to be a Boss of a small animal........

You need to train a dog loose lead walking as he can learn to pull against almost anything tbh. Read Jean Donaldson`s The Culture Clash for some good training advice.

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As a dogwalker,let me explain what I do with dogs who are leash pullers. Also,let me say that I usually am not warned that the dog is bad on lead and do not know the owner's training philosophy, but I am firmly against prongs and such.

First, I always hold the leash with the loop over my right wrist, right hand firmly on the lead slightly below the loop, and left hand loosely on lead. Even a 100 lb dog is not going to yank me off my feet this way.

I use my left hand as a "brake". I close it when anything I do not want is starting.

If the dog is lunging , I make a quick spin of the lead with my left hand. The dog makes a full circle. He has ended up exactly where he began. He is providing all the energy-whether he's 4 pounds or 150 pounds- and makes a full circle from my tiny hand circle. His front feet have left the ground and he pivots on his hind legs. This will break a lunge in any and all dogs.

If I see it coming--that he's about to pull or lunge: I reverse direction, first. If that does not work, I move to making a figure 8. Yes, I walk in a figure 8 pattern. I do not stop for love or money. This quickly teaches the dog that yes, I will plow right over him and he'd best watch my left knee to see where the heck I am headed. This does work if you are consistent. The dog can't anticipate you in a figure 8, nor can he avoid situations by anticipating that you'll turn around if he pulls. I love the figure 8!

Would love to see that in action!! Never heard of this one - but hey if it works

Are you asking about the lunge break? Honestly, I arrived at this by trial and error. Walking everything from Chihuahuas to Great Danes and Mastiffs, I had to figure this out and not be knocked off my feet or dragged down the street (or, conversely, injure a tiny dog with an overly harsh leash correction!).

But it was a badly leash pulling Doberman that taught me a great deal about pulling and lunging. I walked her several times a day and her owner was absolutely hopeless from a training standpoint.

I've always held the leash in the way I described, as that is what I was taught as a young child walking 60 pound dogs. The lunge break was a bit of an accidental discovery.

I was badly surprised one day with a lunge and twirled my left hand. (I knew pulling back was of no help, but I can't really say why I twirled the lead that time.)

But this 90 pound dog did make a complete circle and end up precisely where she began her lunge. My goodness, was the poor thing confused!! But once I realized that a tiny spin of my left wrist ended lunging with absolutely no physical strength from me, well, I'd hit the jackpot. Once that dog's front feet are off the ground, you need absolutely no strength yourself--he or she is on two legs and will spin quite easily as the leads all have a swivel clasp. All dogs,regardless of size or motivation,will simply spin and end up right were they started if you hold the leash the way I described and spin your left wrist. Freaking godsend discovery that was, let me say! And quite helpful to owners as I've passed it along.

The figure 8 evolved similarly--I was just sick and tired of ill-behaved dogs that I walked a few times per week and therefore couldn't really "train" as they more regularly got away with the devil behaviors. In desperation, I tried it and found that it worked amazingly well! Even if I only saw the dogs occasionally!