heres a little tip, they are not going thro a deaf phase, they are crying out to do what they are bred for, try dicreetly dropping a tennis ball down your trouser leg when your dog isnt looking and then encourage to find it and give it back, lots on praise when its done, after a while the dog wont need to hunt for itself goes its hunting for u

The only thing that has worked with our ESS Molly is the Dogmatic,we've tried the Halti,half check collar & a Canny but none of them worked. I can walk molly by myself with the Dogmatic ( couldn't before 'cos my arm used to go numb from the pulling after 10mins!!) As for biting, Molly only does it when we are playing & she gets mad when we don't give her the toy-but it's a playful half bite-not enough to hurt but we just firmly say 'no' and she stops straight away. By the way your springer is gorgeous

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Springers eh!!! It sounds like your dog is obssessing re: vacum cleaner. You need to correct his behaviour as soon as he starts focussing on the vacuum. A ah or tsst noise said loudly and assertively helps, don't use the dogs name, also claim the vacuum, and never move backwards just think its your vacuum and not the dogs. you can jab the dog in the neck with the tips of your fingers to move the dog away. keep this up until the dog surrenders, even if the noise is too much. keep it up everytime. I would suggest removing any toys from the dog too, whether that is at home, on a walk or anywhere. The dog needs to return to being a dog, Dogs use their noses when they're balanced and their eyes when their obssessing, so you have to break that unbalanced state of mind continually and as soon as it happens. I got a new 6 year old springer 3 days ago that obssessess so took away all his toys walked the legs off him and established myself as the pack leader, basically i do everything first and he can only do things when he's calm and submissive. keep going as it really works. my two year old is already leading him and feeding him......it took 3 days to rebalance a springer that had been obssessing for 6 years. believe me, dogs are fantastic at moving on. you'll do it, no worries...

why don't you attatch your dog that pulls on the lead to the one that doesn't, let the dog do the work.... hey you never know!!!!!!!

This is another really old thread.

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