Walking...taking walks...on a leash...pulling...pulling...and more pulling. It's even more difficult when walking Ralphie and walking barky Ollie at the same time. Ollie barks at everything, after all he is a Yorkie. When Ollie starts his barking binge, Ralphie gets exceptionally excited and unruly. He pulls, he jumps, he gets twisted in Ollie's leash, he ponces on Ollie, I get all tangled in the leashes...hmm, so I guess I do have a puppy nightmare story. It is not a pleasant experience and I'm sure I'm putting on a good show for my neighbors.
Although training Ralphie to heel has been going well, it's been a slow process. I knew I needed more help. I've read numerous reviews on the Gentle Leader. The reviews I've read were so positive; actually I didn't see any negative ones. So I decided to purchase a Gentle Leader for $10. I tried it for the first time this morning. I made sure I followed all instructions to fit it properly and stepped out the door with Ralphie sporting his new red Gentle Leader. At the beginning he was annoyed by it. Of course he would be, it's something he's never worn before. We begin our walk. Ralphie started pawing his nose, lowering his head, stopping, probably thinking "get this thing off of me!" We continue our walk and just a short distance down the street he was getting used to it and an amazing thing happened...the leash was loose, Ralphie was right next to me on my side, no pulling, our walk was a pleasant one for me and for him!
I've decided I will walk Ralphie both ways until he's well-trained...with the Gentle Leader and with his regular collar depending on the type of walk we're going on. I give the Gentle Leader an A+ and I give Ralphie a gold star for being such a good student!!
Below is a video on the Gentle Leader...
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