He's a little ahead of the agenda, he can sit, stay, and lay down on command but he is absolutely horrible and paying attention when there are 11 other dogs around! I think I have rug burn on my hands from holding his leash so tight as he tried to pull away. All the other dogs (and there were other big dogs, bigger than him), that would tug a little or just sit and not tug at all while he's over here going nuts huffing and puffing because he's pulling so hard. I must just not have any muscles either. He's very bad at pulling when he walks, so we had an exercise where you wrap the leash around your body and then hook it to him so he has to stay close by. Then you give him a treat every few steps. Well this didn't work for a few reason:
A) We were in a line with 4 other dogs walking and he just wanted to run and play-not focus on the task at hand
B) I was in pain and couldn't breathe because he would pull so tight the leash would wrap around me and it felt like my body was being cut in half at the waist.
I'm not quite sure how this works with big dogs. Maybe one day he'll get the trick....I hope so!
I guess I could just be like Nic and try and tackle him....hmm probably not the best idea!
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