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Take the Tension Out of Your Walks with Your Dog

Loose leash walking is one of the most challenging behaviors to teach both dogs and their owners. Most owners are experts at teaching the dog to pull without even realizing it. These same owners can learn how to teach their dog not to pull.

Many tools exist to manage the behavior. Head halters and no pull harnesses are the ones most often used. Such equipment is a management tool and does not train the dog not to pull. Most dogs will immediately returning to pulling if the head halter, etc is removed. That in itself shows that the dog has not learned to walk nicely on leash. Using management tools is fine. However if you want to teach your dog not to pull, you can do it!

Sign up for a workshop to learn techniques to make walking your dog a pleasure.

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Your dog must already know the basics - sit, down, stay to attend this class.

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