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[quote=Anonymous]I have a new rescue dog too (we've had her a month now) and the first few weeks we had major leash walking frustrations as well.  I feel your pain. I would finish every walk in tears. We tried a martingale harness but it didn't really help at all.  My advice -- and hopefully this isn't impossible for you -- is to walk her as much as possible without the stroller.  What worked for us was keeping her leash wound up so she has no choice but to walk right beside me. I keep the leash loop in my left hand, and hold the other end of the leash with my right hand, and put my right hand close in tight to  my leg, so that the dog has very little free leash length to pull, walk ahead of me, pass in front of me from side to side, etc.  It took a few walks of being very consistent and very disciplined about this for her to get it, but now I can walk her with the leash in just my right hand.  If she starts pulling or passing in front of me, I reign the leash in and give her less room to work with.  If she's really regressing, I go back to the two-handed leash hold.  It did not take long to see massive improvement.  But like I said, you really need to have both hands available to you so if you can find some time to walk your dog without your stroller, you'll hopefully see improvement soon.  I've gone from dreading my walks to really enjoying them so there is hope. :-)  Good luck!![/quote]

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