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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here.  Thanks for the encouragement.  I'm so glad it's not just me with this issue!

I would be okay with her pulling a bit for squirrels or if she sees another dog -- at least it would be not all the time and only for things she's really excited about.  But she pulls literally the entire walk.  She just wants to run!

She's 2, btw.  I thought some of the "puppy" would be gone from her, but NO!

So, to make sure I'm getting this clearly -- you recommend no-stroller walks, using treats to get her to pay attention to me by telling her to sit and walk and sit and walk throughout the walk, and changing directions regularly to keep her paying attention to me?[/quote]

It's not ok for her to pull at the sight of a squirrel or another dog.  A perk up and look is ok but no pull.  By look I mean a casual glance if that.  You want this dog to be able to walk on lead while pushing a stroller and/or walking with a child.  We no longer have little children and the dog is corrected for all pulling.[/quote]

You are going to see Work-In-Progress with a lot of breeds for this level of obedience and style of obedience and it depends on how much training time OP is willing to put in, and of course it depends on the breed and the dog.  With my beagle, I don't think I would ever be able to achieve this level of obedience and sheer lack of attention to squirrels.  Beagles are bred to chase squirrels and they are so scent- and nose-driven that it is difficult to imagine that my dog could give a casual glance to a squirrel and fall back "into formation."  On the other hand, I think if I worked with her intensively on pulling she could certainly do much better about pulling.  But not every breed is going to be constitutionally capable of that level and style of inattention to prey.  I'm not sure that I would want to "correct" it out of my beagle because it goes hand in hand with her being protective of our home while not being aggressive and being a good watchdog.[/quote]

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