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[quote=Anonymous][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]

I'm the 22:35 poster.  What strategies do you suggest for training a dog to not pull at squirrels?  My daughter is dying to walk our dog now that she's better behaved on the leash but I'm ant let here bc the dog goes full steam ahead when she sees a squirrel.[/quote]

"A dog that pulls [or any dog] can slip their head out of a regular collar. Try a martingale collar for walks. Walk the dog in the house and your yard for training prior to taking to the street and be successful at that before taking her with the stroller. You walk 4 ft-she walks you stop tell her to sit. She sits then you say walk .......

Carry treats she loves-try dried beef liver tiny pieces. Our dog loves greenies so I chopped up teenie greenies ....and get a cotton webbed 4 ft leash. Nylon gives rope burn. http://www.amazon.com/Cotton-Training-Swivel-Locki...1-14&keywords=cotton+dog+leash
Do knots in it where your left hand rests also some to shorten the leash. "
My posts above. Those  4 feet walks can be done shorter and use circles etc.  No sit/no down physically put the dog in the sit or down.  Take a stroller inside and in the yard minus the child. Then on the street minus the child.  When successful take an older child on the street with you both holding the leash  - your left hand on a knot - dog on left-kid on right gently holding the loop around your right wrist as you control the dog.

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