Leash pulling resolution - First Day

Hi there!  Sunny, my dog, has been a strong leash puller since I got her.  We worked at the DPC with other trainers and myself, and she came home a great deal calmer, and that is contributing to our leash training success today.  To get an idea of how we USED to be, I'll post a video from a previous pack walk, with one other STRONG puller (a German Shepard) and my other dog, who only pulls when she walks with Sunny.  That detail is a note about how one dog's energy influences another's.

I use a long line to walk her, and the idea is to let her pull on herself by stopping if she runs past me.  NOTE:  This is a simplification of the plan, but I'm summarizing for this post.

Watch in video 1 when we first start.  She has some excess energy, but she gets the idea fairly quickly.

After really only ten minutes, Sunny is really becoming aware of the expectations, and her energy remains calm.  She isn't perfect yet, but she will continue in the coming days as we work on this.  Check it out here in video 2.

This last video is the pack of three leaving the dog park after a 45 minute play date that included running, splashing in the water fall, and other free play elements.  Even so, these fairly tired dogs are all at the far end of their leashes, and as you can see, I have the leashes looped around the two larger girls too, to minimize the tug on me.  This is evidence of the wrong kind of excited energy, even after all the play time.  The result?  Leash pulling, and other owner concerns.

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