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A halti is about £10 and works instantly !

SheilaWW, flying doctor and Allison, Thank you all for your replies, I have a friend who works with dogs (fostering them) she came around last weekend to take Poppy for a walk around the garden and she thought I should enrol in classes, she also suggested a halties, so will look into this, and see if I can get one to fit. Individual training sounds like a good idea, and would probably suit my purse better (as I'm a senior citizen £120 is something that I can't really afford in one go, last month I was quoted £100 for the class, this month it had gone up by £20! - not sure why). Thanks also for the cheese and hot dog tip, will give it a go,
Thank you all again for your help.

ShelleyRose x

My dog training is £5. for the session. Its great. Have some cheese in tiny pieces or hot dogs chopped up in a bag in your pocket. dangle them for her and show her you are wanting her close. Keep saying heel or close and then pull her back. Mine still pulls too (7 month old whippet) and sometimes, they can grow out of it as when they are little they like to sniff everything and want to pick up everything, but the cheese does work and when my whippet hears me going into my pocket she stops and looks up and now sits for it when walking. Hope that helps a little

ShelleyRose, The best thing is a halti. It works like a horses halter and if you can lead a horse you can a cavie. At first she won't like the strange thing on her face but persivere (remember you're in charge not her) and it will save you loads of dosh. They do not choke the dog, they do not tighten they just turn the head so the dog cannot pull with its head turned sideways. they are the kindest way to make a dog stay at your side. Once saw a young boy with a doberman nearly the same size, I was worried that the dog would pull him onto the road, then I realised that he had it on a halti and was in complete control. Elaine.

Hi Shelley -

Have you considered asking for initial help from an individual trainer or behaviourist? They normally charge by the hour, and an hour or two should be sufficient to get some hints and tips, and maybe advice as to whether you need classes. Often the solutions are quite simple, they just take a lot of practice! We found puppy classes great for socialisation when our 15-month old was very young, but not so good for specifics such as lead work or recalls.

Hi everyone,
Some of you may remember we bought a Cav. King Charles puppy, which we asked help on here to name her. Anyway Poppy is now 7 months old and absolutely adorable. We've been thinking of taking her to training classes as we're having a few problems with her, mainly when we take her out, I'm going to have arms as long as a gorilla soon!! She pulls constanly on the lead, if I hold the lead shorter I'm almost choking her, she the same on a harness, has anyone any solutions? I enquired about the training classes, but not sure we need the whole package, which is a 12 week course, one hour a week, at a cost of £120.
many thanks,

ShelleyRose x