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On year ago we rescued Nina- she is a black lab, hound, and other stuff mix. No idea of age, but best guess is about 2 1/2 years old (female). She is amazing and we have done so much with her.
However... in the year we've had her I still have the worst time walking her. She has tons of energy (which i can handle- we also have a fenced in yard) and gets a one hour walk in the morning, tons of outside time and about a 20-30 min walk in the late afternoon. She is a tired girl by bedtime.
The problem is she is such a puller on the leash ,, it's crazy. I have tried so many things and I think this is her personality. She is not trying to be dominant .. she is just fast!
As of the last 7-8 months I have used the sporn. It's ok.. barely helped the pulling, but at least I'm not pulling her trachea out. Today I almost fell and I realize this is not good (duh)!
I went out and bought the easy walker (with the clip in the front). It is a MIRACLE. Holy cow.. amazing. I even cut off the sherpa from the sporn and so nothing is rubbing on her skin.
We went for a walk as soon as I got home and fixed it up.. so great for me. But Nina seems to hate it. She didn't want to go as far as usual and really didn't seem to happy about the whole thing. She actually sat down part way through the walk! Never ever did that before.
So.. my question.. will she get used to this?
What do you think? I feel like this has to be so she understands and so I'm safe. Also I love walking and walking her , so now I feel we can do so much more.
Thanks
sorry so long
Lauren
On year ago we rescued Nina- she is a black lab, hound, and other stuff mix. No idea of age, but best guess is about 2 1/2 years old (female). She is amazing and we have done so much with her.
However... in the year we've had her I still have the worst time walking her. She has tons of energy (which i can handle- we also have a fenced in yard) and gets a one hour walk in the morning, tons of outside time and about a 20-30 min walk in the late afternoon. She is a tired girl by bedtime.
The problem is she is such a puller on the leash ,, it's crazy. I have tried so many things and I think this is her personality. She is not trying to be dominant .. she is just fast!
As of the last 7-8 months I have used the sporn. It's ok.. barely helped the pulling, but at least I'm not pulling her trachea out. Today I almost fell and I realize this is not good (duh)!
I went out and bought the easy walker (with the clip in the front). It is a MIRACLE. Holy cow.. amazing. I even cut off the sherpa from the sporn and so nothing is rubbing on her skin.
We went for a walk as soon as I got home and fixed it up.. so great for me. But Nina seems to hate it. She didn't want to go as far as usual and really didn't seem to happy about the whole thing. She actually sat down part way through the walk! Never ever did that before.
So.. my question.. will she get used to this?
What do you think? I feel like this has to be so she understands and so I'm safe. Also I love walking and walking her , so now I feel we can do so much more.
Thanks
sorry so long
Lauren