6 month old British Bulldog

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Help! Our beautiful boy is getting so strong and doesn't really give much of a toss about treats to help train him to stop pulling on the lead.

Please give me your best tips, tricks, harnesses etc for this. We need something beyond treats to train him out of this.

Thanks

[quote Xtraincome]@MuggleMadness he is more food motivated than the dog for sure. He's stopped smoking recently and is now getting a bit chunky- I love it!

Loads of great messages over night. Thanks so much guys.

So, last night we started again with the stop/start method with no treat incentive up and down church walk and he liked the praise and got annoyed at the stopping 😆 he plodded back towards me in less than 10 seconds each time with his grumpy wrinkle face on. Praise and belly pats galore made his ears go back.

Will try 2 weeks with no treats then try some new ones at home which we can use exclusively for walk training.

The choice of harnesses is overwhelming. Will investigate on payday (tomorrow). I'm not super fussed about them being anti-pull, just more sturdy with better chest support. His name is Cassius after all so he's mighty strong.

Have a look at the Perfect Fit harnesses by Dog Games. I've got one and would recommend.

Avoid the ones that have a strap across the front of the shoulders as they restrict movement (eg Julius k9) and go for one which is H shaped on top and Y shaped underneath (like perfect fit)

True love harnesses from Amazon are very good value. But you probably need to try a few brands for a chunky boy.
Basically you want a Y-shaped front to give a good range of shoulder movement.

This video is worth a watch

Oh so, so cute