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Originally Posted by azzarule

the idea D, is to teach the puppy not to pull, not put a harness on her to let her pull.

What you need is a deterrent to her pulling you, where she wants to go, either you make it so lovely to be at your knee using food treats, and spend the rest of her puppyhoood feeding her treats, or...

you get a "choker chain" link collar and she gets a few walks of tough love with a gentle quick yank to pull her into line. It will only take a few 15 minute walks with (if you want) treats for being really really good, and a quick jerk for when she pulls . And puppy obedience classes would be a good idea. I trained and showed dogs for years, and I never ever used a harness. Had Labs, Afghans, Whippets, Old English Sheepdogs, Boston Terriers blah blah, some of those dogs were really big and a harness just would still allow them to pull me around, the idea is to make them "want to stay at your left knee", to love to be next to you, and for them to watch what you are doing and for them to anticipate your movements, not you following them.

i get what you are saying, azzy. my concern is that she is injuring herself. she was choking and even vomited after a short walk. she just runs to the end of the leash, runs up against the end of it, and then struggles against it some more! madness!