[kitten411]

I have a 1 year old red healer/husky and I can't get him to listen to me at all on the leash
Once he is outside,on or off the leash he ignores me.he is on a harness and a long leash.how do I get him to focus on me so I can train him to stop pulling.just to let you know he listens very well indoors.

[labman]

Have you tried a short leash and a training collar?

If your dog is at least 4 - 5 months old, start with a good 6' leather
leash and a sturdy slip collar, the metal chain ones with the rings on each
end. You want the shortest one that will go on and off easily. If you walk
with the dog on the left, pull the chain through one loop forming a "P".
Facing it, slip it over its head. The free end should come over the neck to the leash, and the other end should drop slack when there is no pull on the leash. Before 4 months use a conventional flat collar to protect the tender young neck.


Easier dogs will give up their pulling with a few good snaps of the leash
combined with a stern "Bad dog!". You can work up to forceful corrections
with the leash doubled up in both hands and your whole body behind it. But
you don't want to use any more force than you need. One gentle technique I
like is to just stop when he pulls. He wants to go. If you move forward when
the leash is slack, and stop when he pulls, he should quickly figure out the
only way to get to go, is not to pull. This is about teaching him not to
pull, not getting somewhere. The man that taught it to me said "If in a half
hour you haven't made it out to the front walk, fine, you have taught him a
lesson. Pulling the dog backwards is a good technique too . It might even work with the harness.

Still, you may want to switch to a head collar. The leading brands are Promise, Haltie, and Gentle Leader. They have a strap going around the dogs nose looking something like a muzzle. They work by pulling the dogs head around. No other way gives you such great control with so little force. The prong collar is now a
dangerous relic of value only for its macho looks. Do not consider using one
without hands on instruction from somebody with plenty of experience with them.

[Fawnskin5]

I have a 6 month Pomchi and she is terrified of a collar and leash, when I put them on her she jumps and rolls and won't walk at all, I have also tried a harness and she reacts the same way. Can you give me some advice to break her of this? As I want to be able to take her out in public, and not have to carry her all the time?