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Originally Posted by Mike5.0 cammer
The direstion changing with rewards works you just gota stick to it I had a Staffordshire/ boxer he did the same thing and weighed 110 lbs and pulled like a Clydesdale
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Thats the correct way to train a dog to heel. It is a skill that the owner has to learn. Go to an obedience school and do yourself and your dog a favour. Direction changes of 90 and 180 degrees coupled with correct timing of commands and corrections will get you and your pooch off on the correct foot. That reminds me, even starting out with the correct foot when you are walking can help the dog. Direction changes teach the dog to pay attention to YOU.
With someone teaching you, you will have your dog heeling properly in little more than a week, with two 15-25 minute training sessions a day.
Just remember dogs are easy to train, its training owners how to train a dog that can be difficult.
Good luck.