i am so glad you asked this question. i am showing a male that does the same thing. probably why he doesn't have any competetion wins yet. LOl he is gorgeous and walks good. he doesn't put his nose on the ground like a hound dog but gaits with his head lowered. Like you, if I pull it up he gags and chokes. i am trying to slow him down. i think I have got him going to fast. The last dog I championed was a fast pace dog and I have got in the habit of walking fast. I have noticed that IF I can slow him down, he does much better. Right now, we are working n clicker training that one of my friends on another list is teaching me to do it. We have a huge AKC show the last of August and unless I can get the head under control, I am not going to be able to enter him. I thought it was how I am putting the lead on or something. I have several leads and they all seem to slip back to the shoulders, giving me no head control at all. |