[YorkieMother]

If a dog is on an extend a lead and they are not listening it has more to do with the world being far more intresting and wonderful and safe then you are.
They would rather smell the ground and check out the pee signs than come back and pay attention and listen to those that are yanking and correcting.

Job is to make yourself the end on and be all by turning them out to sniff calling them back and then releasing them to go sniff again. Plus maybe add in a treat. Dogs think wow if I listen fast I get to go back and sniff and I get a treat man that is great but if I do not listen I have to stay here and no sniff. No corrections needed. Removal of the sniffing if they do not come fast is all you need.

As for pulling... dogs pull into what pulls them. Science. If I walk up and push you you will push back to stay balanced. If I walk up and pull you you will pull back ato stay balance it is in the genes and it got nothing to do with them controloing. You stop yanking they stop but it hard to unteach once they are pullers. that why a haed harness attached to the back of the head works for them to not pull nad they step back into it rather then pull. therefore no pulling.

Try reading excel-erated learning explaining how dogs learn and how best to teach them by Pamela Ried PHD
to quote her
Aversive Control of behaviour

"The use of adversive stimuli warrents a speical discussion for three reasons.
First exposing an animal to aversive sti,ulation produces emotional side effects that influence the learning process.
Second, slight changes in procedures can have a dramatic effect of the rate and extent of learning. And third, you can make a lot of mistakes using postive stimuli , such as food, and the worst thing that will happen is you might have a skinny or over wieght dog. If you screw up witj aversive stimuli, your dog gets tra umatized and/or hurt. It is your responsiblity to make sure you know exactly what you are doing if you decide to use aversive consequences."

JL