[Yorkiemom1]

That harness and leash is the only safety link you have to your pup....you can jerk him right up over your head if another dog attacks....you can of course restrain him when he sees a squirrel or cat or other delectable morsel running thru the neighbors yard.....so regardless of how much he hates it, he must be protected with a halter and leash! I always put the halter on my pups and let them run around inside the house for 15 minutes at first, then building up until they have the halter on for an hour or more. I have a fenced in yard and my dogs do NOT leave my property, but I want them to be leashed trained. After they get used to wearing the halter inside the house, I put the leash on the pup, then go out to the back yard and walk around with a tiny little bucking bronco on the end of the leash!! I do this for short period of time, and the instant that pup manages to behave for even a minute on the end of the leash, I reward and turn pup loose. I repeat this for about a week, lengthening the time on the leash a little each day.....then we take a short trip down my driveway....but I do not allow my dogs to walk around in public....toooo many doggie germs/diseases/worms that I do NOT want brought back onto my property! (Also, alot of my "pets" are tiny and wear harnesses that ferrets use.) But if I DID take my dogs off my property for walks, I would just continue the length of time spent outside on leash.....until you are spending as long as you want to on your walks!