[JadeD]

My best advice is an anti-pull harness. The head harness I use with my 80 lb dog took a dog I could not walk due to my arthritis, I could handle him, but him putting constant pressure on the leash was making me ache at night, to a dog that walked with no issues within 10 minutes.

I would highly recommend the style that has a safetly clip that hooks to their collar so if they do slide off the head harness you do still have the dog, as he is still attached to his collar, but the anti-pull effect is gone, but better than a loose dog as my old english setter knew how to slip hers off easily.

They will spend the first 3-8 minutes jumping around trying to get it off their face, but once they get past that, and you can talk to someone in the pet store about putting the harness on there and they might be able to help with that, especially if you go to a place like petsmart and they happen to be on the trainers there. Then they walk and the only way my husband's 80 lb english setter can pull if it he pulls backwards and is exactly in front of me. I sidestep and he can no longer pull. He can not pull if he is beside me or in front me with his back to me. Even pulling backwards he can only pull some.

Best thing I ever did. I could not walk him without going to bed in pain at night and now can walk him for several miles if the mood strikes me. He is a dream to walk with the head harness.