How to walk many dogs that pull

[Shadow03]

I usually look after my brother's bichons Mitsy and Spencer and both of them pull even Shadow and I do not like being pulled. How do you walk 3 dogs?

[KatzNK9]

I think the best course of action is to work with each dog individually until they heel properly on lead. Then, add one dog at a time to a walk together.

[borzoimom]

Start with them one on one. As soon as they pull, you do an abrupt 180 degree ( ie the other way ) change in your direction. Walk til you get a pull- reverse... If you have to go home, walk til you can make a very wide circle... the purpose of this is that " if I pull I loose what I was after.."...

[John]

Start with them one on one. As soon as they pull, you do an abrupt 180 degree ( ie the other way ) change in your direction. Walk til you get a pull- reverse... If you have to go home, walk til you can make a very wide circle... the purpose of this is that " if I pull I loose what I was after.."...

Realy working! Doing it right now and seing to work pretty good! Problem, only working if front of the house lol... after a while ..she try to run and have to turn again lol! Good trick to try!

[Rainbow]

another trick which I am doing with Flynt and is slowly working is if he pulls I stop .wait 5 seconds say Heel and then walk again. Sometimes it takes us a long time to go nowhere, othertimes we can do a couple of blocks without stopping

[borzoimom]

Well, I like my dogs to enjoy their walk as not a training exercise- but at the same point- even one of them could easily take me off my feet. Zubin at 110 pounds is now only 10 pounds lighter than I am.. WE get looks in town- thats for sure. This 'short ' 5'6 woman walking 3 borzois at one time. ( I do not take femka too often..- she has a strong squirrel fettish..)

[klewlis]

I do the 180 thing with Sammy, and it definitely helps. We also do circles... in both directions, and figure 8's. Sometimes we'll go around in one circle half a dozen times. It forces him back into correct position and reminds him who the leader is. :)

[Rainbow]

I hear you borzoimom. I have never in my life trained one of my dogs to heel as such, infact I prefer them to walk a little ahead of me. But Fynt has almost pulled me of my feet a number of times and takes all my strength to hold him when he gets excited, so out came the old training technigues.

Also as fas as walking multiple dogs I have made a split lead that I use sometimes. basically 2 dog leads tied together.

[eilenej1]

Well, I like my dogs to enjoy their walk as not a training exercise- but at the same point- even one of them could easily take me off my feet. Zubin at 110 pounds is now only 10 pounds lighter than I am.. WE get looks in town- thats for sure. This 'short ' 5'6 woman walking 3 borzois at one time. ( I do not take femka too often..- she has a strong squirrel fettish..)

Hey - who you callin' short! I'm 5'6 too and never considered myself short - just average! ;)

[KatzNK9]

Also as fas as walking multiple dogs I have made a split lead that I use sometimes. basically 2 dog leads tied together.

They make leash couplers for this purpose:
http://www.superleash.com/Super_Dog_Leash_Couplers.html

[coco-bean]

if i have really bad luck with the 180 degree turn, i just stop and tell them to sit! then if they keep pulling i stop again and tell them to sit! i keep doing this till they stop!
Although the turning works VERY well!!