pulling adn walking multiples

Question
Hi
My female lab pulls when I walk her.. as I noted when I took her to the vet to have her spayed and such, they reccomend a gental leader head collar well there kind of expensive and reallly didn't seem worth the price when I took it out of the box and looked at it so I got a 1 inch wide body harrness, the kind you they step into with the rope between her two legs, anyways she was pullnig quite a bit when I first got it but when she didI'd pull her back, tell her don't pull and resume walking... she still pulls but not as much or as hard and I still use the same correction thou sometimes I stop when she pulls really hard and she turns are looks at me as if to say well why did you stop? lol. I'm updating my jack russles vaccines soon and he will be joining our walks..... can I walk them at the same time or will they tangle? I can't have Haylie pulling like she does when she sees a bird on the ground or dog in the window when Lukes with us... I'm not sure how Luke is on lead I'll have to see when we go to the vets. If I get Haylie a gental leader head collar will she try pull? when she does try to pull what will happen? I don't want to hurt her just correct her, can I use one of these on Luke if needed?, please let me know how these work, if they work and if it'll be possible to walk all three dogs together in the future?

Answer
Hi Tara;
I am not sure what you mean by a gentle head lead collor.
I use a slip chain collar. A collar that doesn't give when you tug on it, can chafe or even cut their skin.they are not expensinbe either. I think the biggest one is only about 5 or 6 dollars.
I think most people call them a choke chain collar, but they don't choke the dog, unless they pull very hard against it, and don't relent.
That is the kind of collar used in training by professional trainers.I always used that when I was training.
A harness, if a dog strains against it at all, can, over time, put stress on the shoulders and contribute to arthritic pains. I have been told that on young puppies it can deform their front quarters. I never use a harness.
This chain collar has a round ring at each end. You hold it straight up, and let the chain slip into the bottom ring, and attach the leash to the top ring, and as you tug, it tightens, and releases when the dog stops pulling.
To train to heel. which is what you want to do, you hold the leash in yout right hand, with the dog at your left side. You use your left hand to control, when you need to.
to make the dog stop pulling, you say "heel" and give a slight jerk on the leash. This doesn't hurt the dog, because you don't jerk that hard, just sharply.
Know what? Go to a Petco or Petsmart. They have weekend classes, and you will learn how to train your dogs for simple obedience. There are advanced obedience classes if you want to go further with it.
They are a lot of fun, don't cost much, and once you have been through the class, you will know how to put any dog through inedience training.
You will learn how to work on a leash, get them to sit, stay, don't jump up, stuff like that. The manners that make them well behabed little cjildren.
And yes, once you learn the proper way to work them on a leash, you will be able to walk them all three at the same time.
Those classes are a lot of fun too, for the dog and for the owener.
The Humane society in some areas have classes too. If you don't have a Petco or Petsmart, check wih the Humane society, or your vet, for where classes are available in your area.
XCharlotte