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Walkies

By Buster
Created 05/22/2007 - 14:10

I’m wondering if you could help me?
>
> We are having problems walking Buster, our 5 month old boxer (we have
> only had him just over 1 month). He walks fine, if not a little
> distracted, when we start our walks, he gets a little edgy with loud
> noises and people walking around but we are working on that, our
> problem is when we turn around to come home, or even if we take him
> around the block so we are coming from the other direction he starts
> to pull so bad that he chokes, wheezes and gasps for air. It’s quite
> frightening to watch and that’s with him wearing a harness. Last night
> we tried to put a Halti on him which was such torture for him and us
> that it lasted 1 minute before we took it off.
>
> We can’t understand why he wants to be home so badly, this has even
> happened when we have been visiting and we take him for a walk he got
> off and ran straight back to the place we were staying.
>
> It’s getting so bad that if he gets much bigger, which he will, I will
> not be able to hold him so won’t be able to walk him.
>
> Any suggestions?


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