We have a 9 month old lab/border collie cross.   We live in the country, so he is very much a home dog, apart from going to work with my husband.   He has to start socialising, and maybe we have left it a bit late.   When we put him on his lead, he pulls something dreadful, and we want to start taking him into our small town and taking him for a walk.  We tried this about 2 months ago, and he just pulled and pulled so we gave up.  Even on his lead when we take him outside for a wee he pulls.   He gets to play quite a bit outside without his lead, but because we are on a main road, we are very wary of this.  He is an inside dog.  Any help would be appreciated as we are moving house soon, and the trip will take 2 days so we will have to have this sorted before we travel.

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What's a dogmatic?

Have you tried teaching him to walk to heel. Takes lots of practice but better in short bursts to stop him getting bored. I taught my 2 cockers by using the stop-start method. Get him to sit 1st on your left then ask to 'heel' and move off with your left foot. Hold lead loosely in your right hand so you can pull back sharply to the sit position again with your left hand as soon as he starts to pull. Let him sit quietly for a few moments and then start again. The idea is that they eventually get fed up of going no where because all you do is stop start (some people walk the opposite direction instead of sitting). Helps if your dog is food orientated so he can focus on you rahter than charging ahead all the time if you carry a treat in your left hand--at the start of practising this while the dog is in the sit position you focus them on you by showing them the treat and 'grab' their attention with it (throughout keep 'asking' them to focus on you as you walk them to heel). With patience/practise this can work. Of course they get the treat at the end.