Belinda88

Thanks again for all your help. Well DH took her walking again last night and she didnt vomit, he said she still pulled a bit but not as much - he cant get over the strength of her. She is a pup and she can pull him forward and he is an 85kg man! After alot of recommendations we have cancelled puppy preschool and spoke to a professional trainer who is going to come out and help us out We are already feeling much better!

Thank-you for your replies I completely understand what you mean about the chain collars - sorry I have only ever heard them refereed to as 'chokers' so that is what I thought they were called. Because she can already pull so hard I didn't want to use one of these as I thought it would only make things worse We are booked in for puppy preschool/obedience type thing so hopefully they will help with the lead training. I have had dogs that pull on the lead before but never this bad, or more so they have never been this strong. I wasn't sure if there was something I could do in the mean time that would help. I have tried a firm NO. I have tried just stopping. But for some reason she just wants to keep pulling

We have been taking our amstaff pup (approx 20 weeks) for walks recently and we are having the problem that she pulls on the lead ALOT. We just have a normal collar on her and attach the lead to that, although our breeder suggested one of those leads that "chokes" them if they pull. The problem is that she pulls so much that nearly every walk results in her pulling so hard she starts choking herself, making gagging noises and then finally vomits up a huge amount of whatever she has eaten. Any tips? Should we be looking at a choker lead - I thought this might make it worse?

Excellent - thanks for that

We purcahsed some minced chicken carcuss for our amstaff too - we got ours from Tasman Meats in Melbournes west. It cists less than $1.00 for a big portion - it comes frozen and lasts ages What I was wondering though is how much nutritional value does chicken carcuss have, mum seems to think it is mainly bone - which while we know is great, we weren't sure if there was much meat in the actual portion size?