Hi, we have adopted a three year old female Lab and find that we are having some difficulty walking her. Being a Lab she is, obviously, very strong and when she gets excited she pulls dreadfully on the lead. Its can get very difficult to hold on! At the moment we are using one of those padded checking chain type collars, but just wonder if there is something better?? Someone suggested a halti, but upon Googling I see there are a few different types and and I wouldn't even begin to know which one might be best!
Its apparent that our girl's previous owner didn't have her on the lead much (if at all, they were on property), so obviously we are trying to work on some basic training. That said once we have walked for a while she usually does settle down quite a bit, (unless she sees people or other dogs), but initially she is is just so excited all she wants to do is drag us along!
I would really appreciate some suggestions please!