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We use a pinch collar which has stopped most pulling.

One technique that works well is to wall a couple of feet if he walks ahead turn around and go the other way.  Just keep doing this for a couple of minutes or so and continue walking.

You might not get very far on your first walk...but eventually they get it and want to stay with you.

A lot of times if Lucah walks more than 2 feet ahead I just stop in my tracks and then he stops and then we continue.

I imagine all these techniques will work even if you don't use a pinch collar.

We have gone around on the food issue. We stopped at Innova for a couple of months and it worked okay...but we had some issues as well. We liked what it did for Lucah but his stomach didn't agree so much.

We eventually settled on Dick Van Patten's Natural balace fish and sweet potato. That seems to be the fix for his stomach woes and his coat has responded well.

We haven't had any experience with Canidae. I looked at that food but it didn't interest me too much.

I like the sunset picture, very noble looking.

I have seen a couple of newfies in my day and these look a little...off.

Great video I am jealous of all the great space you guys have.

We tried pumpkin and it worked great. Now we give it everyday to Lucah.

This happened here in L.A. about a month ago.

A friend of a friend's Pit Bulls got out of his yard and was barking at the neighbor next door from on top of the garage.

The neighbor was scared and called the police. The Pits ran back into their OWN yard and weren't bothering anyone. The police got there and went INTO the guy's back yard. The dogs, of course, began to bark at the police. The police then pepper sprayed, and tazered the dogs. When this didn't calm one of the dogs down they shot him twice. He died soon after that.

The guy was called home to find his dog dead on his porch in a pool of blood. The police seem to feel they were justified for what they did. They kept the guy out of his own house for a couple of hours, when the cops left they left the dog there and blood everywhere.

The guy doesn't know if he will sue the city. The city wants to treat this as a personal property thing. Ironically if you harm a police dog it counts as harming an officer. Something I agree with, but there should be some fairness.

I don't really understand how they can just go INTO someone's yard and assault your dog. I know the dogs MIGHT have been a danger if they got out. But I knew for a fact they weren't since I met the dogs and they didn't show agression.

I don't know...its just sad.

It seems like Lucah really love the new bed. I'm so glad. Good work Paul!

akiko