You have to stop every time they pull. Once they are back in the heel position you begin to walk again. If they pull away stop. Keep this up until they understand what it is you want. Never let them pull you. You must stop every time they pull.

You can try the "tree" method. Become an immovable object until your dog ceases to balk at the leash and allows a slack to develop. A session might go as follows: Stand in place, allow dog to sniff around. Dog decides to go in one direction Human stands immobile allowing the dog to pull, but neither correcting this pulling, nor enforcing it (allowing dog to pull you in that direction). As soon as a 'slack' is evident in the leash, move in the direction your dog wants to go (enforcing the slackness of the leash), and praise loudly. Stop dead as soon as your dog starts to pull on the leash again. Continue this daily, becoming a tree as soon as he starts to pull. Another fine trick is constantly walk in different directions. If your dog starts to get ahead of you, turn and walk the other way quickly. Praise when you get slack in the leash again. Source: http://dogs.about.com/cs/basictraining/qt/be_a_tree.htm Also, if you want to go beyond this, look up "clicker" training. Animals respond very well by associating the sound of the clicker to a particular behavior. People can train their animals to do great things. Good luck

take the leash in the opposite hand to the side you walk the dog (eg if he walks on the right hold it across your body on the left hand side). Hold the handle plus a loop of leash. Walk with your dog and if he pulls you should drop the loop (keeping hold of the handle) and turn around on your left foot and walk in the opposite direction. The slack is to enable the dog to come round with you without choking him. You need to be consistent and keep doing this (you will get bored but it will be worth it). Keep his attention and as soon as he shows ANY sign of doing what you want praise him in a bright tone. You'll find yourself going round in circles for a while but what this does it teach the dog he must stay by your heal to not get in a tangle. He doesn't want to be in a tangle so he should learn quite quickly but hang in there if he doesn't. If he needs extra help, keep tidbits in your hand to and at the same time as you praise him give him a tidbit until he's really walking well. Be very aware of not praising him when he does the wrong thing, just ignore the wrong things. Good luck!

Keeping him leashed at the harness or collar, wrap the leash around his ribcage, securing it by putting it under itself again (does this make sense?). This will cause his ribcage to feel pressure when he tries to pull. I heard about this from a very good dog trainer, and it worked wonders for me and anyone I told about it. He will pull if it's just pressure on his neck or shoulders, but if he feels pressure around his rib cage he will never pull! It is very easy to train a dog to walk with a leash this way.

hold them a little farther back with the leash. That's what i did with my dogs

Use a Halti. It works with my two dogs. http://www.petplanet.co.uk/product.asp?dept_id=112&pf_id=0169

Try the haltie collar it works great they don't want to pull it goes over their head and snout it works great.

Prevention of pulling on the lead: never let it be succesfull. Don't move when the leash is under strain. That is the theory, practice is harder. A variation on that one is allways be in the lead (in front of your dog with it following you). Use a 2 meter lead and if it doesn't pay you attention walk away in such a way that it is behind you. Praise when being good. Don't actively jerk the line or say anything. Train where there aren't too many distractions so you can have lots of succeses.

Practice in small spurts several times a day. Lots of praise for not fussing about having the leash on....walking beside you and not pulling is the goal...I have a treat in my hand closest to the pup...who then stays close and waits for me to give the treat...... A gentle jerk of the leash to bring pup back in line is the traditional method of training to walk 'to heel'...lots of good training videos at your local library or on-line. Books galore.. I like 'Training Puppies for Dummies'. I also recommend the Haltie collar (or similar)if your pup is bigger and is pulling.

Start with a very short lease, when the dog learns to walk with you, then you can lengthen the leash, this works for me.

I sure wish I knew, because they are FOUR and can still barely pull it off! They just pull!!!

Buy a prong collars for them...