Or did it?
Stella has had two major issues when she is walking- biting and spinning on the lead and pulling ahead of me. A few weeks ago Stella was going crazy on the end of the lead, spinning around, biting it and in her confusion she went behind me and I accidentally stepped on her toe! She yelped! Then, out of instinct the next time she put her teeth to the lead- I yelped- loudly!
She has never mucked around on her lead since, it has truly changed our lives!
I thought the other day when she was pulling on the lead that I should give the same thing a whirl. The timing worked well as my partner had been walking her, she was being very silly and he accidentally trod on her toe- so the sound and meaning of a yelp was clear in her head.
She pulled, I yelped and she turned as if to say "Sorry! Are you ok?" she went on walking and turning every now and then to check on me..and her lead stayed slack the whole time!
Since then it has continued to work, unlike the first time I still have to yelp every now and then to remind her as the boundaries aren't as clear as they were with the lead biting, but it has been so lovely to walk with her by my side, trotting along and looking out for me.
What an empathetic little thing!
