Ranger was exactly the same. I would have to pull him away from the house and then he would pull like crazy as we rounded the most distant point in our walk and started heading home. It turned out that he was just very afraid of things and too scared to walk. He was from the Seeing Eye facility in Morristown, NJ so poor breeding was not the issue. He was supposed to be a Seeing Eye dog, but his fears resulted in him being dropped from the program. When he was in the program I was not allowed to teach him to heal, but now that he was dropped from the program I have been working on heal and focusing on me has helped him get over his fears. Another thing that really helps is having him walk with another more confident dog.
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