My trainer told me that when Kai either pulls from behind or runs forward, I am suppose to jerk and release until she is compliant. I do not have a choke chain, but use a leash with bungee cord action and regular collar. We do fine until she sees another dog, in which case she pulls to try to get there, but I have to stand firm and give her these jerk reactions, until she submits. By this time the dog is usually far ahead and we continute this jerk action all the way down the sidewalk, until the dog is no longer close. My favorite pulls are trying to get to a squirrel. Those tree rats must know she is being trained and they are not at risk because they stand in front of her as we jerk down the sidewalk. Also the robins are having fun with this training as well.
But on the positive note she is doing better and the majority of the time she is on my left side and walking with a slack leash. I do let her sniff occasionally so that she knows her way home and what other dogs are in the neighborhood. She seems to like the bigger dogs over the smaller dogs.
I am training my daughter and husband on how not to let the the dog jump on them. They maybe harder to train then the dog. I have to admit, I forget and let her jump on me, then I remember. So hopefully we will get better. Kai is doing well with this but seems sad. We give her praise when she approaches us without jumping. She really is a good dog.
As for the nibbling, we stop petting her when she starts to get rambunctious and nibbling. I have not found gates yet but I stop what I am doing is moving away from her. Unfortunately, this does not seem to be always effective. I really must be consistent.
So I think that us humans maybe the disobedient trainees.
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