how to walk WITH your dog

Note the emphasis on WITH (as opposed to..)

A staple of any relationship that you share with a canine companion is “the walk”. Walking is a time for you and your dog to be on the hunt together, taking in the smells of the neighborhood (or park, or woods, or wherever) and enjoying your experience of the world in all its stimulating-your-emotions glory. Yet for many of us, walking with our dogs is a struggle of excess: too much stopping when we want to go, too much going when we want to stop, too much jumping on people, too much pulling, etc. The nerve of our dogs, having their own agenda when we’re out trying to get some walking done! In this article we’re going to talk about how to cure the struggle, which is actually simpler than you might think – because it’s all about your focus and expectations when you’re walking together.

The best way to walk with your dog boils down to these three steps:

Focus.
Play and Train.
Occasionally manage.

-- from Neil Sattin