So Eva’s thing tonight, is when I stop… she goes a dog length in front of me. How do I address this? During the walk, I would do a right turn and try again. Also. We both struggle with our front door! She either darts in front or loops behind. I get all jumbled in the two door trying to open them and keep her leash and her in line.

https://youtu.be/tth6ca9GlSo I hope to see a comment from everyone on here! =)

We did NOT move into week 4 curriculum because there's still work to be done on the 15' line and 6' leash to gain attention and build better handling habits. If you notice in this video Brembo is not in a perfect heel. My hand is low and relaxed. I am not restraining him. He is attentive. He's not staring at me and is certainly looking around. But, he's considering me in relation to the environment. Get me a video of you leaving the front door and going outside. I only want 60 seconds. https://youtube.com/shorts/a7OXwYQ8jL4?feature=share

I've realized I make a certain repeated mistake, but I'm not sure what the specific changes I should make in handling. This was recently brought to mind by a foster dog I trained through week 5 (as far as I planned to take her). She had been, with only a couple exceptions, one of the easiest dogs to train. From the start I had her attention on me and she *kinda* walked in heel even during the long line work. So fast forward several weeks and we hung out in week 5 practice until her spay. Over the course of spay recovery it seemed her training really regressed. In my mind, I can't take a recovering dog out on a long line in case that dog gets a zoom of energy. I am afraid of the dog hitting the end of the line on either long or 6 foot leash in case it hurts their surgery area. Doesn't seem like about turns are fair or any sort of down correction. Most corrections seem like they might not feel great after a major abdominal surgery. So what happens is I end up shortening the leash to go down the stairs slowly and go outside slowly and within a few days this dog (who was not a puller) learned to pull. And her stays got weak, etc. And because of major pent up energy from extra crate time it was just kangaroo on leash. How could I go better in the future? When there's so much pent up energy, no way to run off steam, etc what do you do? Or do I just make corrections right away regardless of surgery? Is there a happy medium? (I've invited her new owner to this group so she can do the work I started, at least as a refresher)