So I'm specifically asking for advice on the younger dog B. Sometimes when I'm focused on the old dog, trying to fight him off of old food or steer him away from poop piles, or just places he shouldn't be, the younger dog will get distracted by an acorn rolling down the street, a squirrel or any other animal and try to take after it full speed. Because I'm focused on the old dog, I don't notice his attention is on that until he Yanks me really hard.
I keep the young dog very close to me because he's prone to chasing after cars (their neighborhood doesn't always have sidewalks, in their older dog does not always want to walk the directions that the sidewalk is). He also has to be very close to me with the leash taunt because if not he will rip up people's grass and plants by the root.
Today when he yanked me, his leash was wrapped around my hand a couple times and when he yanked me it really hurt.
I get really exasperated with these dogs. The old dog is deaf and stubborn and refuses to walk in any direction that he doesn't want to. He often freezes in the middle of us crossing the street and only wants to resume walking if I completely relax all the tension on his leash and stop walking myself.
My main issue is how do I get the younger dog to stop pulling so hard? If I have my eyes I'll both of them. I can see what he's about to pull and can adjust the leash. When I don't know and he catches me by surprise I end up hurting and very frustrated. For more context, he's a doodle and about a year and a half old.
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