What's the best way to teach an adult dog to properly walk on a leash?

If you were local, I'd meet up with you and give in an in person lesson, but since not, I'll try to explain best I can. First, it's all about additude and proper tools and techniques. All three working together will get you almost instant results. I've done it many times.

I prefer a thin, nylon slip lead. Forget about your dogs current leash or collar, and find a 4-6 ft thinly braded, rounded , or rolled nylon slip lead. Now, slip it over the dogs head, and slightly tighten directly under the jaw on the bottom, and just touching the very back of the ears on the top back of the head. Proper placement ensures control. When collars are loose or sitting at the base of the neck, by the shoulders, it's not effective. Now, put your hand through the loop at the end of the lead, and loosely wrap it around your hand/wrist a couple times until the lead is taught when you hand is down at your side. The goal is for the leash to stay in place directly under the chin and behind the ears and not slide down and out of position. You also want to walk your dog, not have it walking you. To do this, you must be in control. You obtain and maintain control by keeping the leash taught and short. Your dog should be walking along side you, not out in front. Before you begin walking, have your dog sit and wait until you are ready. Now that you're in position, with confidence and an air of expectation, not request, firmly give a command and simotaniously begin walking forward. I use "let's go." Just as when ballroom dancing, one of you must take the "lead." you are the leader, and your dog must learn to follow your cues. Your cues are made up of additude (confidence and expectation), verbal command (let's go and easy, wait, and/or sit.), and body language, firm grip on the leash tall assertive posture, and slight movement of your wrist (a forward tug for lets go, and a downward jerk for slow down or stop and sit). If your dog is walking nicely with little to no pulling give lots of praise. When he/she begins to pull away, jump around or otherwise misbehave, calmly, but firmly give a slight tug, along with a verbal comman such as wait or easy, and stand still until the undesired behavior stops. Whenever the dog isn't walking as you would like, stop walking and wait for him to calm down or command him to sit, until you regain control and are ready to try again. Again, this is much easier to demonstrate and perfect in person, but if you follow these instructions word for word, step by step, consistently, you will see an amazing difference. Just a couple weeks ago I walked a two year old yellow lab rescue that... (more)