Your Dog Isn’t Being Stubborn on the Leash. You’re Triggering Opposition Reflex.
Let’s strip this down. When a dog pulls on the leash, most owners do the same thing instinctively — they pull back. Seems logical. Dog goes forward. You apply backward pressure. Problem solved. Except it doesn’t solve anything. It makes it worse. What you’re running into isn’t disobedience. It’s something called opposition reflex — and if you don’t understand it, you will spend every walk fighting your own dog. What Opposition Reflex Actually Is Opposition reflex is a built-in physical...