My Colby is a strong girl, I'm talking 60 lbs of pure muscle. When I first Leah trained her, she was an angle. No pulling. Stayed one step behind me. Etc. But one time when I was rollerblading with her and my moms lab, an unleashed golden retriever ran up to us and naturally I got nervous, being that I was on wheels and at the mercy of 2 very large very strong dogs. Both love other dogs, but I think Colby sensed my fear and thought I was afraid of the golden (which I wasn't, I had never seen him before but his body language was relaxed and friendly) But anyway, and she immediately lunged into protect mode. Chain reaction set the lab in the same state of mind. Thankfully I was somehow able to keep both dogs from hurting the other dog and my partner brought him to where she thought he came from.

Since then, Colby has been approaching all other dogs, no matter the size, in a forceful way and won't back down until she feels they mean no harm. This sucks since I live in a dog friendly apartment building and we encounter 40 dogs a day. She can literally tear me across the street with no sweat, and I'm not a petite girl by any means.

I've tried the head halter but it dosen't work. It seems the prong collar is my only option until I can reestablish boundaries. My uncle used to use them on his dog and was very mean and rough with it (the dog eventually turned on him) and that's why I hate this kind of collar.

Anyone have Advice and/or alternative options (besides the no-pull harness)?

P.S. please excuse typos/grammatical errors, I'm at work on my iPhone

Here's a link to us discussing this a few months ago. I don't think the OP's original question was about prong collars, but the topic moved in that direction, as well as I recall.

https://www.itsahuskything.com/t3462-am-i-really-so-bad-for-wanting-to-try-a-choke-collar

(I don't know how to link "neatly"...)

thank you