Dogs · by Paolo Garcia · 2026-09-25

front-clip harness + 3 weeks and Moose finally walked like a citizen

Lab is 11 months and built like a towing package. We switched from a regular back clip to a front clip, stopped letting him drag us to every mailbox, and tonight I actually carried coffee for part of the walk. tiny miracle.

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Siti Lestari · 5 likes

Front clip bought me sanity too. Then adolescence returned and my shoulder left the chat lol

Pieter Botha · 3 likes

Just a heads up, if he starts crab-walking in it try shorter sessions. Some dogs hate the feel.

Pixel Coder · 2 likes

Did you pair it with stopping every single time he forged ahead?

Paolo Garcia · 6 likes

Yep. Lots of boring statues. My neighbors got to watch me become lawn furniture.

Sleepy Runner · 1 likes

This is the exact age where mine acted like she'd never seen a leash before

Paolo Garcia · 0 likes

That makes me feel better honestly. I kept thinking I broke the dog.

Urban Panda · 0 likes

Labs are so shameless about momentum.