Boots is still a very bad loose leash walker. It's one of his worst behavioural issues which we've never really figured out a good solution to.
Watching Muster Dogs episode 2 showed some training for teaching loose leash walking that I think could work with Boots.
The training worked as follows:
- When walking your dog draw a circle around yourself, the semi circle in front in the humans space and the semi circle in the back is for the dog
- If the dog tries to get into the semi circle in the front they are blocked with a pool noodle
Hopefully doing this a few times a week will help Boots get better at walking.