That looks like me on my nightly walk with my dog.
My dogs attention is so focused sometimes and most of the time on the wrong thing, I could literally punch her (I would never) and it would barely break her focus.
Strong willed breeds require some strength applied by the handler as long as it is not based in anger.
However, there was a case recently where someone videotaped a police dog trainer training process where the trainer ummm....
gave the dog an HJ and recommended it as a tool to get the dog to bond with the trainer. I would provide a link but I am not putting that into Google at work...
It was found out by the department and the trainer was charged with animal abuse.
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