Its so nice to know you're having the same problem!!!
My boyfriend commented that it'd be better to have the prong and just use the tiny correction I'd need then to whip out that huge correction I use now in public.
I have to correct so hard, if I'm getting a reaction from him-a look, that should mean I'm doing it right, right??
I should have mentioned that I'm pretty sure I've been correcting properly for at least 2 years. It was only in about the first year or so of his life where his training and the consistency I gave were iffy.
Is it possible that he just doesn't care? Thats how it seems...
The issue is only usually with a new stimulus, i.e. when he walks with someone else and me, when he walks with another dog (like today, with my friend and her boxer), or with intense things like other dogs and animals. The rest of the time he responds pretty well to corrections, like in training, or in situations where the distraction or stimulus isn't crazy interesting.
Bleh, I feel like a failure right now. We are so good at so many things yet we can't even leash walk?