meeting other dogs

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Milly [black lab] is 41/2 months now and growing bigger by the day. Walking on a lead is mostly good, some pulling now and then but getting better.
UNTILL we meet another dog, then she goes into hyperglide, bar from me pinning her down I can't seem to do a thing about it. Is this an age thing as everyone seems to be telling me, "ahh, she's only a pup, she'll be doing that for another 12 months yet". I really hope not.

We are booked in for puppy classes to start in a week or so, hope this goes a long way to help.

Any suggestions ??????/

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We go for walks by the lake. If no one is around then she is off lead, not going far and mostly coming back when asked. Sometimes a smell or bird takes over and she will ignore me until I can get her attention.

If other people are around then I keep her on the lead as running up and jumping can still be a problem. I have just taken her to the local town centre to get used to lots of different people, after a while she was a lot calmer and not wanting to lick everyone, apart from excited children. Again, trying to get her attention is difficult.

Maybe some better tasting/smelling treats are in order