Aaron, give me young Spike next time I see you and I'll show you. The idea is to get a 6ft strong lead and collar and have your right hand in the loop (handle) and the left 6 inches from the collar, when the dog surges ahead you drop the lead with your left and about turn without saying anything, the dog reaches the end of the lead and receives a check, you then loop the lead back into position and repeat the about turn when the dog surges in the opposite direction. Its difficult to explain over a pc but give me Spike for 2 minutes when I see you in June and i'll show you a couple of methods