Thanks for the ideas/comments everyone. Just a little bit more info/background. Forgot to say, the dog is a pet, he won't be working it. Also, I genuinely don't think it's a fear based reaction, he doesn't look or act in the least bit scared or nervous, there's no tail between the legs, ears back or anything of that nature. To be honest, I wish there was because it's fairly easy to overcome that given time, that's just purely a confidence building exercise. With this dog it's like he simply doesn't want to go on the lead, end of. The woman he got her off also had a greyhound and she was