That's a good idea. My dog is very strong and stubborn, and in order to get her to stop pulling me all over the place I would stop and turn in the opposite direction, everytime she pulled on the leash. I would walk back about 10 feet, then turn around and make her sit and wait. After she was calm, I would quietly tell her to "come" and we would start walking again. Fortunately she is quite intelligent so she figured out what I wanted from her pretty quickly. Now she is great to walk.
Unfortunately this method has not worked with my other dog (he is not quite so smart
) so I am going to start using a halti on him. Wish me luck!