Training walks vs Destination walks

I’m still hard at work with teaching Trix how to heel (and I mean heel, not loose leash). She is now 7 ½ months old and has been improving slowly, but consistently since I started formally training her at 4 months. So far, every walk has been a training walk; therefore it’s rare that we go any further than 2 or 3miles. I am aware that you can’t expect a puppy to heel for 5 miles straight, and that you have to slowly work up to that, but I am really wanting to take longer walks with Trix. It would help greatly with her excess energy! We’ve had a few iffy experiences at the dog parks in my area, so I’m a little hesitant on going there regularly.

Now for my actual question:

Trix wears a flat collar on our training walks. I also have an Easywalk Harness, and I was wondering if I could take her on longer walks with the harness without conflicting with my flat collar training. Would it hinder the progress we’ve made? Could I put both harness and collar on her and switch while on the walk so we can train and then switch to the harness for a fast pace energy burning walk? Would she be able to make that connection? My next option is to get a prong collar, since again; the progress is evident but very slow after over 3 months of daily training.

Thank you!!

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