Walking Multiple Doodles

[Jane, Guinness and Murphy]

I have been walking Guinness and Murphy together since Murph came home to us.  Recently our walks have been a nightmare, with Murphy trying to pull ahead and lunging if he sees other people or dogs.  I took Murphy for a training walk alone this afternoon, and he was entirely different.  He was focused on me (of course I had treats), and he never once tried to get in front of me.  I'm thinking that on the walks my two guys may be vying for the "lead" position, and that's the problem.  Have others experienced this, and how did you respond.  Am I doomed to having to walk them one by one?  I sure hope not, because we like to take them everywhere with us.

[Dreamydoodles Northwest]

Maybe I'll try this.. but I have a hard time imagining how I can do this with 3.

[Dreamydoodles Northwest]

I had this same exact problem when walking all of my dogs together. When we walk them alone.. a totally different story. I believe this is a perfect show of pack behavior on a walk. This is why we don't walk our dogs together anymore.. sad but true. In the house they work perfectly together. We never have fights or issues and they have worked out their pack structure but on a walk.. forget it. It's not fun when their all together unless you enjoy speed walking to remain in the alpha position which I personally don't enjoy.