Hi.

I am at my wits end here I really hope someone can help me.

We have two rescue dogs 1 GSD x with a Rottey and 1 Husky x with a collie. Both stunning dogs until the GSD gets out on her lead.

She pulls, she barks at EVERYthing and she jumps up people BUT all this is while she is on her lead, when she is off it she is a totally different dog her recall is great. Once she broke her lead because she saw another dog and all she did was run  upto him and sniffed and played with him but its just fear that if we leave her off her lead and she sees another dog one or the other may get hurt

When both our dogs are off there lead they only go about 15f away then come running back to say "c'mon keep up"

What can I do about the GSD? I want to walk her more, we have miles and miles of canals round here but I am just so scared that a bike, a dog or another person is going to come past and she is so calm and gentle in the house she wouldn't hurt a fly but its the walks that scare me.

Please anyhelp whatsoever

i think the first thing i would do is go back to basics and join a good training class but i would not take both dogs to the same class as they want concentrate. i would also for now take them for a lot of their walks separately  so you can concentrate on one dog at a time. they tend to learn and behave better when training on a one to one basis.
distraction i think is the key,keeping the dogs attention when out ie as soon as you see someone or thing coming use treats to get your dogs attention,maybe getting the dog to sit and be calm until the person has passed, then reward with a treat and carry on. the other thing is to turn the other way as someone comes towards you so the dog can't look at who's coming.
At training classes your dog will learn good commands to help with you controlling the situation also walking at heal and  a lot of good socialization skills which will stop your dog getting over excited when people or dogs are around.you will also build up a better bondso your dog will trust you and feel calmer when out. 

A headcollar is the easy solution. No pulling, you can control the head and turn it when she looks at other dogs that she barks at  (will usually stop the barking) and you can stop the jumping up.

I am with Marianne, I know many will argue, but with a large strong dog, head-collars are a god-send. I use either a gencon or the dogmatic. Your dog will get used to it & it will put you in control, not the dogs! My dog knows what heel means, off the lead he walks like an angel, on the walk home he walks like an angel, but on the way out, he just goes into pull mode. I have a bad back, but enjoy my walks, what ever the weather. I don't avoid other dogs, I walk in a wide ark, I do shorten the lead to avoid a lunge, but tell him to heel & leave it & carry on walking with him positioned just behind my leg. I always put myself inbetween him & any approaching dogs. I sometimes walk a few steps past & then get him to sit & have a chat with the other dog walker. It's handbags at 5 paces a lot of the time, the noise is just for effect! Remember who is in charge.

Yeah I agree! A haltie is great for controlling the head without being cruel. My friend used to bring delicious treats for her dog and whenever her dog looked at her and didn't bark or whatever she got a treat ! :D

Hope it helps!!!

I too have a pully gsd headcollar is the only way I can confidently manage him. His obedience is coming along well but the lead is still an area that creates a dog that pulls.
I have tried different types but have come down to dogmatic and gencon or similar type, partly because I can control him and the headcollar fits him well and partly becasue i like to beable to put him back on a lead swiftly if necessary and I find some headcollars can be fiddly

For her barking at things, then I too would recomend a headcollar, it's a great way to 'steer' the head towards you, which then means you can get thier attention in order to lure/train/command the behaviour you want.
At one stage my dog would get so excited meeting/passing people, he would walk on his hind legs A headcollar has been a great help in keeping him under control around people, in order for me to train him to greet them nicely (using treats as a distraction/lure/reward).

For general pulling I would say do not move one step forward if there is tension on the lead, that has been a fantastic method for me - we only ever move if the lead is slack.
To start with I would simply stand still when there was tension on the lead, the MOMENT the lead slackened I would give a verbal mark, give a treat & praise and start walking  (repeat as neccessary, LOL, prob every step for the fisrts few walks!!). Some people prefer the change direction method, but I found the stand-still method to be much more calming, also teaching the dog that to go forward/get to see what he wants, then he must be patient and not pull.

I agree the stand still method is better although I am still working on it. Turning just makes me dizzy !!