Dog Health Questions: Walking a dog...training?

I have a few questions. I want to train my puppy properly.
1)Do you make your dog stay to one side of you? Do you correct if they change sides?
For example, my pup doesn't pull on the lead, but he does switch sides every couple of minutes. I prefer him to be on my right side, but he switches to the left side a lot
2)Do you correct if your dogs walks slower than you?
For example, my pup is so fascinated by new things he often slows down or stops to look at people etc.

Thanks!

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I do not correct my dogs if they're behind me or slightly ahead of me or on the other side of me just as long they DO NOT pull on the leash & they never do because they know I do not like it.

And, if I tell them to "heel", then they must heel on the left side of me like a velcro, perfectly & aligned with my left leg with their attention on my face the whole time. No lagging or forging is allowed. If I do not tell them to "heel" then that means, they are free to walk anywhere around me but like I said, they must not pull or they get a sharp jerk from me. I do allow my dogs to stop & look or sniff at something once in a while but if I say,"let's go!" then that means we go. Enough of the sniffing & sightseeing.

Old Fashioned Dog Training

• well i trained my Rottweiler to walk on my right side at all times. i corrected him each time he went to the left. nothing forceful just pulled him back to my right side.
  my dog sometimes walks slower than me when he's really tired of walking or he sees something he wants and well i just tell him to "come on" "lets go" and he'll catch up....


• I keep my dogs to my left, they are corrected if they try to change sides. I don't correct a dog for following behind me, but if they start getting too distracted, I remind them we are working right now and will stop when I choose, not when they do.


• 1. Yes, I don't let my dog cross over - it's not really a correction other than guiding him back to my left hand side. The reason I don't let him cross over is because I walk him on the street and I want my body closer to the traffic than his - so I body block the cars. :)
  
  2. No, I let my dog sniff around and check out things. If we linger too long - I tell him "with me" and off we go.