Not a bad idea Buddad and it can be incorporated in what I suggested above as early on even though the walk is supershort walking past may tigger the behavior. Keeping the head up allows for the rest of the training to occur.
You can also do this with target training as well. That is by first teaching the dog to touch something generally your hand with it nose. Fairly easy to teach link provided below, Then you can use your hand as a targe to keep the head up and moving forward. Hell it is the basic premise of the Target Stick
Target Training