My Dog pulls on the leash when walking

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The next very important part of a walk is when you come home. When you enter your front door your dog must be in a calm state and not excited. If we let them enter the home excited then next time we go for a walk they will carry this excitement with them. So make them sit and make sure you enter your home first. You should take them into the living area behind you in a calm state, take the lead of them and just walk away. Also make sure no one else in the home makes any fuss of the dog as this can lead to your dog thinking it’s the leader of the home. Which is found in another article: Are you the pack leader? Often it’s good to feed a dog after its done some activity as feeding will also cause your dog to go to sleep which is the natural dog cycle: Exercise > Discipline > Food > Sleep.

To make this work well you need to be consistent. You cannot go back to the old way of taking your dog for a walk.

Tips:

Ignore your dog before you go for a walk

Only go for a walk when you dog is in a calm state

If your dog gets excited before a walk don’t take them for a walk till they calm down

Spend a good 15mins tiring them out with a ball before the walk

To teach your dog to walk beside you, you need to have a short lead and walk them beside you the whole walk

Visualise there is a reason you are going for a walk, for instance you are picking up some milk from the dairy and your dog gets to come.

To control a dog on a lead do not drag your dog, use short tugs and also the “sssssssssst” command

Keep your energy level low and consistent, never heighten your energy because your dog will only heighten there’s.

Walk at your pace not your dogs

Take control of your walk, have a strong assertive posture

Ignore your dog during your walk, don’t give them to much attention, don’t talk to them

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Tags: Dog Training, Frustration, Lead Walking

by Spoodle

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2 Comments

Coco says:

February 18th, 2010 at 6:21 am

Wicked article, thanks – it is all to true.
Megan

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