Train Your Dog to NOT PULL on Walks – Loose Leash Walking
you
that’s pretty simple reason hey why dogs
pull on leash dogs are excited by the
environment and they really just want to
go see everything so I’m going to go
over how to go from this to this
training tools that you will need a four
to six foot leash for my lip pullers a
freedom no pol body harness for strong
pullers a head harness healthy treats
because you may end up giving quite a
bit and last a clicker
regularly exercising to give them the
freedom to run and be a dog is
critically important for successful
walking by allowing your dog to have the
off leash time where they can run around
and take the edge off physically you are
setting yourself and your dog up to
succeed for a better walk when you do go
out they won’t have the pent-up energy
wanting to burst out yeah
walking is exercise but if they’re
pulling it’s a double-ended sword we
want to exercise them but if the dog is
only getting structured walks as their
main form of exercise you will struggle
with loose leash walking for a longer
period of time make it easy in the
beginning and try not to take your dog
to bustling areas where not only does
your dog have to suppress the urge to
pull but also has to suppress the urge
to go say hello to everyone and not pull
for every wonderful brand new scent
their welcome
sniffing is a really important behavior
for dogs to do it’s very natural
especially scent hounds that really I
mean that’s what they were bred to do is
the sniffing fine scent so it’s very
overwhelming and they often it’s the
biggest distraction but we have to take
into account of our dog’s needs again
this walk is not solely for the human it
is 50% for the dog and you do want them
to enjoy however at the same time if
your dog is sniffing and pulling you
forwards of course we’re not going to be
like okay that’s totally fine to sniff
that’s not what we want but we can still
train them that they’re allowed to sniff
possibly when we allow them so we can
give them a cue to go and sniff at every
block or every half block we didn’t
where we can stop and they have that
complete range or what you can do is
what I do I teach them to sniff but at
the same time if they start pulling I
pull into the training I stop moving and
I’m like we’re not going any further
until you stop pulling so it’s actually
a negative punishment the dog does not
get what he or she wants if they’re
pulling humane techniques to use
to teach your dog how to walk the
clicker method which is the proactive
approach this technique is focusing on
rewarding the good behavior and
interrupting the dog before they can
pull on the leash what the click does is
teach the dog that the behavior that
they are doing at the moment is good and
when trained for long periods of time
the slowing down for the treat starts to
become muscle memory the dog will
automatically start interrupting
themselves because it pays off there you
go
nice come on
good boy
this will help using treats that hold
their shape and don’t crumble when
touched yet they should be smelling and
enticing to the dog that you’re working
with for loose leash walking you really
should be using healthy treats for due
to the fact that you may use quite a bit
in the beginning you can even use kibble
mixed in with some smelly treats such as
the ones I’m using or even pepperoni or
something else that holds its shape this
is the stop-and-go approach which is a
reactive approach to training this
technique is focusing on taking away
what the dog wants for the undesirable
behavior we stop moving to communicate
to the dog that the behavior won’t get
you what you want once the dog loosens
up on the slack we move again
communicating that there is no tension
you move forwards
you
humane training equipment can definitely
help especially if you have a dog that
pulls and pulls a head halter or front
clip body harness can give you those
extra moments you need to pull straining
out however using the equipment
shouldn’t be forever they are used to
help you with the difficulties during
training
the head harness is a self-correcting
tool that when the dog pulls their head
is turned away from the fun so the dog
learned not to pull
you
the body harness does the same as the
head harness but from the chest area
pulling their body sideways if they pull
on the leash it can be very beneficial
for on and off Polar’s weaning the dog
off the equipment for strong pullers you
will go from a head harness and when
they aren’t pulling and you see that
they’re giving a slack leash you will
move to the body harness when you see
the dog isn’t pulling on the body
harness you can start reintroducing the
collar or a back lip harness which is my
preference
now I think there’s a huge misconception
out there that your dog should be
walking right beside you in a heel
position for long periods of time and I
definitely do not believe in that and I
really do think that dogs they have
natural instincts and I do think that
they need to be satiated the one big
problem with when you’re trying to keep
your dog right by your side for an
entire walk is you’re forcing that dog
to cope with so much visual stimuli and
you’re teaching that dog that you need
to suppress every single ounce of
instinctual behavior and natural
behavior to walk with me what happens
here is you stop the dog from
distressing himself on a walk which is
natural behavior such as moving freely
and sniffing the ground and doing as he
pleases and you’re going to start
finding that your dog is going to be
more reactive your dog can definitely
become over stimulant and overwhelmed
and at the same time very very
frustrated because a lot of the time we
do rely on our walks for the majority of
our dogs exercise we don’t necessarily
always take our dogs to an off-leash
park or an off-leash area where that dog
actually has the ability to run free so
walk again should be 50/50 50% for the
owner of 50% for the dog
remember there is a balanced enough
freedom to satiate the dog’s needs which
is maybe once a day and then one
structured walk or two per day you could
even start with some freedom out of
field for 15 minutes with a long line or
in a park that allows off leash then you
can go for a walk pulling into the
structure training and then possibly off
leash again for some good behavior
remember that if your dog is pulling
they’re learning
loose leash walking takes months to a
year to be a hundred percent successful
in all environments and be patient set
your dog and yourself up to succeed and
do not feel like you have to resort to
adversive tools in order to get your dog
in control
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