How To Walk On A Leash Without Pulling?

In my last articel I asked you what you wanted to see this time and you said you wanted to see six-month-old Nina learn how do I get my dog to stop pulling on the leash if you're new or you're finding my videos for the first time go ahead right now that way you'll know when I upload a new articel and it's free when reading a dog to walk without pulling we often see a complete breakdown in communication and so much frustration as a matter of fact many professional trainers recommend that you do things like use a choke chain prong collar or shock collar to discourage your dog from pulling the only tools you need to teach a dog to do this or your sophisticated human brain and a patient attitude.

How to Train a Dog to Walk on a Leash Beside You?

First understand why dogs pull on a leash dogs walk faster than we do very often the dogs that are pulling on a leash are the very dogs that were bred to have exceptional endurance and stamina like hunting dogs or herding dogs or retrieving dogs that is the complete opposite of walking slowly next to a person nonetheless dogs have shown us throughout their history that they're highly adaptable to what we as people teach them to do do what you can to try and get that initial layer of energy out of them before introducing this concept to them dogs are much more receptive to learning once they've gotten rid of some of their energy if you have a super high energy dog you should not be relying on walks as your dog's primary form of exercise consider getting involved with something like dog sports or taking regular long hikes if possible dogs need to get tired and they need to have a proper outlet for that energy when introducing a concept like this to your dog it's important to do it indoors in an environment that they're familiar with like your house the last thing we want to say to our dogs is.

Hey I'm going to teach you something new and I'm gonna ask you to do it and the most distracting environment possible think about it when she's pulling what is she saying she's saying I really want to get to there so you let her know what that's not the way to get there the first rule is to make sure you're not advancing if there's any tension at all why do dogs pull on leash on the leaves both of you are fantastic with the eye contact but on loose leash walking you're a bit disconnected from the eyes this can be achieved by getting their attention with a treat early on but let me be clear we're not focused on luring our dog this is just to get their initial attention on us the treat is temporary this way and this arm will kind of bridge the eye contact so this goes from here yes to interact with them often what you got to improve on is locking your eyes more let them know you love their behavior often if they know sit ask them to sit off and while on a leash rewarding on sit even.

Leash training an older dog

If they know sit really well you should still reward in this instance because you're combining it with another behavior walking on a leash without pulling this makes it more challenging for your dog acknowledge their success really sore student uh-uh no every time then that's a normal habit for her she's a jumper so just withhold that reward be patient if your dog does this during leash training do your best to ignore it and focus on teaching one thing at a time if you need help with jumping check the description of this articel and I have a fantastic articel I think we'll go downstairs and try it in the in the outdoor environment our dogs are not robots quite the opposite they're very smart beings and smart beings are curious and very aware of their surroundings we're gonna give it a shot outside and see how Nina does whenever we change environments our dogs we ask them to do something in an environment that's more distracting or unfamiliar we're likely to have relapses so it's important that we take a step back and be patient with them and work with them in that new environment don't wait til you have somewhere to be to train this to your dog.

You won't be in a patient mindset and when you're not patient progress is unlikely more important than correcting behavior is really acknowledging when our dog is excelling yes hey Nina yes I like that she wasn't pulling there you know I could see she had already gotten in the habit of pulling because the closer we got to the door the more she pulled Nina sweetheart hey sit don't pull me okay let's walk yes good engagement like this the best time to correct unwanted polling is right before it occurs now if you know your dog well you'll know what I'm talking about they will foreshadow right before they start pulling that is your cue to get their attention onto you and reward them heavily we're acknowledging it right here since there's tension on the leash I need to get her attention back here hey over here come on no this makes you go away from that sit watch mood easy yes good Nina no ma'am if you see she's about to pull stop then don't wait for the polling to occur to correct yes no ma'am she's a thinking dog look at this yes good girl.

How to leash train a dog that won't walk?

This is great whenever we want to change as few variables at a time on our dog we're going to do the same thing we did upstairs but now it's a new environment and we're not asking for perfection but we are asking for improvement it is so important to work with our dogs on the things they know in various unfamiliar environments and to do it off and that's how we get them to internalize the behavior and really understand that as you're walking and she starts to pull you take a few feet back right here and Jose brings up the obvious dilemma we found we were unable to move anywhere yeah that's about right that's how it's gonna be in the beginning I mean that's you've got to get through that first layer walking nicely on the leashes baby steps you can't build Rome in a day yes good girl and see if I can get to three steps in with no tension.

I'm rewarding that all day long give them easy stuff to do like sitting and sitting often and reward on set this will keep them motivated and enthusiastic to learn yes cut cut this way good this way over here hey Nina sit yeah perfect look at that this is subtle but observe how Susie resists the urge to tug on the leash when she changes directions this isn't just about a more humane way to train a dog it's about actually teaching our dogs to think I like how you stuck with her there a lot of people tend to just pull the leash there but you stuck with her when you see that attention is about to slip and they're about to go into polling mode insist on getting their attention back on you again rewarding them from the behaviors you like you know yeah there you go that was good she started to die off and look ahead but you got her that is perfect this is interesting a real life distraction presented itself who say he does a great job here of saying.

How to stop a dog pulling on the lead?

I know you hear that so do I I know what it is I know how to proceed pay attention to me let's keep going please again do this in your own way but understand that dogs are perfectly capable of understanding these concepts if your dog is so distracted you may need to get in front of them to block their view in order to get their attention on to you when you feel you have their attention move out of the way let them look at the distraction but still communicate to them you want them to stay now we have a distraction coming so we're gonna try and enforce it stay in real life this is a wonderful opportunity to train in real world conditions she's laying off the distraction that's very good remember we don't need to be terribly reliant on treats moving forward that's because the environment will eventually serve as the reward in other words.

Your dog gets to enjoy the walk without interruption as long as they're walking without pulling let's walk this way walk in and look at this this is four or five six seven eight I like to count the number of steps I can get in reasonably without pulling occurring Nina sweetheart this way one two three four five six seven eight nine ten eleven twelve thirteen fourteen I mean this look there you go see that that's what you love when she goes when she's looking up at you let her know in your own parental way how much you love that I'd say we had a pretty successful training session with Nina there's still several weeks of consistency ahead in order for her to really internalize the behavior but she's got two wonderful people who care very deeply about her well-being and  how to train your dog to not pull on the leash should be the first consideration when teaching a dog.