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For Jerry : question about lead walking and sniffing!
Hi Jerry
Have been reading and following your manual and am getting some great results :-) I have a question concerning lead walking and sniffing that I hope you could answer. I'm training my 15 week pup to walk politely on the lead and I've been following your advice about releasing the pressure the minute she starts tugging. The problem is that when we try this, she always starts sniffing the ground or tugs in front or behind me. I'm against tugging or even holding tension in the lead so what's the best way to get her to come back to the starting position so we can try again? As I understand it, she shouldn't believe that her tugging has allowed her to gain ground (hence returning to the spot where she first tugged), but I'm having difficulty preventing her from sniffing the ground and I DON'T wont to be pulling/lifting her up with the lead and collar. I'm currently using the shaker can to distract her from sniffing - I create the sounds from different directions and always in such a way that she's distracted (never startled or frightened) - but it seems that she's becoming 'selectively deaf' to the various sounds! Any suggestions? Thanks as always, James |
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