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Leashing Pulling Problem
Hi everyone,
I'm having a problem with my 10 month old puppy. She's a Lab/Chow mix. More Lab then Chow. The problem is, she's pulling alot on the leash when we're outside, in the house or the building hallways she's cool with no problem. Only outside. Any help on training her to stop pulling would be great! Thanks, Rickie |
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On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 12:55:59 -0500, "Richard Velez"
wrote: Hi everyone, I'm having a problem with my 10 month old puppy. She's a Lab/Chow mix. More Lab then Chow. The problem is, she's pulling alot on the leash when we're outside, in the house or the building hallways she's cool with no problem. Only outside. Any help on training her to stop pulling would be great! Thanks, Rickie What type of training method do you prefer using? The 3 ways I was taught was 1. When dog pulls, pull back with a quick, sharp 2 handed pull. 2. Always leave slack in the leash. If dog goes to the end, stop, let out a bit of slack and if he continues to go to the end of the leash, stop and wait and don't move until the dog relaxes and looks back at you. 3. WHen the dog pulls, turn aroudn and walk the other direction. And my 4th piece of advice - look into obedience training in a form that you are comfortable with. Find what works for you and then sign yourself and your dog up for training. The key to training a dog successfully is to train the owner how to work w/ the dog. Once you learn then you can teach your dog just about anything. jayjay http://home.comcast.net/~jennifer.is...b/c_index.html |
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On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 12:55:59 -0500, "Richard Velez"
wrote: Hi everyone, I'm having a problem with my 10 month old puppy. She's a Lab/Chow mix. More Lab then Chow. The problem is, she's pulling alot on the leash when we're outside, in the house or the building hallways she's cool with no problem. Only outside. Any help on training her to stop pulling would be great! Thanks, Rickie What type of training method do you prefer using? The 3 ways I was taught was 1. When dog pulls, pull back with a quick, sharp 2 handed pull. 2. Always leave slack in the leash. If dog goes to the end, stop, let out a bit of slack and if he continues to go to the end of the leash, stop and wait and don't move until the dog relaxes and looks back at you. 3. WHen the dog pulls, turn aroudn and walk the other direction. And my 4th piece of advice - look into obedience training in a form that you are comfortable with. Find what works for you and then sign yourself and your dog up for training. The key to training a dog successfully is to train the owner how to work w/ the dog. Once you learn then you can teach your dog just about anything. jayjay http://home.comcast.net/~jennifer.is...b/c_index.html |
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On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 12:55:59 -0500, "Richard Velez"
wrote: Hi everyone, I'm having a problem with my 10 month old puppy. She's a Lab/Chow mix. More Lab then Chow. The problem is, she's pulling alot on the leash when we're outside, in the house or the building hallways she's cool with no problem. Only outside. Any help on training her to stop pulling would be great! Thanks, Rickie What type of training method do you prefer using? The 3 ways I was taught was 1. When dog pulls, pull back with a quick, sharp 2 handed pull. 2. Always leave slack in the leash. If dog goes to the end, stop, let out a bit of slack and if he continues to go to the end of the leash, stop and wait and don't move until the dog relaxes and looks back at you. 3. WHen the dog pulls, turn aroudn and walk the other direction. And my 4th piece of advice - look into obedience training in a form that you are comfortable with. Find what works for you and then sign yourself and your dog up for training. The key to training a dog successfully is to train the owner how to work w/ the dog. Once you learn then you can teach your dog just about anything. jayjay http://home.comcast.net/~jennifer.is...b/c_index.html |
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On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 12:55:59 -0500, "Richard Velez"
wrote: Hi everyone, I'm having a problem with my 10 month old puppy. She's a Lab/Chow mix. More Lab then Chow. The problem is, she's pulling alot on the leash when we're outside, in the house or the building hallways she's cool with no problem. Only outside. Any help on training her to stop pulling would be great! Thanks, Rickie What type of training method do you prefer using? The 3 ways I was taught was 1. When dog pulls, pull back with a quick, sharp 2 handed pull. 2. Always leave slack in the leash. If dog goes to the end, stop, let out a bit of slack and if he continues to go to the end of the leash, stop and wait and don't move until the dog relaxes and looks back at you. 3. WHen the dog pulls, turn aroudn and walk the other direction. And my 4th piece of advice - look into obedience training in a form that you are comfortable with. Find what works for you and then sign yourself and your dog up for training. The key to training a dog successfully is to train the owner how to work w/ the dog. Once you learn then you can teach your dog just about anything. jayjay http://home.comcast.net/~jennifer.is...b/c_index.html |
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Hi everyone, I'm having a problem with my 10 month old puppy. She's a Lab/Chow mix. More Lab then Chow. The problem is, she's pulling alot on the leash when we're outside, in the house or the building hallways she's cool with no problem. Only outside. Any help on training her to stop pulling would be great! Thanks, Rickie You could try one of the headcollars. Since rather than pulling against her neck, you can then pull her head around, this can inhibit pulling. Some dogs hate them, though. All dogs I've seen don't love them when they are first put on. You need to get them fitted properly, too. Have your vet show you how. I actually prefer to not use "gadgets" of any kind if I don't need to, although I frequently will use food as a motivator. Why is your dog pulling? To go faster, or to see something/someone? Do you head somewhere when you take her out? Does she get enough exercise? If she just gets excited and wants to go faster, I think you could take a handful of treats, and when she first pulls, call her back to you, then reward with a treat. Then, make the treat reward every other time, and just praise every other time. Etc. Some of that depends on how motivated your dog is by treats, and how motivated she is by praise. We used to do an about face with a training collar (choke chain) on a dog that pulled, to teach the dog that she/he better be paying attention to the handler, but now most people try to use a more positive approach. After my experience with Ruby, I think the results are just as good, but it takes a little more patience, dedication and creativity on the part of the handler to use positive methods. Laurel w/ Ruby- GSD |
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Hi everyone, I'm having a problem with my 10 month old puppy. She's a Lab/Chow mix. More Lab then Chow. The problem is, she's pulling alot on the leash when we're outside, in the house or the building hallways she's cool with no problem. Only outside. Any help on training her to stop pulling would be great! Thanks, Rickie You could try one of the headcollars. Since rather than pulling against her neck, you can then pull her head around, this can inhibit pulling. Some dogs hate them, though. All dogs I've seen don't love them when they are first put on. You need to get them fitted properly, too. Have your vet show you how. I actually prefer to not use "gadgets" of any kind if I don't need to, although I frequently will use food as a motivator. Why is your dog pulling? To go faster, or to see something/someone? Do you head somewhere when you take her out? Does she get enough exercise? If she just gets excited and wants to go faster, I think you could take a handful of treats, and when she first pulls, call her back to you, then reward with a treat. Then, make the treat reward every other time, and just praise every other time. Etc. Some of that depends on how motivated your dog is by treats, and how motivated she is by praise. We used to do an about face with a training collar (choke chain) on a dog that pulled, to teach the dog that she/he better be paying attention to the handler, but now most people try to use a more positive approach. After my experience with Ruby, I think the results are just as good, but it takes a little more patience, dedication and creativity on the part of the handler to use positive methods. Laurel w/ Ruby- GSD |
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Hi everyone, I'm having a problem with my 10 month old puppy. She's a Lab/Chow mix. More Lab then Chow. The problem is, she's pulling alot on the leash when we're outside, in the house or the building hallways she's cool with no problem. Only outside. Any help on training her to stop pulling would be great! Thanks, Rickie You could try one of the headcollars. Since rather than pulling against her neck, you can then pull her head around, this can inhibit pulling. Some dogs hate them, though. All dogs I've seen don't love them when they are first put on. You need to get them fitted properly, too. Have your vet show you how. I actually prefer to not use "gadgets" of any kind if I don't need to, although I frequently will use food as a motivator. Why is your dog pulling? To go faster, or to see something/someone? Do you head somewhere when you take her out? Does she get enough exercise? If she just gets excited and wants to go faster, I think you could take a handful of treats, and when she first pulls, call her back to you, then reward with a treat. Then, make the treat reward every other time, and just praise every other time. Etc. Some of that depends on how motivated your dog is by treats, and how motivated she is by praise. We used to do an about face with a training collar (choke chain) on a dog that pulled, to teach the dog that she/he better be paying attention to the handler, but now most people try to use a more positive approach. After my experience with Ruby, I think the results are just as good, but it takes a little more patience, dedication and creativity on the part of the handler to use positive methods. Laurel w/ Ruby- GSD |
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Hi everyone, I'm having a problem with my 10 month old puppy. She's a Lab/Chow mix. More Lab then Chow. The problem is, she's pulling alot on the leash when we're outside, in the house or the building hallways she's cool with no problem. Only outside. Any help on training her to stop pulling would be great! Thanks, Rickie You could try one of the headcollars. Since rather than pulling against her neck, you can then pull her head around, this can inhibit pulling. Some dogs hate them, though. All dogs I've seen don't love them when they are first put on. You need to get them fitted properly, too. Have your vet show you how. I actually prefer to not use "gadgets" of any kind if I don't need to, although I frequently will use food as a motivator. Why is your dog pulling? To go faster, or to see something/someone? Do you head somewhere when you take her out? Does she get enough exercise? If she just gets excited and wants to go faster, I think you could take a handful of treats, and when she first pulls, call her back to you, then reward with a treat. Then, make the treat reward every other time, and just praise every other time. Etc. Some of that depends on how motivated your dog is by treats, and how motivated she is by praise. We used to do an about face with a training collar (choke chain) on a dog that pulled, to teach the dog that she/he better be paying attention to the handler, but now most people try to use a more positive approach. After my experience with Ruby, I think the results are just as good, but it takes a little more patience, dedication and creativity on the part of the handler to use positive methods. Laurel w/ Ruby- GSD |
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I tried the loose leash thing, different collars, but the only thing that
worked was using two leashes, the second a 6-ft one that did a half-hitch around the dogs midsection. When he pulled, it tightened up on his belly and he stopped pulling. I got this idea from a hunting dog website but I can't seem to find the url at the moment. "Richard Velez" wrote in message ... Hi everyone, I'm having a problem with my 10 month old puppy. She's a Lab/Chow mix. More Lab then Chow. The problem is, she's pulling alot on the leash when we're outside, in the house or the building hallways she's cool with no problem. Only outside. Any help on training her to stop pulling would be great! Thanks, Rickie |
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