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04-12-2011, 08:12 PM | #1 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Valencia, Ca
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| Help with walking on a leash! Gizmo is now 10 months old and he has started to pull me when we got for our walks. He knows how to walk on a leash but at time when hes excited when there is another dog or a person walking he pulls. When we take a walk by ourselves he is great. As soon as he starts to pull i have been stopping( not pulling on him or anything) is that the best thing i can do so he knows that if he pulls he doesnt get anywhere? Gizmo wears a buddy belt also! |
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04-12-2011, 08:42 PM | #2 |
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| I have the opposite problem. Coco recently learned how to walk on her leash and she walks so much behind me. What i've started to do was to shorten the leash so she has no choice but to walk next to me. I wonder if this will work with gizmo
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04-12-2011, 08:46 PM | #3 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Valencia, Ca
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| aw i wish that was my problem!! I do have a very short leash and i hold the leash right at my side but when he gets excited there is not calming him down! |
04-12-2011, 09:11 PM | #4 |
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| I've heard threading the lead through a pvc pipe to keep it right down at your side can help. Also trying a Halti head collar that leads the nose. If they pull their nose turns them the opposite way they were going. The problem with these is that no brand makes them small enough for a yorkie, esp a puppy! I bought the xs for Uni it is was way too big! I found the harnesses with the d ring in the front did us no good either. What I've come to accept from Uni is that it's just part of her quirk. I swtiched to a retractable lead (which was the one thing you are not supposed to do, bc it rewards pullers with what they want, getting further and faster) but it works ok for us. She stops screaming, and I don't get embarrassed. She feels like she not even on a lead, so her attitude is different than when she's on a regular lead. However, what you are doing is correct in what we are "supposed" to do when they pull. Put him in a sit and wait until he calms down until you go again. This did not work with Uni either, as she listens to commands, but also barks incessantly at the top of her lungs, as if telling me "OK MOM I'M SITTING, NOW LET'S GO! LET'S GO! LET'S GO! MOM! MOM! MOM! I'M SITTING! SITTING! SITTING! OKOKOKOK!!!" Keep trying, and keep trying with one method for a few months before you try another. I think that is an important thing to remember that many people give up before the dog really had a chance to "get it", then introducing a new method, thus further confusing the dog. good luck.
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04-12-2011, 09:32 PM | #5 |
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| Here's some videos that might help :
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04-13-2011, 05:56 AM | #6 |
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| I started teaching Harley heel, cause he takes off and "attacks" and barks at leaves and birds. I started in a quiet area, asking him to sit beside me between me and the wall, after he got that I started asking for sit away from the wall, beside me. now when we walk, I give random treats for walking next to me, if he pulls at all. I stop and stare at the spot beside me sometimes I'll point if he's really confused. As soon as he lands beside me I give a treat and keep walking. Now his reward is forward movement, and he's figured it out. You could always give that a try.
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