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Fantastic49 · 05-23-2010, 11:30 AM

hi there!! i got my little one a few weeks ago ... she's a rescue and she had clearly never been walked on a leash before, so she did the same thing. i had heard of dogs pulling their owners, but never sitting back resisting them!! that's what she did. maybe a few steps here and there.

i just put her on a short leash (maybe 3 feet) and i let the leash go slack and i just walked like i didn't even notice. i paid her no attention, just pretended like she wasn't resisting. i think she resisted for about the first 10 blocks or so and then she got the hang of it and started to walk. we practiced that every day and now she knows exactly what to do!!! it didn't even take 3 days. she's an adult, so we walk for quite a while, but it worked for us!!

good luck!!

05-23-2010, 11:30 AM	#2
Fantastic49 No Longer a Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Beverly Hills, CA, USA Posts: 334	persistence, persistence, persistence!! hi there!! i got my little one a few weeks ago ... she's a rescue and she had clearly never been walked on a leash before, so she did the same thing. i had heard of dogs pulling their owners, but never sitting back resisting them!! that's what she did. maybe a few steps here and there. i just put her on a short leash (maybe 3 feet) and i let the leash go slack and i just walked like i didn't even notice. i paid her no attention, just pretended like she wasn't resisting. i think she resisted for about the first 10 blocks or so and then she got the hang of it and started to walk. we practiced that every day and now she knows exactly what to do!!! it didn't even take 3 days. she's an adult, so we walk for quite a while, but it worked for us!! good luck!!