 My dog did the same thing!
My little baby Yui is four months old. When I started walking her she refused to move and just sat on the ground. What made her start walking was when I put down the leash and started walking away from her. If I got far enough away her pack instincts kicked in and she would follow me. I had to keep a very close eye on her because I was afraid she might run away, but she didn't. After three or four walks like this, she got used to the whole concept of walking and let me hold the leash.
A second thing I did that helped a ton was buying a flexi leash, or an extendable leash (whatever you want to call it). It extends up to 10', which is far enough away that she wanted to follow me. So I would put her flexi leash on her harness then just start walking. Usually, by the time the leash fully extended she started walking towards me. I gave her lots of encouragement along the way and now we're to the point where she doesn't put up too much of a fight when we walk. For whatever reason, she still hates doing it, but she's pretty willing.
Oh! And I noticed someone else said to walk towards home instead of away from it - that works really well for us. Even now, she will lay down and refuse to keep walking when we go away from my apartment (I just make her get up and she keeps going), but as soon as we turn around she has BOUNDLESS energy, LOL. |