Just Taking A Walk....Frustrating Reagan is a challenge to take on a walk. If she can see home or thinks we're near home....she will walk/run home but no way she wants to go for a walk in the other direction.
Now I carry her to the opposite side of our housing development. She will walk but for the first 150 yards or so she stops every 10-15 feet. She looks around....turns around, etc. Then she will walk. Then she will stop. Once she does this...then she walks the rest of the way home with almost no stops.
I tried to teach her the COME command and used treats to do so. She quickly learned that if she stops...I say COME....and she gets a treat when she runs up to me. Yup....made it worse...not better.
We're going thru training now. Just learded about loose leash walking. Again....motivated by a treat to walk next to me. Am giving it a shot but I'm kind of skeptical that the little one with a will of her own will be so easily taken in.
Any ideas????
I love taking her on walks but have to admit the start/stop is getting frustrating. |