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Old 01-16-2013, 04:42 PM   #1
Reagan2012
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Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: Quakertown, PA
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Default 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.
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