How to break this habit??
 

Britney has always had the habit of demanding to be in control on her walks; sometimes she has to be on the side closest to the street and sometimes she has to be directly against a wall.

Living in the city, this presents a problem. If she doesn't get her habit she will literally stop walking. :rolleyes:

I try to keep a tight grip on her leash and allow for little tension so that she can't get but so far. I also try not to baby her and pick her up or let her get her away.

Any suggestions on how to stop her from doing this?

Have you tried calling out hoot hoot when y'all walk?:p Sorry, you know I had to! I wont even try to offer real advise- my dogs are hopeless.:rolleyes:

As soon as I saw that you had responded I KNEW what your advice was going to be... :p

Well, I hate to tell you who else is online right now.:p Okay- I'm off. Hopefully you'll get useful advice.

let me know how you concer it
 

we just let the boss go for it:rolleyes::rolleyes: but we are in the country. you are using a harness. that all i have.but let us know:animal36:animal36

YES....that is MY girl....thats my girl Nikki...LOL!! :eyetearss:happyboun:happyboun


OR..better yet Kyle why don't you just leave her there in the middle of the street and see if she gets jealous???? LOL...Oh wait I meant leave her at home!! :p:p:p

Aww, I wish I could do that!

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Thought you would like that one.....Love ya...MEAN it!!! :p:D:p

Hi ya. DO you clicker train? Here's a quick and easy way to teach "close" for teeny tiny dogs.
get a stick and tie a wee bit of fake fur of the end. first get the dog to target the bit of fur.
- when the dog looks at the fur click and treat, do that a dozen times
- then only click the dog for actually touching the fur with its nose
- now start moving the stick round and clicking everytime the dog touchs the fur
- now you can start walking with the stick at your side and getting the dog to touch as you walk along.
- try taking your stick on walks and to the park so your dog knows that the behaviour is required in lots of places not just at home.
- once the dog is walking along nicely at your side and not touching the stick -- click and treat that.
- once the behaviour's solid start adding the word "close" and clicking and treating
- then you can slowly cut out the clicking and treating and just use a verbal reward "good girl"

This is WILL take time. If your dog fails three times in a row then take it back a step - they don't know what you're asking for.

I won't say my guys do it all the time but it hasn't been something that I've hard out trained. Dixie walks quite nicely on a loose lead and both will heel without a lead at the park.

The stick's really handy because you don't have to bend over to train the behaviour.

One more thing -- your dog can probably feel your tension down that leash -- where possible try to have a loose lead.

Hope this helps!