| gontygirl | 01-27-2013 05:25 AM |
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Originally Posted by Reagan2012
(Post 4108206)
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.
| Ok, so basically giving her a treat when you'd been walking her and she stops...is teaching her to continue what you're trying to train away. Simply put, she didn't get it. Big deal! So you move on and try something else...
I have a dog that didn't walk properly either. (He's a rescue...and a year old). He either wanted to go home, pulled toward the grass and thought it was potty time or ran all around me (even under my feet and he's 2 1/2 pounds only!). How I have always trained my puppies (and I've had a ton over my years...) is that I potty them BEFORE the walk and (since I have two dogs) I put them on a short leash, with my arms down and simply walk. If he start lagging behind I strengthen my leash and once he "falls in line" I release and loosen the leash, however it's always a short leash so I can keep him next to my left leg, (as my other dog is at my right leg). Pick a side, preferably on the side of the grass and keep walking. Stop letting her control the walk. You have to change your pattern with her and show her who's in charge. Terriers, I have come to learn, are strong willed (as my German Shepherd used to be...) and if I can control a 150 pound canine why am I babying this 2 1/2 pound dog? I found it only starts problems, so I am treating my boy as tho he were a HUGE shepherd and giving him serious house rules. I promise once you get on board with taking over and offering her NO CHOICES she has no power and she'll be happier too cus she'll know what's expected of her. Dogs have a pecking order...and you do NOT want your terrier in charge. They do better following your lead. :) | 