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Walk nice on a leash Hi, I got my Yorkie(Louis) at age 9 months and now he is almost 1 year old. Ever since he started to lift his leg to pee (marking) walks with him became a nightmare. He wants to sniff every inch of the street, and he will not continue walking until he had some of this smelling dose, if I won't lift him he will drag behind like an anchor and look me in the eyes like: I will not go any further.. I am using many famous training techniques using a clicker, but even though he is a big food motivated I can't see any progress outside (indoors he is perfect). To my question: Had anyone tried some sort of head collar like halti or gentle leader for yorkies? Is it good for them? I use harness to not damage his trachea and a head collar seems like it could do some damage. I know there are some sort of harnesses to help training dogs to walk nice, but I would like to know how effective they are. Thanks in advanced, Tsoof. |
It doesn't sound like you have a leash walking issue, it sounds like you have a dog sniffing issue. Dogs like to sniff every inch of what ever it is that attracts their attention. At one time I had a pack of 3, they were walked every day, 3 dogs all had their own sniffing spots, and yes, had to sniff and resniff every inch. If I got impatient with the amount of time they were taking, and if I tugged on them to move on, I got the same reaction you are getting, breaks on refused to move, so I let them do all their sniffing. Let him do all the sniffing he wants to do, they need to fund that perfect spot to pee or poop. |
I let him sniff,pee and poop. But eventually I would like to do some walking, for him and for me. |
I don't know if this would work for you - and it for sure is not the ideal solution, but if I am in a hurry doing a quick potty walk before I need to leave the house and don't have time for the lingering sniffing, I will pick maggie up, walk a few paces and putter back down and she seems to continue on with the walk most of the time. |
I'm in the same process of training my dog to walk nice on a leash too. He likes to pull, tug, and walk in front of me. This is bad as he will think he's the pack leader which will cause other issues like asserting his dominance and being aggressive. I watched tons of YouTube videos and all the trainers use the same method. I've been using this method for the past few days and have seen improvement. I've added in sit/down command as well since he already knew how to sit and lay down on command. So I'll walk and occasionally stop and have him sit next to me. Then continue to walk again. It's VERY repetitive but I've been making slow progress. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBN2_YuTclU At some point I would like him to be trained in walking like this yorkie named Brutus. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vivNcRdaRs |
To cut down on the sniffing and marking, I keep my body pointing in the direction I want us to keep walking and say "let's go!' happily. Sometimes I have to say a lot. Changing up your walking route may help too. My boys feel territorial about our favorite walking routes, so I try to switch it up as much as possible. |
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