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My Fault So it's totally my fault....Joey won't walk with a leash on. :( I have tried alot of different things. Does anyone have the same problem or tips? |
Do you use a harness with a leash? Or a collar and a leash? |
I would just say to walk him everyday. You need to walk him on a harness and be consistent. Reward him for good behavior and make walks fun. Good luck! |
We have the same problem. I think she enjoys her freedom in the backyard, and expects the same freedom when we go somewhere that requires a leash. I am always outside with her when she goes out. I find it hard to get practice with a leash because of the irregular instances that she actually must wear a leash. I also must be a softie because when she pulls away from me, I'll go in her direction because I'm scared she will choke herself from being stubborn. She is miserable in harnesses as well. We can't please her. You are DEFINITELY not alone, and if someone can offer advice, I would appreciate it as well. |
Pixie will only walk on a leash if I let it drag behind her. The second I pick it up she stops and lays down. She is 4 1/2. No matter what I do she won't walk with me holding it. It's my fault too I got her at 13 months and in the winter so she never got use to walking on a leash. |
My Morkie has anxiety when I leave him and gets sick a day later with diarrea. I"m at a loss on what to do or how to train him not to do that |
You can try bringing treats in your pocket and holding out a small piece of something in front of him. When he walks towards you, give him the small treat and praise him. Each time he advances reward him. This is what I did with Zoe because she hated the leash. BTW, i only use a harness on her and now am using a retractable leash which I find gives me more control of the situation. Hope this helps! |
I have tried both a collar and harness. He will just lay down. I even tried having him wear the collar in the house. |
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I wish I could remember who it was that was giving the obedience seminar, but she took a puppy someone at the seminar had and demonstrated getting the puppy to walk on a leash using a yard stick with the cheese that squirts out of a can on the end of it. She held it down so the puppy could lick it, then, as the puppy started licking, she started walking slowly and praising the puppy. Keep walking slowly and intemittently raise the yard stick. Let the puppy take a step or two without the yard stick then more and more steps. Praise profusely (in a happy voice) while the puppy is walking. I tried this with an IG puppy foster I had that couldn't walk on a leash and it worked amazingly well. She was walking on a leash in just a couple sessions. Of course she WAS a brilliant little thing. :D |
Lizzie07 I like that idea. I don't know about the cheese in can thing...just because he has skin problems and I think he has food allergies. I will have to try that and let you guys know! |
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No collar around the neck. Small breed dogs should ONLY be on a harness. Jemma would stop walking as soon as we would get near a parked car. She refused to walk past it. when she stopped I would just sweet talk her and hold a little cheerio in front of her and as she would just stick her neck out I would say good girl. then she would advance another step and we'd repeat the process. It seems like she took forever but finally....we won. |
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I used peanut butter with the IG puppy, but anything yummy that will stick on the end of the yard stick will work. Oh, I also used a long wooden spoon because I couldn't find the yardstick :). |
I don't know if this is related to what you are experiencing, but up until the last year of her life when she was walking a great deal on a leash, Ashley refused to walk the first block that we walked. I carried her for a block until she was more secure, and then I let her walk. There were times when she stopped walking in the middle of a walk because she pouted when not enough people said hello to her, but otherwise, she would walk on a leash. When she started having dementia, I had to carry her for a while until we got to a spot where she felt secure. After a while, once Ashley started to feel more secure when walking, she would walk the whole way. For many years when she was younger, she was one of three Yorkies that I walked at the same time. She definitely was the most willful, but I didn't want to pull her and picked her up when she stopped walking. I started using a leash when she was a baby, but Ashley was more challenging than my others when she had her mind made up about something. I'd try carrying Joey at first, and then try to see if he will walk. My girls went a lot of places with me, and when I went into stores with them, I'd carry two of them, so they also liked being carried. Ashley's two sisters preferred to walk on their own, though, and Ashley finally was walking on her own a couple of miles a day, even when she was almost 17. Just keep trying and don't give up with him. |
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