Balking on walks

[Jkpal]

Originally Posted by DBlain

ha ha, just noticed that this is an old thread. Lola too is a sniffer and a spotter, worse than any male dog I have ever had, I also noticed potty pad trained dogs sniff and spot less. Anyway, I let her sniff for a little bit at the beginning, but after she wets about 3 times she gets less leash length and we walk in the middle of the street to avoid all the lawns in the neighborhood, this works where I live but I realize not everyone can walk down the middle of the street. Also when I was walking for my exercise instead of hers I found leaving her home worked best, this way we were both happy and I was not frustrated by all the stops.

I love the walking down the middle of the street thing, very funny! My Piper is a "tom-boy" as well--constantly making sure others know she was here.

[Juliealfies mum]

Alfie is quite a slow walker and likes to sniff every blade of grass, but Lottie is on a mission to get somewhere as fast as possible and for some reason they always want to go in opposite directions lol . Alfie also likes to choose his route and if we want to go elsewhere he just stops until we are ready to go his way lol he has us trained .

[Jkpal]

Originally Posted by Juliealfies mum

Alfie is quite a slow walker and likes to sniff every blade of grass, but Lottie is on a mission to get somewhere as fast as possible and for some reason they always want to go in opposite directions lol . Alfie also likes to choose his route and if we want to go elsewhere he just stops until we are ready to go his way lol he has us trained .

Oh, that's just too funny! I have this image in my mind and can't stop smiling!

[matese]

Due to having a yard and large loose dogs in my community Cody does not go on daily walks. Back yard has no interesting smells unless that pesty squirrel scampered across it or the chippy buried a nut back there, so walks are long, not a long walk it just takes long to walk past 4 homes, due to every blade, every rock, pebble, newspaper post has to be sniffed lol. Because it's not a daily thing and not a potty walk because he'll potty in the yard before walks, it's just a walk for him to know the area in case god forbid he should get out of the house he will know (hopefully) where he lives. So the sniffing is a luxury to him and I allow it,so what could be a 15 minute walk about ends up to a 45 minute walk.

[Lvsroses]

My 9 month yorkie had suddenly refused to go on walks. He is not sick. He has always enjoyed our walks, not won't budge out of the driveway. Any suggestions? Thanks!