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Just wondered if anyone out there has any positve training tips to stop a dog pulling on the lead.
Simba's been great at picking up all his other training - he sits and waits at curbs, good at recall, goes to his bed when we're eating, etc - but we can't get him out of the habit of dragging us down the street! :blink:
I know he's just mad excited to be going somewhere, but he's a strong little feller and our arms are getting tired! (w00t)
We've tried making him sit and stop [but sometimes time is on the short side and I don't want him to go without a walk and doing this every two seconds gets you nowhere!], treating him, talking to him and shaking the lead, but it's all in vain. I've got to the point where I can't wait to get to where I can let him off the lead [where, funnily enough, he then seems quite happy to trot along quite close to you, but I daren't do this near roads in case of cats and foxes, which he likes to 'check out'! :blink: ]
Any other ideas?
[PS; he's taken out three or four times a day for one to two hours in total, so it's not lack of exercise! ]
Simba's been great at picking up all his other training - he sits and waits at curbs, good at recall, goes to his bed when we're eating, etc - but we can't get him out of the habit of dragging us down the street! :blink:
I know he's just mad excited to be going somewhere, but he's a strong little feller and our arms are getting tired! (w00t)
We've tried making him sit and stop [but sometimes time is on the short side and I don't want him to go without a walk and doing this every two seconds gets you nowhere!], treating him, talking to him and shaking the lead, but it's all in vain. I've got to the point where I can't wait to get to where I can let him off the lead [where, funnily enough, he then seems quite happy to trot along quite close to you, but I daren't do this near roads in case of cats and foxes, which he likes to 'check out'! :blink: ]
Any other ideas?
[PS; he's taken out three or four times a day for one to two hours in total, so it's not lack of exercise! ]