 Walking with a dog
#357246 - 03/20/2012 05:30 AM |
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What tricks or genuine training techniques do you use to have a dog consistently walk at your side, and not pull ahead every few whiles?
Often a dog is good at walking for about ten steps and then it starts to inch ahead. How do you work your dog to keep it focused in its orientation next to you as you walk?
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#357254 - 03/20/2012 06:25 AM |
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I don't know if they're tricks (well, maybe they are in the dog's eyes) but I generally either just make like a statue or turn suddenly without warning and go in a different direction.
When I was younger and more flexible I used to sometimes play follow the leader with my dog. The game included sudden sits, downs, etc. Now, I'd have trouble getting back up. LOL
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#357264 - 03/20/2012 09:33 AM |
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tucker is awful for that when we are first starting out on our walk. I know he's just excited but still, it's aggrivating. Especially when he walks perfectly on the way home!
I do the about turn or stop also.
I'll be honest and say im not a stickler about his position...as long as he's not pulling on the leash and his front leg is in line with mine im ok with that. But if the leash tightens and he tries to get further than that I do the about face.
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#357267 - 03/20/2012 10:07 AM |
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I used the about turn and the stop in the beginning but changed to the treat every time there at my side, mark & reward.
I didn't use a command or tug on the leash I would let her walk and when she got to my side juicy treat, so good things came when she was at my side.
Zoey is incredible now no leash needed any where I go just verbal "close".
How ever I do still use one for walks, training and such not because she needs it but to show her it's not always about training. There was a brief time when she didn't like the meaning of collar & leash but that's history.
I have the complete opposite with my Nam Vet friends GSD Troy he's a John Deer Tractor leash a must.
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#357274 - 03/20/2012 10:30 AM |
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I stop & make abrupt turns when I have a dog pulling on a leash.
I will also start to walk backwards...as the dog is wanting to go forward; the forward steps are a reward for staying by my side & not trying to get ahead of me.
In many cases I am walking both dogs together & they both have to stay with me. If one pulls ahead we all stop or turn or whatever.
I use a 'walk with me' command for walking by my side as opposed to a 'fuss' heel command for a formal heel.
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#357347 - 03/20/2012 02:48 PM |
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Prong correction, another heel command, then reward and praise when she complies. The praise almost always gets her excited and inching again, so I repeat "Heel", but I don't correct again as long as there is no outright refusal.
I'm trying to polish this up, because I want a BH soon and therefore must eliminate the multiple commands.
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#357355 - 03/20/2012 04:32 PM |
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Turbo got good on leash when I started using his desire to piss on stuff and smell dog poop as a reward. True story.
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#357389 - 03/20/2012 08:46 PM |
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I am very unpredictable and make all kind of directional changes AND changes in my pace.
I know the dog is getting it when I start seeing them look at me as if to say "what is that crazy woman going to do next????"
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#357399 - 03/20/2012 09:32 PM |
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I know the dog is getting it when I start seeing them look at me as if to say "what is that crazy woman going to do next????"
I know that look!! 
That's when I know it's time to name it. Goooood...March. Walking right along and they pull a bit again, about face, strange look at the crazy lady...Goooood...March.
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#357400 - 03/20/2012 09:39 PM |
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I am very unpredictable and make all kind of directional changes AND changes in my pace.
I know the dog is getting it when I start seeing them look at me as if to say "what is that crazy woman going to do next????"
This is more or less my strategy, too. "Being a tree" doesn't work well for one of my dogs, as he will just continuously pull against me even though I'm not moving a muscle. I could stand there for an hour and he would keep pulling.
I'm not a stickler about exact position. I don't really care if they're walking a few inches in front of me, as long as we have a loose leash between us. But both of mine can be terrible pullers, so it's a constant work in progress for me. I incorporate all kinds of crazy and unexpected movements into my walk. Plenty of about turns, including left about turns where I don't hesitate to bump into the dog if he's forging and not paying attention. Stop, back up, do a 360 right, a 360 left. (Sounds like a rally course!) Ask for a sit, walk a few steps, ask for another sit, and so on.
It's a heck of a workout sometimes. I would love to have a dog I could just take for a nice, long, pleasant and relaxing walk (she said wistfully....)
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