Connie Sutherland wrote 02/21/2012 02:59 PM Re: Collar on pomeranian [Re: Elaine Haynes ] #355942 - 02/21/2012 02:59 PM
Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005 Posts: 31571 Loc: North-Central coast of California Offline	Quote: Elaine Haynes Personally I don't use corrections during the learning phase of any training (a soft lead pop is a correction). Instead use the marker training to teach him to walk on a lead. You can also use fun games to teach him. .... It sounds as if he's used to the feel of the lead now, so make walking with you fun and interesting for him. Big ditto from me. I have both real and toy dogs, and the toys are infamously "trachea-delicate" (Pugs). Halters (I learned years ago when I was new to the breed, from Bob Scott) will cause the dog to instinctively pull against them, and are (IMHO) bad advice often given to owners of toy breeds. I teach loose-leash walking, like everything else, as Elaine says: with no corrections in the teaching phase, and even well into the proofing phase. I use marker training, and I start with no distractions. So loose-leash training isn't begun (for me) out on the exciting sidewalk but indoor in a boring hallway. No competition. I wanted to add that I would not tether the puppy to a fixed object. I tether just about every dog of whatever age, when new to my house, to ME.
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