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I have a 12 week old "Small Munsterlander" pup that I am training to walk on a leash. I am using a flat snap collar because she is still very young. My question is: Is it okay to correct her, pop the leash, when she pulls off the sidewalk to smell the grass. She does this all the time.
When she pulls ahead , I just stop until she looks back, I reward with food (very food motivated) and she walks with me for a bit, this works very well. She is learning "come" but does not know this command under distraction yet, so I don't use it in this situation. I use "walk with me" and 60% of the time she looks at me, comes closer, and I reward with food.
But she only walks with me one or two steps then she off pulling and smelling the grass to the side for a long, long time. If I pop the leash this usually works, but I don't know if it is too soon to be correcting her. I would be correcting her every few minutes. At home in the yard she seems to know "walk with me", well, without the distrations, of course.
Need to learn more... my "Munsterlander" pup already knows more than I do!!
I don't think you should correct her for something she does't know. I'd use a verbal motivator (high pitched voice, click or kissing noises but no formal command, like "come" or "no") and a smooth pull of the leash until she begins moving again, then reward (treat, pet, or "good girl") This should help her along until she has the attention span and the training to learn the behavior, before corrections. She's still real young and her mind is always wandering. Short training sessions are best. Hope this helps!
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There is nothing wrong with popping a pup to come along with you. This is not much of a correction. Pups are not stupid - they learn really quickly that they must come along and it will be fun to come along. Using food is good, your voice is a training tool - so use it.
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