Give you and your dog a new loose leash on life by teaching important concepts about keeping the leash loose and sticking close to you with variety, fun and lots of play!
Start with calmly preparing for walkies and getting ready for LLW training.
Give you and your dog a new loose leash on life by teaching important concepts about keeping the leash loose and sticking close to you with variety, fun and lots of play!
This video is dedicated to all the little dogs in the world who run away from their owners when their owner takes out their harness. The same method of counter conditioning can also be used for dogs that don’t like their muzzle or dogs that don’t like the leash being attached to their collars.
Useful to manage your dogs threshold whether they are reactive or over-excitable! Remember distance is key!
Start in a low distraction environment, walking with your dog in one direction, change your direction and excitability say “let’s go” like they are going to DISNEY LAND! Mark & reward when your dog follows you. If they don’t, get more excited! Do not be tempted to pull them. If you are changing direction because your dog is pulling, when they reach your side say “with me”, and resume your loose lead practice.
By Raychel Hill
First start off in your house or garden (low distraction environment), and work on your dog being on your side. Put a treat to their nose and lure them around from in front of you, to being by your side (stick on this side per session). Repeat as much as necessary if they are moving out of this position too quickly. Then, lift your hand up to your shoulder and say a cue like “with me”. Take a step and instantly reward. Take another step and reward. Delay the reward until you have taken 2 steps, 3 steps, 4 steps, and so on. Then, work on rewarding randomly but only in the place that you have been practicing in. When you move location do remember to go back to rewards frequently and then build back up.
By Raychel Hill
This video goes over the long awaited answer to “How do I stop my dog acting like a yo-yo on a walk?”