vid of Zoey working on her loose leash walking

 Glad to see your patient handling of the situation, and that she seems to be picking this up.  I liked when she looked up at you as if to say "Oh, yeah, if I pull the lead, you aren't coming with me - can we go now?"

She looks like a GREAT candidate for tracking or nosework.  That might be just the thing to install an "off switch" in her regarding the sniffing thing - if you attach a cue that tells her "OK to sniff and find" versus "Let's go - we're walking together now" she is more likely to "get" the difference.  Plus, the sniffing can be a real life reward for the let's go;-))

P.S. The video wasn't that shaky;-)

spiritdogs

 Glad to see your patient handling of the situation, and that she seems to be picking this up.  I liked when she looked up at you as if to say "Oh, yeah, if I pull the lead, you aren't coming with me - can we go now?"

She looks like a GREAT candidate for tracking or nosework.  That might be just the thing to install an "off switch" in her regarding the sniffing thing - if you attach a cue that tells her "OK to sniff and find" versus "Let's go - we're walking together now" she is more likely to "get" the difference.  Plus, the sniffing can be a real life reward for the let's go;-))

P.S. The video wasn't that shaky;-)

You know I've been trying to figure out how to incorporate the 'go sniff' as a reward. haven't gotten it figured out yet, to the point of her understanding that it is her reward.