mastering the walk

ORIGINAL: Angelique


I think a lot also depends on thoroughly knowing, feeling, and gaining confidence in the techniques and ersonal instruction and experience in using them.

 
That was included whan i said "If you really know the right technique" []

ORIGINAL: espencer

ORIGINAL: Angelique


I think a lot also depends on thoroughly knowing, feeling, and gaining confidence in the techniques and ersonal instruction and experience in using them.

That was included whan i said "If you really know the right technique" []

I know. []

(What! No snotty smiley?!) 

One thing about walking a small dog...you have to be prepared to snatch them up in a nano second.  Then you have to be prepared to have (and fight) a dog jumping/snapping at or around your neck/throat/chest area, trying to get the little thing.

So, you have to be able to snatch up with one hand, and spray Direct Stop with the other.  And hope it does the job.

I have to be as cautious about my environment when walking the pom as I am  when walking Zeus.  Just like when walking with Zeus, I face the same issues of loose dogs/loose dogs with owners/dogs on leash that have clueless owners.

It is all the same thing.  Just a different size dog.  But yeah, pulling is not so much of an issue.

ORIGINAL: chewbecca

Sometimes I get SOOO envious of you little dog people. Ella, being a pit bull mix, can pull me ALL OVER THE PLACE. Normally, she doesn't. But once this nicer weather came, she started sniffing all over the place and it's been near IMPOSSIBLE to get her to walk next to me. She is SOOO distracted by sounds, sights, and smells.
If she starts pulling, I plant my feet and won't allow her to pull me anymore. Once she realizes we aren't going anywhere, she turns to me and I call her back. She comes back. It's getting better.

Anyway, yes, envy. I definitely have that for you small dog people. I often find myself thinking, "If Ella was a small pom. I wouldn't have HALF the problems with her!"
Gosh, walking a small dog would be like having practically nothing on the end of the leash. I'd probably end up yanking the little thing all over the place.

I typically avoid this area, but, since it's my responsibility now might I remind you all that the same rules of "niceness" apply here as well.  I'm seeing a couple posts that are bordering on snarky, so please everyone, watch your tones.

ORIGINAL: espencer

If you really know the right technique then the size of the dog does not matter, i promise that you could walk a San Bernard or Great Dane if you know how, without the dog being trained before and in less that one day, even if they were use to pull all their lifes []

 
Oh yea, pick the two easiest breeds to train to walk.  I understand chewbecca's experience and the dog's strenghth and drive on a walk.  I think the Pittie and the Hound have caused me the most challenge in this area.  I also understand that in order to have good control you have to know the whole dog and his priorities of drivers and reactivity.  In a days time, not my experience.  Please sight where I can find the "right technique" so that my life will be made easier in a days time.  I do have the time to dedicate a full day, 24 hours if required.

While some good points are being made, I will again ask everyone to watch the TONE while making those posts.

ORIGINAL: DPU

Oh yea, pick the two easiest breeds to train to walk.  I understand chewbecca's experience and the dog's strenghth and drive on a walk.  I think the Pittie and the Hound have caused me the most challenge in this area.  I also understand that in order to have good control you have to know the whole dog and his priorities of drivers and reactivity.  In a days time, not my experience.  Please sight where I can find the "right technique" so that my life will be made easier in a days time.  I do have the time to dedicate a full day, 24 hours if required.

 
I said those 2 breeds because we were talking about weight, you choose any that you want and with the right techinque does not matter [][][][][] (lots of happy faces so glenda does not think i'm being snarky[][])
 
"Right Technique" is any technique that works for you, if your technique is not working then is not the "right" one [][][]

We now return to our regulary scheduled program....errr, the original question.  Please.

Sorry glenmar, I am open to know the "right technique" to teach a dog not to pull on the leash in a day's time.  It is too simplistic to use the one dimension that the dog pulls because he wants to go forward.  The dog pulls because of want and the wants are many and each has to be addressed.  To expose the dog to the many different situations that are encountered in a walk is impossible to do in a day's time.  The dog needs to learn the proper behavior for each of the want reactions.

I tend to agree with that.  And I don't care (much) if you guys veer away from the original question, so LONG as it's done without making me come back here.

ORIGINAL: DPU

Sorry glenmar, I am open to know the "right technique" to teach a dog not to pull on the leash in a day's time.  It is too simplistic to use the one dimension that the dog pulls because he wants to go forward.  The dog pulls because of want and the wants are many and each has to be addressed.  To expose the dog to the many different situations that are encountered in a walk is impossible to do in a day's time.  The dog needs to learn the proper behavior for each of the want reactions.

My technique let me see results in less than one day, but thats mine, the right technique for me, if your technique takes more time and you dont mind its ok, non of them is right or wrong, is only that some are faster than others []

ORIGINAL: espencer

My technique let me see results in less than one day, but thats mine, the right technique for me, if your technique takes more time and you dont mind its ok, non of them is right or wrong, is only that some are faster than others []

 
Please share Your technique that works for you in day's time.  And let us know if you have tried this technique time and time again on many breeds of dogs that have lived in your house for awhile.  Even if it was applied on your residence dog  many years ago in its development stage, there is still some worth.  If it works for you then it may work for me or others or it may even cause us to think of a modified version.  I have a new foster, a Great Dane mix named Essie that I have not leashed walked yet.  So I have a clean canvas to try out Your technique.

oooh, oooh! I want to hear too!

Also, if you could throw in some "if your dog is DA and becomes INSTANTLY obsessed with other dogs on your walk" tips, that'd be awesome too!

Oh, and some "if your dog is DA and you come across an off leash dog that refuses to leave you alone" tips would be fabulous as well!

Thanks!

ORIGINAL: DPU

Please share Your technique that works for you in day's time.  And let us know if you have tried this technique time and time again on many breeds of dogs that have lived in your house for awhile.  Even if it was applied on your residence dog  many years ago in its development stage, there is still some worth.  If it works for you then it may work for me or others or it may even cause us to think of a modified version.  I have a new foster, a Great Dane mix named Essie that I have not leashed walked yet.  So I have a clean canvas to try out Your technique.

Yeap many breeds, terriers, retreivers, schnauzers, etc. it does not matter, and the best of all is that some of them dont even know me for more than one day, this is what i do:

If he gets out the house while being excited then the entire walk will be that way, it does not matter what kind of leash you use, is how you walk the dog, you have to make sure that your dog is totally calm:

1.-When you grab the leash ready to go out
2.-When you put the leash on
3.-When you walk towards the door
4.-When you open the door
5.-When you cross the door

You can ask him to sit down but that does not mean he is 100% calm, he can be seated and excited, especially when the door is open you have to make sure the dog is seated and calm, if you give just one single step to go out and the dog changes from dr. Jekyll to Mr Hyde right away and pass you by to go out then you have to get into the house and try again, remember, he has to be calm, calm, and more calm, at one moment you will start walking to go outside the door and he will be looking at you like for "permission" to do it too, also once you both are at the other side of the door he has to be calm and waiting for you to close the door, repeat the process once the door is closed and ready to walk, some dogs think that some rules only apply inside the house but they think outside is different,  before starting the walk make sure he looks at you for "permission" to start walking outside, he can not pass you by because he will start pulling, if you have a short leash it will be better for him to realize that he is not allowed to pull, if you give him one inch of "freedom" he will look for two inches

I use this technique will all my friend's dog's and they cant believe they are not pulling me, it sounds like if it takes a long period of time if i write it, but the excersice does not take you more than 10 seconds inside the house and another 10 outside and ready to start the walk

I write "permission" like that not because you have to order him and he has to listen like a soldier, no, he will look at you and will start getting what you are trying to say "well if i pull she ask me to sit down, so i will wait to see what does she do first and i will start little by little to avoid any mistakes"

I have find outthat if i tie the leash to my waist then the leght of the leash will be always the same, if i just hold it with my hand then when they pull they will get extra inches of freedom because my whole arm is moving foward

Basicly that is my technique, some people dont like it because they rather to have their dogs smelling all they want while walking, i dont, i let them sniff untill the walk is over (and they still have the same amount of "smelling time")

It work for me 100% of the times with any dog, i have a little more experience doing it so for me having the dog walking like that takes me less than 5 minutes, for someone thats new with it takes more time

ORIGINAL: chewbecca

oooh, oooh! I want to hear too!

Also, if you could throw in some "if your dog is DA and becomes INSTANTLY obsessed with other dogs on your walk" tips, that'd be awesome too!

Oh, and some "if your dog is DA and you come across an off leash dog that refuses to leave you alone" tips would be fabulous as well!

Thanks!

You just have to re direct the attention, i use leash corrections and i dont need more than 1 or 2 every time i want to re direct, the corrections do not hurt the dog and takes her out of being focused on another dog, those techniques are a little more complicated and the timing has to be perfect

This video shows CM doing it (at second 46) with a DA dog:

[linkhttp://www.ifilm.com/video/2674825]http://www.ifilm.com/video/2674825[/link]