Leash training

A few months ago I discovered that if I pay attention to the pace my dog is walking it makes a huge difference in getting her to walk nicely on a leash. This clip shows how I use two techniques, "Be a tree" and "penalty yards," along with an Easy Walk Harness, to shape what most people call "loose leash" behavior, but which I now realize is actually a pace-of-walking behavior.

I've written up a longer description of what I'm doing here on my blog at
http://kirstenmortensen.com/index.php/you-cant-always-get-what-you-want/

FYI, I'm the co-author, with Terry Ryan, of Outwitting Dogs. I'm a writer -- she's the professional trainer of the duo. The book has lots more on leash training if you're interested.

(And click on "more from this user" to see my other dog training videos -- I'm adding more from time to time! Thanks!)

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• dog
• training
• leash
• Outwitting
• Dogs

[miu74strawberry]

可愛い。

[zekeandcharlie]

Good tip. My dogs are great but definitely take ME for the walk.

[johnny102marvin]

Thanks for the tip. I haven't tried walking backwards with my dog during "pace" training. I just stop. I'll add the walking backwards part to the training. Thanks again.

[ryguysd21]

hahaha if you just do that she will alwyas do it and never not

do it lol