I used to let my dog stop when she wanted, it was her walk so it's up to her I thought. But my dog was incredibly soft natured so I never had any issues with behaviour problems.
This may be true for the majority of dogs. However, I have a highly anxious dog who would frequently get overwhelmed on walks and just stop walking. No amount of patience, treats, reassurance, or anything would get her to start moving again. There were multiple occasions I had to pick her up and carry her home. Now that we have switched to dog-led walks, meaning she gets to choose where we go (within reason) and when we stop, we almost never have issues with her freezing up m.
My golden retriever didn't catch the vision until not only did I not allow him to do what he wanted, but would take him in the opposite direction. Smart and stubborn, meet smarter and stubborn-er.
Load of crap …tell us all how you do it sir ….give us an example ….lots of pointless chat …..bet behind doors you use shock collars ….you.look like a rough dog controller.Poor dogs .
My dogs v good but i dont want a robot. Hes allowed to sniff a bit and yes sometimes he barks. I dont like overtraining. He just needs to be safe and well behaved and he kniws im the boss. No, just too robotic!!
smh I walk with a Husky, offline, because we have a Partnership. She's not my slave, she's my companion. She has the privilege of having sniffs and making friends, but also knows when to listen to commands. What you have walking next to you is a slave. notice the collar instead of a harness. put a collar on a human and gank on it every time you want that human to listen to your commands. what you end up with is a human with no self-determination, always in fear of making the wrong move.
You find this a lot in Scotland actually. A lot of dogs here understand that when they are on the lead, owner makes decisions. And in places where there aren't any problems, like a forest, they can be let off the lead. Unfortunately not everyone has a dog that should be allowed to do that, and their owners don't recognize that they're in the wrong.
Its situational. If you live in a concrete jungle, its best to allow your dog to lead ahead and sniff grass. Otherwise, youre just walking a depressed and personality devoided canine.
All well and good until you have a crazy cocker spaniel who wants to go everywhere, all at once! It doesn't matter if you go the opposite way to the way they pull, they'll just pull in the new direction of travel as they've seen something they want to retrieve that way, and, oh look, something to retrieve that way too! Off the lead our cocker will walk to heel really well but will need constant reminders to stay behind and at heel, on the lead there's no chance! 😂
can you train this into a rescue dog that's not been used to this? if so is this by start stopping every time the dog goes ahead of you and just keep repeating?
great tip but how, My puppy stops at everything, Been trying to use treats and the recall has got better but now unless I have treats every time he doesnt come and getting sus that not every time is a treat on the end of a recall.
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Good advise!
While you're on the lead, that dog follows you. When not on the lead, you follow the dog.
Not fair on a dog to not be offlead trained. Their walks aren't about you. It's about them.
Allow the poor guys to stretch their legs, sniff, investigate and just be dogs.
But how
I used to let my dog stop when she wanted, it was her walk so it's up to her I thought. But my dog was incredibly soft natured so I never had any issues with behaviour problems.
This may be true for the majority of dogs. However, I have a highly anxious dog who would frequently get overwhelmed on walks and just stop walking. No amount of patience, treats, reassurance, or anything would get her to start moving again. There were multiple occasions I had to pick her up and carry her home. Now that we have switched to dog-led walks, meaning she gets to choose where we go (within reason) and when we stop, we almost never have issues with her freezing up m.
This is just a little vague. What do you do to not let the dog make decisions.
How to make your dog behave: don't let it misbehave. SO necessary and insightful.
My golden retriever didn't catch the vision until not only did I not allow him to do what he wanted, but would take him in the opposite direction. Smart and stubborn, meet smarter and stubborn-er.
Load of crap …tell us all how you do it sir ….give us an example ….lots of pointless chat …..bet behind doors you use shock collars ….you.look like a rough dog controller.Poor dogs .
My dogs v good but i dont want a robot. Hes allowed to sniff a bit and yes sometimes he barks. I dont like overtraining. He just needs to be safe and well behaved and he kniws im the boss. No, just too robotic!!
How not to hold a leash ! It's not a handbag, no control, wills full ofs hit and could do with a good walk himself
smh I walk with a Husky, offline, because we have a Partnership. She's not my slave, she's my companion. She has the privilege of having sniffs and making friends, but also knows when to listen to commands.
What you have walking next to you is a slave. notice the collar instead of a harness. put a collar on a human and gank on it every time you want that human to listen to your commands. what you end up with is a human with no self-determination, always in fear of making the wrong move.
Then what's the point of the walk, if not enrichmebt for the dog? It's an animal with a complex brain, not an article of clothing…
Perfectly put! It’s been a long time since I’ve trained a dog and I’m working on training my new puppy. This is a great reminder.
You find this a lot in Scotland actually. A lot of dogs here understand that when they are on the lead, owner makes decisions. And in places where there aren't any problems, like a forest, they can be let off the lead. Unfortunately not everyone has a dog that should be allowed to do that, and their owners don't recognize that they're in the wrong.
Its situational. If you live in a concrete jungle, its best to allow your dog to lead ahead and sniff grass. Otherwise, youre just walking a depressed and personality devoided canine.
great job explaining!!
All well and good until you have a crazy cocker spaniel who wants to go everywhere, all at once! It doesn't matter if you go the opposite way to the way they pull, they'll just pull in the new direction of travel as they've seen something they want to retrieve that way, and, oh look, something to retrieve that way too! Off the lead our cocker will walk to heel really well but will need constant reminders to stay behind and at heel, on the lead there's no chance! 😂
can you train this into a rescue dog that's not been used to this? if so is this by start stopping every time the dog goes ahead of you and just keep repeating?
great tip but how, My puppy stops at everything, Been trying to use treats and the recall has got better but now unless I have treats every time he doesnt come and getting sus that not every time is a treat on the end of a recall.