Loose Leash Walking

Hi every1 i am currently trying to train Blaze to walk nicely on his lead i dont mind if hes walking infront of me so long as he walking and not pulling me we have made some progress he will walk nicely after a while just wondering if any1 can help with those 1st 5/10 mins when he pulls what i do is i position him by my side say here and then carry on walking if he gets infront and pulls hes postioned back to my side with my command here and a treat and so on so forth however those 1st 5/10 mins he will have his treat and then pull agen like he ha forgotton EVERYTHING i have taught him when i no he can do it, i dont use any tools just a normal collar and lead and alot ov treats and praise i was hopin to train him without the use ov tools so unless he gets really bad and i feel like im gettin nowhere then i will introduce either a gentle leader or a half check collar or a martingale as i think half checks are actually called any help is greatly appreicated

ok thnx :san53: cnt w8 for sum advice

Cilla, Rosemary and Helan will all have some helpful advice for you hun

thnx :san23:

turn and go another way as soon he starts to pull...than he will now that he won`t come faster to the reachpiont if he pulls...

ive tried that method and it doesnt work 4 us :(

awww...sorry to hear that

Mine get excited at the start of a walk.

I tend to do a mixture of lots of turns, speed up and slow down and sudden stops and sits for a couple of mins at the start of a walk and they soon calm down. I dont give them the choice of where they want to go, I drag them about where I want to go until they calm down and walk properly.

I look a bit of a prat but it works for me and we dont really get far whilst doing this, we pretty much stay in the same place I started at, give or take a few feet, if this makes sense, then we actually start walking when they stop pulling me. I think its cos they dont know where I'm going to go next so they start watching me as they cant anticipate.

oh wow good advice will have to try that got a week off wrk this week so doesnt matter how long the walk takes

As long as you dont feel a fool walking about in a 6 foot square, it might do the trick lol

It did take mine longer to calm down at first but just a couple of mins now if they are pulling. They dont always pull anymore either.

Hi hows the lead walking going, hope youve had some success :love:

walked him 2day to the feild and he pulled abit i think he nos our routes n where they mean we r goin n cuz we were on feild and it tired him out a little bit on way back he was really well behaved :)

ohhh rose love ya siggy

ok hun hes young isnt he what i would do is first teach him in the house also by using treats i had a vid that i showed sandra cant think which one it was tho?

what i do is show the dog the treat so hes nibbling it but cant steal it walk a couple of steps with him chewing at it and reward always reward him whilst hes at your side hun never tell him heel wen hes pulling either we bring commands in later
hope that makes sence

wen im out i do the same with my young pups but i use high value rewards such as garlic liver and keep it intreating like paula says
if treats dont work i also do as paula does and talk to the dog make it a game and fun to be beside you

another way if all this doesnt work is the slip lead up on the weakest part of the neck you have much more control that way and wen he pulls a gentle but sharp tug to the side will correct him

i will write up more for you later hun as i feel im babbling as been a long day lol hope this helps

thanks :) this has helped and i no wot i mean by the treat nibbling n rewardin whilst hes by my side he is only 5 months

awww hes a baby hun

i actually put harnesses on my pups an let them explore and pull as youngsters to help to build their confidence ect for work and get then to do just a lil bit of heel work so your doing well

aww thnx :) that makes me feel better bein told im doin well :) my family just dont seem 2 understand y im tryin 2 train him not 2 pull

lol i had the same prob with my first working dog my family tried their best to de-train him lol there with the programme now i have working dogs that are trained in manwork tho lol

you will get there its just everything for a pup is exciting and their attention is hard to get at the best of times thats why u need a bag of tricks hun

Fazza's video helped me with Bryn, Nik, worked a treat, I was so chuffed, I can pass 99% of things with him now just holding his ball on the rope, you should see him am so proud, cheers again Fazza :love:

tis ok hun but just cant remember wat vid it was im stumped now but will as soon as im well be doing some proper vids so will post em

was it this one?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1n9NwZHSO1U

Yeah that's the video the you talked me through it, so I could get Bryn to keep looking at me and we got to this

ahh yea love this vid hun he did so well i was shocked lol

awww yes evy im on my wat my pup did that tho and what i did was went to a very busy rd had garlic chicken showed him it and stood he went to lunge i gave a slight correction so he looked at me i rewarded he went to look at the cars again but then back at me i rewarded and that solved it had no issues since lol

Blaze walking nicely next to me

well done hun :san50:

im impressed, now come and get fred and train him

thnx lmao bring fred 2 me n ill try my best lmao