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Loose Leash Training The Most Effective Way To Train Your Dog (part 4)

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Loose-Leash Training: The Most Effective Way To Train Your Dog (Part 4)

When on-leash, your dog needs to learn to walk with you, not against you. To keep the leash loose, the dog needs to stay tuned to your verbal and hand signals, and pace itself to your speed.

Michelle Kirk, a local pet sitter in Pacific Beach of San Diego, California, uses a training clicker (a small plastic device that makes a clicking sound when you push a button) and treats to teach dogs to walk on a loose leash. Start in a quiet area without many distractions. Begin walking, but stop when the dog reaches the end of the leash, before it actually starts pulling.

Stand still, watching for the moment the dog shifts its attention back to you. “At the first sign of the dog turning its head in your direction, click,” Michelle says. “Then walk slowly backwards as the dog approaches you to claim its reward. Hand it the treat when it reaches you, then turn in a different direction and start walking. Repeat this sequence any time the dog goes to the end of the leash.”

Michelle notes that it's important to stop before the leash becomes tight. This way the dog learns to check in with you when it feels slight leash pressure. After you teach this in a quiet place, practice walking in new areas with gradually increasing distractions.

Regain Attention & Reward

One of the top dog training centers in San Diego, California teaches its students to make it rewarding for their dogs to walk near them. When the dog gets to the end of the leash, the trainer stops walking, then encourages the dog to come back to him. When it does, the trainer makes a happy fuss over the dog and gives it a treat.

Then the trainer encourages the dog to walk a few steps at his side and rewards it. After that, he allows it to relax, sniff and check things out, showing the dog places that might hold interesting scents, repeated as often as necessary.

Tip: A Quick Note About Collar Choices

A lesson on leash walking wouldn't be complete without making a few collar recommendations. In essence, there are two basic collar types – those that constrict when the leash is pulled and those that don't.

Obviously, the preferred collar we recommend for loose-leash training (or any training for that matter) is the non-constricting type, simply because they cause less discomfort and no potential injury to the dog. They are made of leather or fabric, and they fasten around the dog's neck with either a buckle or quick-release snap.

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BONUS : Loose-Leash Training: The Most Effective Way To Train Your Dog (Part 5)

A final tip to help you with loose-leash training your dog is about helping your dog to walk in a specific spot.

Dawn Jecs, dog trainer and owner of Choose To Heel in Puyallup, Washington, teaches dogs to walk in a certain spot in relation to the handler. When they're in that spot, the leash is loose. “I teach the dog where I want it to walk,” Dawn says.

Before Dawn starts training leash walking, she first teaches the dog to go to an area ahead at her left side, about 18 inches out and 18 inches ahead. This is close enough to hand the dog a treat reward or snap the leash on or off, yet far enough away that it's not underfoot. When the dog goes to that place, Dawn praises and gives it a treat, then ends the exercise.

Dawn repeats this, without walking forward, until the dog easily goes to that rewarded spot. She teaches with the same cue she uses for walking: “Let's go.” When the dog hears that cue, it immediately moves into position.

Then Dawn starts leash training. “For a dog to learn to walk on a loose leash, it must get practice and success with the leash loose the whole time and not get to the end of the leash,” she says. “To accomplish this, Dawn praises and rewards the dog while it's still in the area by her side, before it can tighten the leash.”

“Every three steps, reward the dog with verbal praise and treat it while it's in the position it's learning and the leash is loose,” Dawn says. “Then release the dog and start over. Each time, before walking, say, 'Let's go,' and reward the dog for going into position.”

A Final Word

Pick one of the methods we discussed that works best for you. Try it out for two to three weeks. You should start to see improvement right away and fairly steady progress, but you may hit a plateau where your dog stops improving for several days. If this happens, give one of the other methods a try. Some dogs respond better when several different positive techniques are used.

A puppy with polite leash skills is a joy to walk. Instead of dreading walks, you'll look forward to them. Your arm won't hurt, your pup won't wheeze, and when people see you walking together, they'll admire your puppy's good manners.
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