Who Is Taking Who For A Dog Walk?

Does your dog take you for walk?  Have you ever had a sore shoulder
from your dog pulling and yanking you down the street on a dog walk?  Yes, it’s a
very common problem.  So why not train your dog to walk by your side
without pulling once and then enjoy every walk without any hassle!

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The great thing is its not complicated! As with most things worth
mastering it can take a little time, but not always. Sometimes it can
be a 5 minute turnaround as expert Dog Trainer, Doggy Dan, demonstrates
in his video

There are many tricks to walking your dog on the leash correctly so that
they walk beside you. If you have a determined dog, (and they come
in both big and small sizes) you may need to know all of them before you
can master the dog walk.

But generally speaking, the tips I am giving you here will really
help… So lets get into the training.

The most important thing to remember is to keep your dog calm. If your
dog is charged up like a crazy dog as you head out the door on a dog walk,
like the one in the video.  Then getting them to walk calmly on the leash is
going to be a lot harder than if they are calm.

1. Calming your dog down

Think about your build up to leaving the house.  You bring out the leash
and BANG!  Your sleeping beauty becomes a rocket.  They jump up, tail
wagging, racing around demanding that you put the leash on them.  Now
if you simply oblige them and put the leash on them they get even more
excited!

The reason is simple. You are reinforcing their excited behavior with a
reward, the lead. So this behavior gets more and more extreme. They
become more excited not less excited.

The same thing is happening as your dog drags you towards the front
door, barging their way through first and then pulls you out the door. All
of this is getting your dog more and more excited. They will be at a
bursting point when you get started down the street!

So next time you take your dog for a walk, take your time. Pick up the
leash and then wait for your dog to calm down. That’s right. Simply
carry on doing what you were doing and ignore your dog’s antics. If they
don’t calm down simply put the leash away or put it on a table.

This may take a little while, several attempts or quite a long period, but
your dog will eventually calm. When they are calm you can try again
and repeat until they are totally relaxed as you attach the leash.

This process can be repeated all the way until you are on the sidewalk
ready to start your walk. Either wait calmly with your dog on the leash
until they are calm before progressing or take the leash off and
postpone the walk for a few minutes.

It may seem like you’re getting nowhere fast but it’s better to take some
time getting this straight now or you’re going to be dragged around the
streets for the next 10 years. The issue will not “self correct”.
Now step two is a simple exercise that involves you turning around
when your dog pulls ahead.

2. Change direction

Before you start your walk look at which way your dog is trying to head.
If they want to go right, then you turn left. Take a step to the left and
repeat this until they are actually taking notice of what you are doing.

On a bigger scale you could simply change direction and go the other
way when your dog starts to pull ahead.

Make sure you do this early, don’t wait till your dog is miles out in front.
By doing this exercise your dog ends up behind you every time. Again it
can take a little time but your dog will get it.

3. Choose an appropriate device

Take a look at some of the different types of devices available to assist
you in getting your dog to heel. In the video you can see Doggy Dan
using a very special harness where the attachment is under the dogs
chin. This is totally different to a traditional harness where the
attachment is on the back and the dogs end up pulling like a cart horse.

4. Remember the pack leader leads…

On the walk the pack leader leads from the front. So if you are not the
pack leader in your dogs eyes they will really fight for that spot at the
front. Its as simple as that. You can’t cheat a dog, especially the strong
minded determined ones! Learning to become the pack leader is a topic
all on it’s own, and is the basis of Doggy Dan’s world-famous training
method. He’s developed 5 Golden Rules, which when followed daily,
help you become the pack leader in a calm and gentle way. On his
video website The Online Dog Trainer, he points out that before any
training takes place, you first need to establish yourself as the
leader using the 5 rules – and stresses that this is really important
in solving almost all dog behavior problems.

5. Lots of extra tips

There are many other tips and tricks such as knowing how and when to
give the leash a little pull without going over the top. Understanding
when and where to let your dog have some freedom to go sniff and pee
is helpful.

If you would like to master the walk today then look no further than
Doggy Dan’s website The Online Dog Trainer, with over 250 videos. It
really is simply the best dog training site around. There are currently 7
excellent videos on how to walk your dog correctly showing you how to
deal with every issue and question you may have. And there’s even a
30 minute audio inside the site – so you can listen while you walk!
Everybody wants to enjoy their dog and that includes walking them, so
don’t put up with it any longer!

Remember your dog will also be glad when the pulling stops and
they can walk calmly by your side!

Get your 3 day $1 trial and take a look around this amazing site now!

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