| Re: Help with leash manners?
Sorry my previous post was so long, but the technique that Jenni_Feathers was talking about we learned in my training class. Our teacher calls it ignoring your dog. It was almost the first thing we learned about teaching our dog to walk.
So basically you start on your walk, as soon as your dog passes the side of your leg you are supposed to turn around and start walking in the other direction. You don't say anything to them and each time that they pass your leg you keep turning around without speaking to them. Eventually they are supposed to learn that when they pass your leg they will get jerked on their leash and then they won't want that.
It is a little hard at first especially if your dog doesn't get the idea but they will. At first again, I had to turn and walk a little and instead of just keeping turning in circles which made me dizzy from turning so often I'd just stop for a few seconds. And then start up again. |