Dog Leash Training Can Make
Your Walk Enjoyable

You probably want to ‘baby’ your new puppy as soon as you bring it home, however, dog leash training should start immediately. Be aware that delaying training could lead to an untrained and spoiled dog that is likely to have many different behavior problems. It is much more difficult to retrain a dog once it is older and its ways are set. Dog leash training is one of the skills you have to address almost immediately. It is much easier to train a puppy to a leash than it is to train an older dog. For a start a puppy is smaller and easy to handle. When an older dog is being trained they are physically much more able to pull the owner around and cause problems.

Steps to Take

Get the puppy used to wearing a collar as the first step to dog leash training. A puppy may try to get a collar off its neck by scratching at it, rolling around or using some other means. But if the collar is small, soft and not too tight there will probably be no problem at all. Do not leave the collar on for long periods of time and don’t remove it unless the puppy is not paying it any attention.

Some people leave collars on all the time as they contain their dog tag, address etc. However, most show dogs do not have the collar left on as it can cause the hair to be flattened and this spoils the look of the dog. Many show dog leads have a collar incorporated into them so that dog leash training is synonymous with wearing a collar.

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The next step in dog leash training is to get the puppy used to the leash. Let the puppy walk around with the leash dragging on the ground. Soon the puppy will forget about the leash and the owner can take the next step. It is an important safety precaution never to leave the puppy unsupervised when it is dragging the leash around as it may get caught on something and injure or frighten him.

Finally with dog leash training, start holding the end of the leash and walk with the puppy wherever he wants to go around the house or in the yard. Always keep the leash loose between the puppy and yourself, encouraging him to walk beside you. Stop and call your puppy if he starts to pull on the leash. This will bring the puppy back to your side and you can start to walk again, Keep doing this until the puppy remains at your side with the leash hanging loosely. The puppy should receive a lot of praise when he is undertaking dog leash training.

Using the reward system, you can also use food and offer him small pieces as you walk along with him close to your side. It won’t take long before you only have to offer him food when he begins to lose concentration and moves ahead or behind you. Eventually you will not have to offer the food at all.

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