It should have gone like this; puppy is walking nicely to heel and it's time to introduce him to the lead. Have you pup sit and gently slip on / attach the lead. Do as you did before and puppy will walk along beside you hardly noticing the lead. The reality - pup notices he has something round his neck, bolts off like a mad thing, turns into a whirling dervish at the end of the lead. End of first lead lesson. PS after 2/3 days, lots of treats, putting the lead on and immediately taking it off again, more treats, then on for a few more seconds (still no actual walking involved), more treats, then one or two steps and so on - we cracked it. A salutary lesson in pups don't read the training books
Re: What the books don't tell you It's well known pups and babies DO read the books so they can time their feigned misunderstanding/tantrum/'insert appropriate description here' to utter perfection causing you the most discomfort or embarrassment possible. ;D
Re: What the books don't tell you I tried the tactic of attaching the lead to Edsel in the house a couple times daily and letting him just run wild like a nut with it. After about 5 or 6 days of this, it wasn't that exciting anymore and he quite literally let me pick it up and just started walking with it on. Does quite well with no distractions at this time. Lori
Re: What the books don't tell you Thats a good thing to do Lori , I also used to attach the lead, trailing , in the garden when I was with him to supervise , just to get Sam used to it . I cant make my mind up about the ability to read training books , good or bad, hummm
Re: What the books don't tell you I attached the lead in the house from 8 weeks when I got Albert. Only a light one, but he soon got used to it. Then we practised 'walking' in the garden, up and down the path with lots of clicks and treats. When it was time to go out he was fantastic. Now 17 weeks and no lead problems at all. Jan
