What was your best way to get a loose lead? I have tried stopping when he pulls until there is a bit of slack then carrying on, but he then pulls the second I carry on walking again. It just doesn't seems to work and has made no change whatsoever.
Re: Best way for loose lead? Persistence with that. If he starts pulling again, stop again. You may only get ten paces in half an hour, so you can't be in a rush to go somewhere! Here's three useful articles: http://www.thelabradorsite.com/how-to-stop-your-labrador-pulling-on-the-lead/ http://www.thelabradorsite.com/my-dog-pulls/ http://www.thelabradorsite.com/walking-your-labrador-on-a-loose-lead/
Re: Best way for loose lead? [quote author=snowbunny link=topic=10268.msg150803#msg150803 date=1426855494] Persistence with that. If he starts pulling again, stop again. You may only get ten paces in half an hour, so you can't be in a rush to go somewhere! Here's three useful articles: http://www.thelabradorsite.com/how-to-stop-your-labrador-pulling-on-the-lead/ http://www.thelabradorsite.com/my-dog-pulls/ http://www.thelabradorsite.com/walking-your-labrador-on-a-loose-lead/ [/quote] Do you wait for the dog to sit? Come back right in? Currently I wait for him to sit, which in turn loosens the lead? Is this wrong should I wait for him to come back to me?
Re: Best way for loose lead? I wait for the dog to turn back to me. Not necessarily all the way back into a heel position, just a pace or two to slacken the lead. Sometimes I would take a step back to help this out, or make a funny noise to get their attention. One of mine was a "sitter", which isn't a bad thing because it's showing he's trying a default behaviour to see if that gets him moving again, but it's not the behaviour you're after, so you need to get him to figure out what it is you want.
Re: Best way for loose lead? It depends what you are teaching - loose lead, or heel. They are completely different things in my view. You just need to establish - very clearly - what the criteria is and be very consistent. For me, for loose lead, the criteria is the lead should be slack, that's all, nothing else. The dog can do what he wants, but no pulling. So we progress forward (or sniff, or whatever) so long as that single criteria is in place. I have a knot tied in my lead so I hold it in exactly the same place each time, so Charlie knows exactly how much lead he has on which to wander round. For heel, I want my dog at my side. So if he pulls ahead when he is supposed to be walking at heel (on or off lead), I stop. And I don't reward a chain by asking for a 10 second pause in heel position before we move forward again. I honestly think it's also best to concentrate on one or the other, not both at the same time. If you crack loose lead, then you can do heel, then you should have a cue to switch between the two (different leads, or different ways to hold the lead also help).
