HOW TO STOP LEASH PULLING INSTANTLY!

Hey guys, I have the k9 shield here and today we are going to show you how to walk on a loose

leash

. Walking on a loose

leash

is one of those fundamental behaviors that has a direct impact on your dog's overall behavior on walks and also at home. One of those behaviors that constantly eludes many dog ​​owners and people struggle with this behavior throughout their dog's entire life constantly being dragged around constantly having a dog that drags them around for anything that gets distracted, this is something that can really make them. a walk is very unpleasant There are thousands of videos on YouTube that claim to help you with this problem, but unfortunately the vast majority of them just contain nonsense that won't really help you with this problem that many people struggle with with everything from blood pressure strap and teas to transport food. and swinging your leg over the dog, these are banded solutions and may work temporarily when the dog is not distracted and when you are not in public, but if you ever take the same dog these people show in the videos to a public place it will which you will never see them do, you will often see the dog revert to that

pulling

behavior, so if you really want to solve this behavior problem, you need to follow this very simple approach so that we can properly train this behavior in the dog, you need to understand The fundamental principle of dog training is to make good things good and bad things in turn.

Now this kind of rolls off the tongue, but a lot of people really struggle with the practicalities of what it actually means to say this. It means we need to reinforce and reward good behaviors and we need to push and make it unpleasant to perform undesirable or bad behaviors Walking on a loose leash is probably one of the simplest behaviors to train correctly and probably one of the quickest and yet it is still up to Today something I see people struggle with on a regular basis despite months, if not years, of training, as in any job, when training your dog, it is important to use the correct tools for the goal you are attempting. achieve. so for loose leash walking the fundamental tools we like to start with our number one the prong collar or sometimes also known as a pinch collar we like herm Sprenger herm Sprenger is a German brand and they make the best prong collars available on the market.

You can order them from Amazon if you can't find an online retailer that sells them. The other tool, needless to say, will be the strap. A six-foot leash is preferable when you are training this behavior. I don't like super short laces, yes. I don't suggest you do this with a flex leash or a leash longer than six feet, you need a solid six foot leash, no flex or any of those Bungie straps, just a leather or nylon leash is all you need. The last and also necessary tool. To train this behavior there are treats, so whatever your dog likes, make sure you have plenty of that with you.

I like to keep them in my pockets when we exchange this behavior, we will also use a marker that tells the dog when he performs the correct behavior, I discuss marker training in depth in another video that we will link above; However, it's important for you to know, if you haven't seen that video, that our food marker, which basically replaces a clicker, is the sound. chip, so every time I say Jeff, my dogs will understand that they are getting a piece of food and that will allow me to identify the dog and isolate the correct behavior I am looking for when training to walk on a loose leash.

There are two fundamental components of this behavior that your dog needs to understand: number one, without tension on the leash, many dogs are really comfortable putting constant tension on the leash and, unfortunately, many owners are also very comfortable with this because they have just I got used to always having a dog that creates tension on the leash, so the first thing we must teach dogs is not to pull in any capacity, whether we are standing still or if we are moving, there should never be any tension. the leash the second thing that is important and essential for your dog to understand is that when we say your name you must immediately turn and move towards us whether you are at the end of the leash or if you are in a slap, if the dog is in a loose comb so if I say my dog's name Fido I expect the dog to turn around and move towards me and if he doesn't turn around move towards me I will immediately apply pressure until he performs the correct behavior , OK?

Guys, now we will show you how to properly put on a shrimp necklace. There are a lot of YouTube videos on this, so I'm not going to spend a lot of time on it, but one of our coaches here, a tall guy, says hey, a tall guy goes. to show you with your Malinois how to properly put on the prong collar, so if you look here, sit down, the prong collar doesn't slide over the dog's head, the prong collar goes around the dog's neck and it's put together, boy high, why not? you take off the prong collar for him to break it, as you can see, why don't you put it together without it being on the dog for a very short time?

So you put one end in one hole, the other in the other and then you tighten them. and you put it in now to get it out, that's how it comes apart, that's how it comes together, why don't you put it back on the pixie now? Properly adjusted prong collar sits high on the dog's neck, it does not sit low and does not. Don't worry, this collar is properly adjusted, as you can see, it can move a little on the dog's neck, but it is not excessively loose. , so once you have the prong collar on your dog correctly, you will put a leash on what you call the live ring of the prong collar, if you look closely you will see two chains on the back of the collar.

The live ring is the ring that is on top of the other ring that is below it, so the live ring is always on top. If you look closely, the chains are not twisted in any way and run smoothly back and forth when you tighten them, it creates a slight pinching sensation when you loosen them, the dog doesn't really feel anything at all, if the caller is too loose, you can take out a few prongs of your necklace to make it fit properly. If you are still having difficulty putting it on and taking it off your dog, I suggest you practice on your thigh or his arm until you get the hang of it.

Now the prong collar is there. a tool that is often vilified by people who really don't know any better. The reason we use the prong collar in training is because it is a very effective communication tool with just a small amount of pressure on the leash. transmits a very clear message to the dog, you can use it as a negative reinforcer to teach behavior and you can also use it as a punisher to eliminate undesirable behaviors. Suffice to say, when used correctly, there are very few tools as effective and easy to use. like the prong collar and as you can see when a dog is trained correctly with this device they have no problem using it guys before I start doing a demonstration with a dog I will show you in this post how to do it correctly. use your leash and tip to get the behavior you want when it comes to loose leash walking so the big mistake a lot of people make when using the Prag collar really any collar is that they constantly allow it, it's okay now at first If you have a very physically sensitive dog when they put that pressure on the collar, they are alone, they will probably

stop

putting pressure on the leash immediately;

However, over time, most dogs become quite accustomed to the frog collar and become really comfortable with it. and they end up

pulling

on the collar all the time and you always see people walking your dog with a shrimp collar and leash like this, especially when the dog gets excited about something so right from the start, remember the product. The collar is not a band-aid solution, it is a training tool that allows him to achieve a specific goal, so in the beginning, if my dog ​​has never worn a prong collar, I will put a prong collar on him and I will help him. dog around the edge or if I'm using my backyard training my backyard, I'm going to take the dog around the yard and just do gentle pressure on the collar and when he moves toward the pressure, which is obviously toward me.

I'm going to immediately release the pressure and praise the dog. Oh, once your dog has acclimated to the shrimp collar and it really doesn't take long, remember the principle of making bad behavior unpleasant to the dog and making good behavior pleasant, let's apply this to walking with loose strap. Now a lot of people ask me what I say, how I tell my dog ​​what to do. You can't tell your dog what to do because dogs are non-verbal. communicators, if you watch the dogs with each other, they communicate non-verbally, walking on a loose leash is no different, there is no command for us when we train, it is an expectation at all times, said the dog keep a loose leash and loose, so we will show the dog from the beginning every time the dog presses the leash.

What we are going to do is bring our hand slightly forward and replace the strap. so every time I pull, I'm not going to pull back, I'm going to bring my hand forward, create some slack, and quickly put the strap back on. Now dogs vary a lot in their sensitivity level, so of course at first you're going to be very gentle with the dog and you're going to see where the dog's sensitivity level is. If the dog reacts very suddenly to this pot of light, then of course this is where you will stay to make it happen.

However, we are looking to achieve this if his dog doesn't react, if he hits him and he just rolls away like he's the Terminator and it doesn't change his behavior in any way and he doesn't show any reaction. so you are going to increase the pressure you use on your next pop, okay different dogs are very different, we have some dogs that require a full arm pop, but we have some dogs that work with just a small wrist pump, you have to do it. Work with it, your dog's sensitivity level is really important, don't allow any of this and don't pull.

Pulling is not the way to teach a dog to

stop

doing something. You need to create an undesirable effect that is very clearly related to the undesirable behavior, then the undesirable behavior is fine, it isn't, so if your dog does this and you think he might pull but in reality he hasn't, don't pull the trigger. leash preemptively, wait until the dog actually pulls, loosen the leader and give a quick snap there are also many mistakes, one of the most common mistakes people make is that they gather and then hold this pressure and again this will only stress the dog unnecessarily and it will confuse him because remember that we Normally I just want to push bad behavior with most dogs, if you do this they are good and let go of the leash even if it's just for a couple of seconds and that allows the table to show That allows the dog to see hey when I'm not pulling, there's no nasty pumping here and that's what your dog starts to really understand.

This is bad, this is good, so every time my dog ​​clicks on that press, we'll release the leash again now if he pulls again all I'm going to do and then press again and very quickly I'll show him every time. you throw that pop, so clear communication, guys, don't get ahead of the dog and don't do any pulling on his pocket, okay? Popping is what's effective, it's like you're snapping the leash, so same thing if I call my dog, so if I say I have a dog named Fido and I say he's fine, and he eventually ignores it because he's sniffing. the daisies then I'm going to say hello Oh pop pop pop pop pop and when he turns around and takes five steps towards me I'll praise him, good boy, I'll get away from him and I'll remember my mark.

Give him some dog treats to reinforce the act of coming to me, Jacksie Good, so when I call him, walk away and get him number one, I say your name, if you ignore your name, things get unpleasant, it's okay, you react Damn you, you turn to me. You offer the desirable behavior if I praise you, good boy, and you get a second nice thing, which is obviously some nice treats that you like to eat, if your dog is not motivated by food, simply praise and pet your dog and your dog will Come closer to you, okay, guys? so let's introduce the two dogs that we are going to use in this video.

This is Jax and Jax is your typical Burmese mountain dog. A carefree young man likes to pull without respect for the leash. Very excited to meet other dogs. It is an opportunity for a young German Shepherd to become very hyper when he sees other dogs and, in general, it is a difficult task to walk because of how he behaves on the leash and how big he is. He will see us solve this problem with both dogs. By the way, everything is happening on the same day, so there is noThere's a delay between what you see now and what you'll see soon, so here we go with Jax.

Jax is in the prong collar, now a quick little pop there and you see immediately that he's like. oh what was that now you see I stopped again and he says okay I understand this a little bit I mean I need to respect this strap a little bit and again right and it's not that he sees me it's just that he feels the Strap , the pressure and the strap change, he immediately notices and respects it. Here you'll see he leaves it and explodes, there you go, so he now he's really in tune with me on this next rep.

In fact, I will reward him. because he is showing me such nice behavior, so in tune, you know he is still happy, but now he is really thinking about me, look at this behavior with the leash, that's exactly what we want to see, a very loose leash, you can hold it with one finger and the dog is showing the right behavior so now we're going to do some retreats so I call him Jax and that time he came to see me buddy he really got excited he jumped on me here he tries to jump again I say and I give him a little pop on the leash here I call him no came then you see me do the little pop pop and then I can't reward him so I just do a couple of retreats around another dog it's a very important part of walking on a loose leash , there you go, see, we make a pass to another dog and he wants to jump on it right away pop pop, now look at this next pass even while this dog is barking, you know he faded a little behind me, but it definitely wasn't for her, which is what we want and as you see, every pass gets a little better here, she's actually jumping on me more because she's excited. but he knows he can't pull there, he wanted to look at her again and obviously this is a really difficult situation for him, but for the most part he still keeps zero pressure on the leash, which is what we want.

I see the jumping going away as he gets more and more used to being calm and not pulling and jumping on that dog. Look, he wants to go see the other trainer, but he knows I can't pull on the leash, so he does it a little. A little bit of jumping but he stays by my side which is what I want and again he didn't really have to stay by my side he just can't pull on the leash that's the really important thing for a lot of dogs. They like to burst. Through doors, especially dogs that are out of control and are used to pulling on the leash, so it's very important to understand that just when we start going through doors, at first I start teaching the dog that he can't just walk through doors, so what?

What I'm going to do is automatically make him back away when he tries to go through the door. I'm not going to ask him to sit down. I just don't want him to cross the threshold without my permission, okay, permission. He can get in if he tries to go through that door. I'm just going to give him a pop jack. Look, good job, okay, no use telling the dog no, you have to wait for me, wait, wait, stay, stay, stay, sit, sit, a lot of people. do this by talking unnecessarily remember dogs are non-verbal I need to show them with pressure upon pressure what I want them to do I don't want you to walk through that door right away open doors doesn't mean you can get through Whether we go in or out, it's okay, look that we already have a change in the dog's behavior.

He is waiting to hear from me before passing by. He's coming out of his own little world of his. entering my world a little, which is what we want, at the end of this process, he will be completely in my world and he will be very receptive to everything I ask him to do. Jack, look at mom, man, good boy, so don't do it. Waste time talking to the dog. Show your dog what he wants with significant pressure. The dog understands that this is unpleasant. This is nice. So chance here is a good example of what I'm talking about with a less sensitive dog, Jax, who as you saw before is a little more sensitive than chance, so chance doesn't notice the pressure of the collar as much and it doesn't particularly bother him. , so he's the type of dog you'll need to do a little more for. of a firm pop to convey the message that pulling is an undesirable behavior, so I'm going to introduce opportunity into this concept, why don't you follow me and we'll get into this.

Good boy, he's not very food motivated, but he likes praise, so let's praise this dog a lot. It's quite possible that, as he stays here a little longer, this is only his second day here. He may very well become much more motivated by food as the week progresses. Well guys, here you see me walking on a loose leash down the driveway again. He is a much more stubborn dog than Jax. See, he's willing to risk a lot more of the leash popping, so this is a great example of the type of dog, good boy, there you can see if there are two pops, he said, "okay, yeah, I remember that." What am I supposed to do here?

This is the type of dog that, as he progresses, we will probably have to be a little bit firmer with our corrections, especially when we get to the part where we have to take him out in public. You know, around strange dogs and people, but you know he's already showing the understanding we want to see again. It is important to remember that this is the first day. from the training you see, he sees that dog and he just goes towards her and I also do a retreat here with this dog. I do a lot of retreats around other dogs.

I want him to understand that when he hears his name he should stop whatever he is talking about and move towards me again. He's not food motivated right now so I'm just using praise and this is the first day I've handled him so we don't really have much of a relationship but you. I can see that he is a happy-go-lucky guy and is happy to go along with my plans when he does because the moment he is motivated or motivated by this meal, you will see his motivation to please me increase significantly from where it is now, so again, a lot. of you see, you have dog clothes and then I just stand back and call his name.

I'm not just backing up and popping him, I'm saying his name right, you see that time, I didn't have to, so you see. After a few repetitions you now see the dog separate itself and make the good decision, so we are doing regular passes, as you can see you still show some interest. He does this thing where he senses that there are a lot of dogs behind me. Maybe at first, when they realize they can't throw that kind of speed behind them, I just take a couple of jumps to keep moving. I don't let him turn me around, not too much.

I don't care if the dog watches. on the other dog is when they really start to get super intense what they're scaring or really take a significant step towards a dog that you know, I'll correct the dog, so here I'm making it a lot harder, I'm actually right. next to a tall guy and he's playing tug with his Malinois Dixie and you can see us really exciting so there you go, I cancel it and again of course he can't do it but I'll show him this from day one. it's the expectation that you hear your name 180, no matter what's going on, you head towards dad at the same time and you shouldn't pull either, so he's doing a good job of not pulling on the leash, but he's still very excited and of course, It's intense watching Pixie do his thing with a tall guy.

There's a nice pass right there, just a little pop to remind him that he needs to keep moving. Well guys, as you can see, the training is quite simple and really solves many behavioral problems. problems that people not only have to pull, a lot of dog reactivity is directly related to pulling, so the dog actually pulls and then becomes reactive towards other dogs and people, a lot of jumping and other undesirable behaviors with which people fighting are directly related to pulling, so If you require your dog to always keep the leash loose and listen when you call him, then you will see that many of these behaviors that you have are actually going to be eliminated.

You will also notice that When the dog gets excited by something he sees in the distance, he is already going to pull immediately and immediately when I correct him for that behavior you immediately see the dog's arousal level drop significantly, many behavioral problems are caused by arousal , so the less arousal your dog has in the presence of things that causes him or her to become quite reactive or excited the less problems he or she will have with any of the undesirable behaviors we just talked about, it is important to understand how to use Both your dog's name and calling him and also teaching your dog to keep the leash loose by giving you those well-timed pops will work together to make your walk a much more pleasant experience for both you and your dog, first thing when we walk like Ya We have talked about every time the dog presses on the leash.

I'm going to release that pressure and punch in the opposite direction to eliminate behavior number two. If we are walking, suppose there was something on the ground within reach of the dog. dog leash, so let's say he was walking and there was a piece of trash right here and the dog could reach it without pulling on the leash. What I am going to do? I'm going to preemptively bust the dog. That's an option, but I think I'll use the strap. the dog's name to call the dog of the person or animal he's heading toward is actually a fairer approach, so if we're walking and there's a piece of trash on the ground that the dog is heading toward, I'm going to say his name chance and then if he ignores me, I'll hand over those puppies to get him out of the object when he gets out.

I will pray for the same thing if I pass someone and it is a very narrow sidewalk. We are walking side by side I say his name if he ignores me pop pop when he moves towards me praise and we will continue passing by whatever he wanted to go in the first place if I am walking and he may in front of me remember this It is walking on a loose leash. I don't care if the dogs in front of me are behind me on my side as long as he isn't pulling on the leash if he is in front of me and I want to back away.

I can't just turn around and break it with the strap. What I'm going to do is say his name songs and then I'm going to turn around and if he doesn't turn around with me, pop pop and you'll see how to use the leash technique that we showed you and also use your dog's name, not Lesly, but in very specific situations like the ones we mentioned, the walk will be much easier and more pleasant for you and your dog. I will see a drastic improvement in your dog's behavior. I can't emphasize this enough. Don't walk like that and every time your dog does chanting, chanting, tanning, we won't do that.

You only use his name when you need to. to move towards you if he pulls alone that's his problem if I walk past someone and he just pushes me towards that person immediately that's an automatic pop if I'm standing here he smells something there and walks away That way there will be a automatic burst and I'll give him a real scare whether I'm standing still or I'm moving you can't pull this leash and if I say your name move towards me gentlemen atta boy if you find him. This video is helpful, feel free to like, subscribe to our channel and follow us for more training tips.