I left a message about Halti's in the General Discussion where I just found out my Halti could actually hurt my dog and I was using it as a walking aid rather then the training aid it should be used for. I'm going to try taking him off the Halti.
So, here is my question. The whole reason I have him on a Halti is because I have tried for long periods of time training him to stop pulling through click and treat and by just stopping until he stops pulling. I can't seem to communicate to him that he gets rewarded for stopping pulling for some reason. I'm not entirely sure what he thought he was getting rewarded for during the click and treat sessions, but he never quite caught on because the pulling continued without improvement until I bought a Halti. I would stop walking when he pulled and the MOMENT he stopped pulling, I gave him a click and a treat and we continued on our way, where he would pull again. This continued for a few weeks on his daily walks before I purchased a Halti at the recommendation of the dog trainer we had our training sessions with.
I was wondering if anyone has any other suggestions I might not have thought of. Can you think of anything I might have been doing wrong with the click and treat that would cause confusion for him?
So, here is my question. The whole reason I have him on a Halti is because I have tried for long periods of time training him to stop pulling through click and treat and by just stopping until he stops pulling. I can't seem to communicate to him that he gets rewarded for stopping pulling for some reason. I'm not entirely sure what he thought he was getting rewarded for during the click and treat sessions, but he never quite caught on because the pulling continued without improvement until I bought a Halti. I would stop walking when he pulled and the MOMENT he stopped pulling, I gave him a click and a treat and we continued on our way, where he would pull again. This continued for a few weeks on his daily walks before I purchased a Halti at the recommendation of the dog trainer we had our training sessions with.
I was wondering if anyone has any other suggestions I might not have thought of. Can you think of anything I might have been doing wrong with the click and treat that would cause confusion for him?