Hello, first of all I am new to the boards and would like to say hi before bombarding you all with questions.
The question I have for you is in reference to running with my dogs. However, let me start with walking.
Our oldest dog is a very hyper dog. Most of the hyper activity has been addressed, although the one that most closely deals with the question at hand is when we walk her. She walks us really. She pulls until her front legs are off the ground and she is walking on her hind legs and choking on the leash. We have tried a choke collar and the result is no different, she just makes horrible weazing noises while doing the same thing.
Now, due to the high level of energy this dog has I like to run her. She loves it and its a great way for her to burn some of her energy. The problem isnt necessarily her trying to lead me on the run, as a mile or so puts an end to that. Its her random darting around that makes this really difficult. She will just randomly dart left or right depending on what she sees with complete disregard to where the runners legs are. A few times she has swiftly darted into my legs and thrown me into a full blown combat roll.
My question is in regards to training her to walk/run at a reasonable distance from the person doing the walking/running with her and teaching her to keep slack in the leash while doing so. Preferably about two feet to the left and equal to the pace, not ahead or behind.
The reward or NILF method of training seems difficult to go about with walking and running. Choke collars dont seem to do the trick, and constantly tugging on her collar to pull her back doesnt seem the way to go. Can someone please tell me what method should be used for our pup, as we have a new puppy and want to teach them both proper running and walking habits and we havent by far perfected it with our first yet.
She is about two years old (pound puppy), and is said to be a lab/retriever mix. She is a bit small for that though and we suspect that she has a bit of terrier in her. Please tell me its not to late to get her into a good habit.
Thanks in advance.
BTW. The dog in our gallery isnt the one I'm talking about in this post, those are all of our new puppy and I mainly posted his pictures to get feedback on what others thought the breed mix may be (another pound puppy). We think possibly Mastiff or German Shepherd.
http://www.chazhound.com/pictures/showgallery.php?cat=500&ppuser=2880
The question I have for you is in reference to running with my dogs. However, let me start with walking.
Our oldest dog is a very hyper dog. Most of the hyper activity has been addressed, although the one that most closely deals with the question at hand is when we walk her. She walks us really. She pulls until her front legs are off the ground and she is walking on her hind legs and choking on the leash. We have tried a choke collar and the result is no different, she just makes horrible weazing noises while doing the same thing.
Now, due to the high level of energy this dog has I like to run her. She loves it and its a great way for her to burn some of her energy. The problem isnt necessarily her trying to lead me on the run, as a mile or so puts an end to that. Its her random darting around that makes this really difficult. She will just randomly dart left or right depending on what she sees with complete disregard to where the runners legs are. A few times she has swiftly darted into my legs and thrown me into a full blown combat roll.
My question is in regards to training her to walk/run at a reasonable distance from the person doing the walking/running with her and teaching her to keep slack in the leash while doing so. Preferably about two feet to the left and equal to the pace, not ahead or behind.
The reward or NILF method of training seems difficult to go about with walking and running. Choke collars dont seem to do the trick, and constantly tugging on her collar to pull her back doesnt seem the way to go. Can someone please tell me what method should be used for our pup, as we have a new puppy and want to teach them both proper running and walking habits and we havent by far perfected it with our first yet.
She is about two years old (pound puppy), and is said to be a lab/retriever mix. She is a bit small for that though and we suspect that she has a bit of terrier in her. Please tell me its not to late to get her into a good habit.
Thanks in advance.
BTW. The dog in our gallery isnt the one I'm talking about in this post, those are all of our new puppy and I mainly posted his pictures to get feedback on what others thought the breed mix may be (another pound puppy). We think possibly Mastiff or German Shepherd.
http://www.chazhound.com/pictures/showgallery.php?cat=500&ppuser=2880
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