hello dog lovers my name is Saro I'm a dog trainer and I coach dog owners in
this episode I'm going to talk about whether if it's okay to off leash your
dog or not then me and Harvey are in the park today and we're going to explore it
a little bit and I'm going to talk about if it's okay to off leash your dog or not
your dog may not be ready to be off leashed stay tuned
hello dog lovers today me and how we are going to talk about and explain whether
if it's okay to off leash your dog or not one of the biggest mistakes that dog
owners make is either they off leash their dog too early or when the dog is not
ready so I'll explain what I mean by that by the way we are in in a beautiful
park in Capilano Park in North Vancouver British Columbia Canada so what I mean
by having the dog off leash too early is sometimes people don't take the time to
train their dogs to be off leash ready in order for them to be off leash and
then off leash the dog too early so the dog is not ready to be off leash most
dogs especially puppies are not ready to be off leash so what happens when you
off leash them too early it causes them to be stressed and causes them to be a
little bit confused about what they're supposed to do so the rule should be
that you don't off leash your dog until your dog has turned a year old or you
have had your dog adult dog if you have adopted for instance you don't off
leash your dog until a year after you had your dog so this helps you to also
not only train your dog and help your dog to learn the behaviors that you want
with control that you have on a leash and then teach your dog what you want it
to do when it's off leash so there are some rules before
you go ahead and off leash your dog and the rules first rule was that you wait a
year until you off leash your dog the second rule is that you train your dog
to become off leash trained dog and then you off leash your dog so what I mean by
that is what you do is you start basically training your dogs
with basic obedience and then once you passed basic obedience you go to the
next levels of basic obedience you know all this time you're still training your
dog on leash and then you start training your dog off leash everything that you
know you train them off leash so you leash train them and then off
leash train them and then you off leash them so all this may take a year so you
take that year to off train your dog and then off leash your dog
so you don't want to have your dog off leash before that your dog is not ready
so your dog needs to feel comfortable and confident enough to be off leashed
most dogs actually they enjoy being on leash is the human or the dog owner
who's not feeling comfortable or confident enough to keep the dog on
leash now the reason I have a Harvey off leash is because he have gone through
this process he's being trained and he's been trained for six months with me
training him on leash and then off leash and then i felt confident enough to off
leash him so now that he's off leash i know that he doesn't go too far and when
i asked him to come or hang around he just hangs around so that's the confidence
that i have and you need to build that confidence in you and in your dog and I
know if Harvey something happens to Harvey or something goes wrong with
Harvey he's not going to run away and he will come back to me so the reason I
come to a park like this or I do a hike with Harvey in the park is because I
want to enjoy the hike and I want Harvey also to enjoy the hike so it's not that
I'm saying don't go on a hike what I'm saying is train your dogs before you go
on a hike
so whether your dog is off leash or Unleashed there is a chance that they will
develop bad behaviors it has nothing to do with the leash bad behavior of the
dog can develop when the dog is on leash we call it leash re activeness and also
it can happen when the dog is off leash actually most of the bad behaviors are
developed when the dog is off leash what that means is when you off leash a dog
was not ready to be off leash they could go and do whatever they want they could
misbehave and you can't really control them and teach them and stop them from
misbehaving so that causes the dog to learn bad
behaviors that you don't want it's not because the dog is either off leash or
unleash that it may cause them to develop bad behaviors lack of training
lack of allowing the dog to learn the rules of being on leash and off leash
is that causes the dog to develop bad behavior dogs in general they don't mind
being on leash or off leash obviously they like to be off leash too it is not
that I say that they hate to be off leash what I mean is they don't mind
being on leash under control most dog owners feel bad to have them their dogs on
leash so when the dog is on leash they feel that they're not giving them enough
freedom but don't feel bad your dog's safety should come first if your dog is
not ready to be off leashed don't feel bad or don't rush to off leash them- I know
especially on a day like this you want to come out and bring your dog out and
have it off leash and go for a jog or for a run or do fun stuff who can say no
to this I understand but your dog may not be ready to be off leash so you
don't want to rush into it and jeopardize your dog's safety and health to off leash
off leash them because you feel bad - to not - to off leash them and if
your dog is misbehaving on leash is pulling on the leash and is not
behaving properly then that's a separate issue you have to address that before
you off leash your dog so you want to address that and train your dog to walk
properly on leash so your dog can understand the off leash rules so you
teach the dog the leash rules and then off leash rules not the opposite most dog
owners what they do they offer each their dog first and then the dog learns
bad behaviors and then they start putting the dog on leash so before you
go ahead and off leash your dog ask yourself is your dog ready to be off
leashed is your dog trained enough to be off leashed most dogs are not ready to be
off leash is your dog ready to be off leashed does your dog know the rules of
being off leash does your dog know that it's not supposed to jump on people not
supposed to run after things it's not supposed to chase things it's not
supposed to jump on other dogs and misbehave if your dog knows these rules
then and it's a it's a good dog and it stays around and doesn't misbehave and
listens to you yeah go ahead and off leash your dog otherwise keep your dog
on leash safety comes first and then comes fun if you like this video please
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