You'd love to do some leash walking training,
but it's impossible because your dog is constantly pulling on the leash.
In this video instructor,
Carol's going to give you some simple strategies to stop your dog from pulling,
including one thing you can do to stop pulling before you even open your door.
I'm Ken Steepe, this is instructor Carol. Welcome back to McCann dogs.
This episode is brought to you by Eukanuba.
Taking a dog for a walk.
It's one of the things I most enjoy with my K9 partners,
but not when I'm being pulled and dogs need exercise.
And walking is a fantastic way to do that. Hi, I'm instructor Carol.
This is Freya and it's like a meeting for help. Freya has a problem,
Freya's a puller. At McCann Dogs we
talk about taking your dog for a walk and teaching your dog how to walk are two
different things. And it all starts before we take the first step.
We're going to head inside and look how it's done.
Now. Freya's, pretty excited to go out and that's pretty common.
Does your dog just want to explode out that door?
Cause going outside is fun. So if I open that door,
you can see she is ready to blast.
So I'm going to hold that leash so that she can't actually
get out until she looks at me. And why do I care about that?
She is so focused on the outside. Nothing else exists,
but getting through that door, if I just hold her here,
it's like a magic force field. At some point,
she's going to stare out there and then she's going to go, what the heck?
And she's going to look at me and when she looks at me,
I'm going to immediately say, oh, okay. So it's doing a couple of things.
One in order for her to look at me, she needs to control herself,
which means she's not as wild and two she's learning.
There's some rules to going through that door. Are you ready girly? What's that?
I'm gonna hold her
Just going to stand and wait till she decides. Good girl. Alright.
Good girl. So last time I said, okay.
And she got to go out just for looking at me. So that's great.
She's a little calmer when she does that and she starting to learn.
Don't just blast out. You need to look and that will happen really, really fast.
And you do it again, but she also needs to learn after the look,
when I say alright. It doesn't mean dive on out and drag me out.
So if the happens, all it means is I'm going to come back in.
She didn't earn her her when she didn't get to win the game and go out,
go directly to jail back inside. Do not pass. Go do not collect $200.
We just try it again.
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I just have to wait it out. They all look at some point.
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Alright. No not like that.
We don't go outside like that. Just going to come back in.
And she says, oh, that didn't get me outside.
The dogs are smart at figuring out what they, how to get what they want.
So now I'm just going to open that door again.
Alright. Oh, I don't think so. I don't think so.
It's a good try. So I'm not getting mad. I'm not getting angry.
I'm just going to let her figure out how to earn that. You could see,
she looked at me a little quicker that time too. Shall we try it again?
Oh yes. All right. A little bit of pulling.
Yeah. And that was much better, much better. We're going to try that again.
Notice how fast she looked at me. She didn't even try to get out.
She stopped and she looked at me and very quickly and she went out much calmer
that time. You could see, she's still excited about going out last time.
She didn't blast out, even on the Allight. She was a little better this time.
I'm actually going to reward that choice if she gives it to me again.
But I opened the door and really when she opens the door, I'm actually good.
I got to treat hidden in here. And if she does that scene, pause and look,
yes. Get that girly. And again, throw back inside the house to letting her know.
That was a fantastic choice. It's also a safety issue.
I don't want my dog thinking the doors open.
They should just blast out what a good girl. Alright. Yes.
And now she's not blasting through. Alright? Yes.
Yes. Good girl. So good girl.
Now I'm going to earn her some freedom. Can you check that out? Now?
You can see the difference. When I took that little bit of time,
I got her to understand don't blast out of the door,
which is also a safety issue. I don't want my dog flying out.
She learned not to go out on that tight leash.
Now see how much calmer she is than when I opened that door,
she exploded out and dragged me across the yard. I can't deal with that,
but I can deal with this. So now I'm set up for better success on walking,
but you know what? I'm not going to go straight into walking.
I'm going to do a couple of responses to name. I'm going to sneak out a treat.
I'm going to Freya show her that treat. Yes. Good girl.
And then I'm going to give her some freedom again. Okay. You can go sniff.
You can go sniff. Good girl. Good work again.
She's not nearly as wild.
I can also do that response to name and I don't need to use treats. Freya. Yes.
Oh, good girl. What a good girl. Yes. Oh, you're so brilliant.
Okay. You can go check out. Go little checkout.
So instead of fighting her for that attention,
you can see like the first time. No, she's way more attentive.
Not girly. What do you see over there? There's a person.
So she is a lot more attentive.
She's not even pulling when she sees a person go past. That is so nice.
Why do I work that response to name? Well,
eventually I'd like to have my dog off leash.
So having a perfect response to name is huge.
The other thing is I just built some relationship.
I might grab another treat for this one. Cause there's a tough distraction.
And I'm going to say it first. Freya. Show her that treat. Yes. Good girl.
So she's just listened to her name three times perfectly first,
one seven anymore. She responded. Can you say that about your young dog?
So we're building a pattern every time I hear my name,
despite there someone walking past or there's a bird over there,
I respond and look at the attention.
She's giving me so much different from that first part where I let her explode
out. Now that I've gotten that attention. Now I can actually work some walking.
Are you ready girly? Even with distraction? Yes. Let's go. Good girl.
Yes. Oh, good. Girly. What a girl. You're brilliant. Yes.
Woo. Oh. And I'm just going to guide her back. Yes. Hey Freya. Yes.
And good girl. Let's go. Let's go. Yes.
And I could even reward that good girl. So I just did 10 steps.
It's still not a lot of exercise.
So maybe now it's a chance to give her a little more exercise,
but she's practicing, walking on a loose leash.
But now instead of response to name, what if I produced a toy? Freya.
Yeah. Do you want that thing? Oh, good stuff. Oh, you want that? You want that?
You ready? You go get that. Yes. Go ahead girlie. Oh, we'll get that one.
Oh yes. Go ahead. Girly. Oh, I gotcha. I gotcha. You ready? Set.
And I'm going to run with her so that leash doesn't go tight. Freya get it,
Get it. Get it. Yes. Go girly. Woo.
Yes. Ready? Get that thing. Get that thing.
We'll get it moving. Get any more exciting? Yes. Squad stuff.
Yeah. Go ahead. Girly. Oh yes.
Quite work and oh good girl.
So look at the attention I've got on my dog now again.
Maybe we do a little walking. We can here. Let's go.
Let's go. Yes. Oh good girl. And I can reward her. Yes.
Ready? Let's go. I'm just going to touch her. Woo.
Yes. Ready? Oh, good girl. Yes. Yes.
Look at that attention. So she's out here.
There's lots going on. There's animals. There's people.
And she's still saying I can walk on a loose leash instead of
pulling me all over the place so much better than the first time we came out.
She's able to keep that loo, that leash pretty loose,
but still really distracted. Not able to focus on me.
So I know when there's tough distractions. Car going by.
If we're walking, I'm probably still gonna see that tight leash.
And what are you going to do if you're a dog still,
even though you've done that opening still pulling?
So I'm going to show you now. I tried to use my voice. It wasn't enough.
So I'm going to show you how I use the leash. I'm not punishing her at all.
I want to teach my dog. It's fun to walk at my side, but I think my dog,
some great information. I want the leash.
If you picture an arrow from her clip of her collar, right.
To where I want her walking. If I add tension that way,
it's going to give her information and dogs want information.
So let's see how it works. Are you ready? Let's go.
So if she goes that way, I'm just going to add tension. Yes. Good girl.
That's better. Yes. Ready? Yes.
Oh yeah. Yes. Let's go. Yes. Good. Girly.
Yeah. What a good girl. Ready? Ready? Ready? Yes. Let's go.
Oops. Let's go. Yes. Yes.
Good girl. Very good. So you can see,
she didn't mind those pulses at all, but that tension back to me.
And even if my dogs pulling me, I'm going to stop.
I'm going to have that tension. I just going to use my hips to turn my dog.
Keep that tension towards me in the way I need my dog to move.
I can turn and go the other way. If she's getting distracted. Yeah. Yes.
See that head come up. Yes.
I'm going to turn tension up to where I need it. Yes.
Good girl. And I could even now yes. And reward her.
I could reward her with a toy and some play. I could reward her with it. Okay.
Go sniff, go check it out. Let her be a dog for a little bit.
I could reward her by playing with her a number of things I can do.
So she's getting some exercise.
Look at the attention I'm getting versus that wild and crazy dog that we started
with. So what's walking training look like I'm still 10 feet from the door.
I have not gone very far so we need to break it down. Get success.
Now she said, she's going to be tired tonight when she doesn't know me.
So working with me is a little different,
but that ability to stop at the door and look at me instead of bursting
out that ability to walk outside on a loose leash, calmly,
that impulse control that she applied to herself actually is going to
tire her out hugely. But I also want to get her some physical exercise.
She wasn't super keen about the retrieving.
So now I'm going to look for another option so that I could also get her some
physical exercise. Time for some recall training.
Now who's saying what the heck I tuned in because I want to learn how to walk my
dog on a loose leash. Why is she doing recalls? Well, one,
I want my dog or Freya to get some exercise. T too my dog.
Now I'm going to be rehearsing. Totally ignoring everything.
But me when we're outside, meaning loosely schwacking is way,
way easier. I always liked pattern, perfect responses.
So we're going to make sure free. It is a perfect response to come.
I've got a handful of treats. I'm going to hold her back. Show her the treats,
freeze and say, come. And she gets a little run,
not a long line, but she is so successful. I'm going to pay off those treats.
Oh, I dropped one. What a bad handler. I am girly. Yes. Get her attention again.
Yes. Good. And then I can quickly do another one and come. Woo.
Yes. And maybe this time I'm even going to run a little bit.
Maybe this time I'll even run good stuff. It
ready? Come. Woo. Yes. God girly.
Good girl. Excellent. And you know what? I'm 15 feet from the door.
We made it and we still have attention. Yes we do. You ready? Get in here?
Yes. Good girl. Let's go look at that walking happening. Yes.
Go ahead girls. At the same dog that came through that door,
the first time Freya is not my dog, but you see we've already built.
Pretty good relationship. I think Freya, I think so in a short time.
So those little games,
those attention games build so much value and attention on us.
I also have a dog that's a little tired and much
calmer. So I'm mixing that up with my training.
Now I'm still not ready to take Freya for a mile. Walk.
My arm just wouldn't handle a Freya.
And there's still times she's going to really pull when she sees a squirrel or
maybe, you know, another dog,
but think how fast I got her to come out the door calmly that didn't take very
long. And I got some pretty good attention and a few steps of walking in.
So think about how fast it will be. How many days will it be each day?
I'm going to work a little farther from the door.
I'm going to work a few more steps at a time between my little games and pretty
soon, you know what? We'd be able to go for a mile walk Freya.
So Freya and I didn't get out for our mile walk,
but we got out on this gorgeous day, enjoying it outside.
Freya got some exercise.
So she's going to be tired tonight and getting out and doing more with your dog.
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