Do you have a brand new puppy that you want to become a well behaved adult dog? Get an early start on that by starting to leash train your puppy at a very young age. My new puppy learned how to walk on his leash at only 6 weeks old. At 8 weeks old, my puppy walked with his leash like he’d been doing it all his life.
Try this simple and easy technique to quickly get your puppy used to the leash. Some puppies and dogs hate the very sight of the leash. If their first experiences with the leash were negative they won’t be happy to see the leash come out.
You only want your puppy to have positive results with leash training, so use this simple tip.I start the leash training of my puppies this way, and they never undergo any negative experiences with the leash. As a matter of fact, they get happy at the sight of the leash, since that means they are about to take a walk with me.
- Just put the puppy’s little flat collar (not the choke collar yet) on first of all, of course. The puppy should have no problems with the flat collar being put on. Attach the pup’s leash to the collar, but let it lay loose on the ground. You won’t need to keep ahold of the leash at this point. Let the puppy walk around the area you have chosen for the leash training without any restraints. Stay close behind the puppy so you can free his leash if it gets caught up in anything. As long as the leash remains unobstructed, the puppy probably won’t even pay attention to the fact that he’s dragging a leash around.
- The next step to leash training your puppy begins once he’s become used to walking around with his leash dragging along behind him. You can now pick up your end of the leash, keeping it slack at all times. Walk along with your puppy, letting him explore what he wants to-don’t try to control his position at this point. After he is used to walking about loosely on his leash, you can start the next step in leash training your puppy.
- It is time to teach your pup to walk along with you and not to be pulling you with his leash. Use treats as a reward to encourage your puppy to learn a loose heel while you walk together. If you hold the treat in your left hand it will get the puppy used to the idea of staying by your left side. The heel position asks your puppy to walk at your left side. Try calling your puppy to come to your side offering a treat and lots of praise and affection. Each time the correct behavior happens, be sure to reward the puppy to positively reinforce that behavior.
- If the puppy is distracted, gently tug his leash when you call him to get his attention and display his treat to him. For more tips and advise about leash training your puppy or dog please visit.Stop Your Dog From Pulling On The Leash
- Once you have his attention using a happy tone of voice he’ll come over and you can reward him for listening . You will see him quickly learning that he’ll get something good for listening. Even at 6 weeks of age, puppies are already in the learning zone. Stay calm and don’t get frustrated as you begin leash training your puppy. Try not to make it an unhappy time for the puppy when training him. Only use positive reinforcement techniques when leash training your puppy, or with any other training you will be doing later. Dogs will learn a lot faster if you make it fun and rewarding for them while they are in training. This seems to apply to people too.
- Continue repeating this training frequently on a daily basis until your puppy walks comfortably at your side with a loose leash. After learning this loose leash walking, he is well on his way to learning how to heel. That’s all there is to it. Follow this simple lesson, starting with a very young puppy and you will never have a problem putting your dog on his leash for a fun walk.
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