The Wonders Of Dog Leash Training

The joy of bringing a puppy home for the first time is really enjoyable.  An owners first instinct is to baby the puppy because its attractive and tiny. Bear in mind though that doing such will make your dog spoiled and untrained which will cause a lot of behavior problems which will be harder to retrain as the dog is older and patterns are already recognized.

Dog leash training is one of these behavioral issues.  When the dog is still a puppy it would be best to train them to a leash as they are still small and are effortless to control.  It is harder to train an older dog to the leash as they are heavier and will be more able to pull the owner around and cause troubles.

Instructions

First thing to do is have the new puppy get familiarized to having a collar around its neck.  An initial reaction that is commonly seen when a collar is first put on a pup would be trying to take it off by rolling around, scratching it or by using different means just so the collar will be removed.

It will be very excruciating to watch this procedure but the owner has to learn to control himself and not remove the color until the time that it is in no doubt that the puppy has already calmed down.  This just means that he can not manipulate the owner by using the different behaviors to have his collar removed and that the collar can be removed or not at any time.

The next process in dog leash training is by following the collar method with the leash.  Just leave the leash attached to the puppys collar and just leave it attached even when the puppy is playing.

Soon enough, he will forget the leash, just as he did the collar, which is when the owner will be ready to move to the next step.  One important safety precaution with this step is to never leave the puppy unsupervised while dragging the leash around, in case he gets caught on something.

The last step in dog leash training is to start to hold the end of the leash, walking with the puppy around the house.  The leash should always be loose between the dog and the owner, so that the dog is always walking right by the owner's side.  If the puppy starts to pull on the leash, the owner should immediately stop walking and call the puppy so that he comes back to the owner's side.

Once that happens, then the owner can start to walk again, continuing as long as the puppy remains at the side with the leash hanging loosely.  The puppy should receive a lot of praise when he is doing it well so that he learns that walking that way is enjoyable.