Dog Leads And Leashes

Leash Training – Dog Training

Leash training or lead training is the discussion of many dog trainers in this modern age and discussions of how to train your dog in the nicest possible way are aplenty. These discussions are brought about by people and dog trainers believing that pulling on the leash to correct a dog’s behavior is causing injury to the dog.

I’m not here to discus this also, but I certainly don’t believe there is anything wrong with leash training if it is done in the correct way and care is taken not to hurt the dog or give any sudden forceful pulls on the leash.

Leash dog training is equally as popular as any other form of dog training within the expert dog training community because when done properly it gets results quickly and effectively.

Leash training is used by correcting your dog’s movements and gently tugging on the leash to force the dog to go in a way they would not have originally gone and to direct them in the favoured way for the training exercise in hand. Often the problems of leash training are with getting your dog comfortable with the leash and collar so I will briefly discus the key aspects of getting your dog to behave when going for walks on a leash and the problems you might face.

Some dogs are excited to get their collar on and other are not so fond of it, train your dog to sit and stay first before learning to take your dog on a leash, many dogs like to wriggle around and run about wile you try to put a collar or lead on them so the sit stay commands will be essential.

While doing any pre-leash exercises or walks if your dog misbehaves by being too excited you should simply remain calm and not go for walks until they are acting appropriately, this should calm your dog down and act as a light punishment for them.

When starting leash training, begin in your own home and then work your way up to more populated and new and interesting places, if your dog misbehaves or is pulling on the leash constantly when they are out then discipline accordingly, and as always practice will be the deciding factor to how quickly your dog will accomplish good behavior.

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What type of leash/lead should I be using to walk my dog?

First of all, is there a difference between a leash and a lead, or are those just two terms that refer to the same thing?

Second, right now we're using a very basic collar that has a metal ring, and a leash that has a metal hook. Sometimes we even use one of those extendable leashes. Our dog is a tiny little guy but he really likes to do his own thing when we are on a walk together. I'm told that I should be leading him, and he should be at my side. Is the equipment in use okay for walking a dog, or should we be using something else, and are there any tactics that we should employ to make our dog a better walker.

Thirdly, is there a difference between taking your dog out for a walk, and taking your dog out to use the bathroom? When we take him out to use the bathroom we generally stand at the corner of our street with our extendable leash, and let him do his thing. He has about a 15 foot radius, and we just stand still.

1) No there's no difference! One's mainly American (Leash), the other one's English (lead)

2) A normal collar should be fine with all dogs. There's no need to use harsh collars, especially with a dog who doesn't have serious problems. Whilst training use a normal lead for heel work. if he pulls a lot, get an anti-pull harness as opposed to a chain choke collar as these are potentially dangerous. If he is constantly walking where he likes, try a halti head collar to restrict where he looks and therefore goes. Whichever one you use, the training is the same. Put your dog on your left side at heel. Say heel and start walking. Talk to your dog and as soon as he wanders off, stop, say heel and give a slight yank on the lead until he returns to heel. This way he will know that if he pulls, he gets nowhere. Make sure that you do talk to your dog when he's on heel as encouragement and also to keep him focused on you. Remember, if a dog is walking in front of you, he's saying that HE'S pack leader, not you and that can lead to all sorts of behavior problems! When he's by your side or very slightly behind you, he's being submissive to you.

3) Keep your dog to heel and when it's OK for him to pee, say 'OK!' an loosen the lead. If you just let him go where he likes he won't be able to distinguish between a walk and a loo stop. That could be part of his walking problem.

Hope this helps and good luck!

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