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Dog Leash Training Tips.

February 28th, 2010

If you’d like to have your dog outside, have him go through leash training. Dogs venturing beyond their owner’s homes have to be leashed. Some think leash training is harsh but it’s an essential part of dog training. Here are a few great tricks for leash training your dog:

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1. Be very patient. Dogs train at their individual pace. Your commitment and your dog’s breed play on your dog’s ability to learn new things. Beagles have short attention spans; they’re easily confused.Collies learn faster than Bichon Frises; they’re a more intelligent breed. Of course, your training needs to be firm and consistently by the book.If you fail to be consistent, dogs get confused and your training will last weeks longer.

2. Age matters. Younger dogs adjust better to a leash than adult dogs do. If they had not had a leash before, adult dogs need an adjustment period.

3. Have your dog heed the training. Regardless of your training style, your dog must be totally focused when training.If he has difficulty concentrating, train where there aren’t too many distractions. Like, if you’re outside, train at the back, not the front yard. Untrained dogs easily get distracted by passing cars or people. If your trainee is a hyperactive type, exercise him vigorously to tire him a little; he’s likely to pay attention better that way.

Have a look at Golden Retriever Training Guide to find out more on training this breed.

Select Your Training Tool.

Besides the usual flat leash and buckle collar, you have several options as to the equipment that suits your training needs and goals. For instilling discipline in young puppies, the conventional flast leash is often enough. In rare cases, you might need any of these specialized training tools to be more effective:

1. Head Collar. This one is very similar a horse’s collar. It keeps you in gentle control of your dog with one loop around the neck, the other around the mouth. If you want to train your dog not to lounge, this is your best bet. Your dog’s mouth movements are unhampered; the collar spoils lounging, turning a forward thrust into a sideways motion.

2. Retractable leash. This leash has a push-button control that lets you take up slack easily. This is effective if you’d like your dog to have a wide berth. Your dog can wander off several feet from you but you retain control with this leash. However, if you’d like your dog to learn "heel", don’t let him get too far away from you.

3. Choke/Prong Collars. From this collar’s name, you might have guessed that this tool uses pain in training.Attached to the leash, this collar won’t let your dog stray. You can tighten the collar to choke him a bit or jab him with spikes as a reminder not to pull. Keep in mind that you only want to remind your dog, not hurt him.

If you want to learn more, see Dog Leash Training Tips.


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