Loose Leash Exercise: Teach Your Dog to Avoid Tension On The Leash

[@juliancoumbis4340]

This has helped me alot 😊 positive reinforcement= increase and punishment=decrease

[@kevinschuiteboer6367]

I have a service dog so he is wearing a service harnesses on him is that okay for training

[@SaraOndrako]

Yes! The tool isn't what teaches your dog - you are - so ideally your dog will exhibit the same practiced behaviors no matter what they are or are not wearing. It helps to practice in a vest, with vest off, with a collar, with no collar, etc.

[@Max-tr6uw]

When i pull backwards my dog sits down instead of stepping back. Should i still reward this or should i try leash pressure side to side?

[@TracyClayHomes]

Sara, We are in Charlotte and are considering talking with you about our 2 new 5.5 month old Great Pyrenees/Lab mix rescue puppies. We have a lot of deer in our neighborhood and encounter them on almost every walk. One of them can smell them a mile away and pulls like crazy! I've tried everything I can think of to discourage the pulling. We just can't escape the deer and I'm afraid of hurting their trachea. What do you suggest? We've tried the slip leash as well to no avail. Help!!

[@SaraOndrako]

Hi Tracy! Oooh - deer are tough because they are just so tempting!! Kind of like squirrels! Your win here is going to involve a lot of teaching your dogs what you want them to do (separately first before bringing them together and expecting results) and gradually increasing the distraction to increase difficulty in the ask. This gets paired with outlets for those chasing behaviors they really want to exhibit in other, positive ways such as chasing a ball, a frisbee, using a flirt pole, etc. The idea being to teach where those behaviors are acceptable (in play) and where they are not and won't result in anything beneficial (on walks around deer). This is a short snippet of what goes into it but hopefully gives you an idea as to the direction for making improvement in this area.

[@jenseegmiller7310]

Does this work for small dogs? I'm worried about tracheal collapse.

[@SaraOndrako]

Hi Jen! Great question. It's very subtle pressure. If you pull back and it pulls the dog back, the pull is too hard. I would not recommend this with a dog that has a collapsing trachea (or any neck lead exercise for that matter) but a normal dog, small or large, is perfectly fine so long as you are gentle 😊 Be sure your lead is nice and high on the neck, right at the base of the skull, below the ears.

[@calmk9clinic655]

Agree 💯

[@goymedhundDogtrainingBehavior]

That placement is the most dangerous place .. All the nerves are there and the main blodwessel also goes up there ... how do you avoid it to give pressure on the wrong spot? It lloks very good in your video but when you have a dog that puts more pressure - how to avoid any damage? Espes. with such thin line? just asking.

[@SaraOndrako]

Hi! The pressure is very gentle - the idea is not to hurt the dog or be forceful, rather to apply a steady and slight amount of pressure to where the dog may make the choice to move out of that pressure, (where you would reward/reinforce that decision). Done right, this type of exercise will not result in injury or damage to the dog at all.

[@ashleytimms1332]

@@SaraOndrako "if it's done right" seems really similar to what those who use shock/prong say. I'm curious to know if, years after this video's upload, you feel the same about this methodology.

[@reeeeneeustaquio374]

Do we use treats for this?

[@SaraOndrako]

Hi Hector - if your dog is food motivated then absolutely! 😊

[@timehealthfit1891]

You're more helpful than you realize i just liked and subbed, want to be youtube friends?

[@Al-Hunt-acrylic-painter]

Americans waffle on!

[@auntiek1806]

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