Not exact matches
When your puppy is comfortable wearing the collar and dragging the
leash around (may take up to a couple
of weeks) it is time for you to pick up the other
end of the
leash.
What makes them unique is that, instead
of securing the
leash to a collar
around the neck, they use a harness that lifts up the dog's rear
end when needed, such as when you want to help your dog climb stairs or go up a hill.
The next step is for you to hold the
end of the
leash and «go for a walk»
around the house.
For example, at the
end of a play date at the dog park, i begin to put her
leash on and tug her away to leave and she almost always gets vocal, jumpy, snappy, and all
around aggressive with the other dog until we are a couple feet away and then she is 100 % fine again.
Go to the
end of the
leash and walk
around.
In my experience, these types
of leashes a.) tend to cause dogs to act more aggressively and to pull hard on the
leash; b.) are more likely to trigger a fight with another dog since the dog that is straining at the
end of the
leash looks like it is in attack mode; c.) tend to be purchased by lazy and irresponsible dog owners who do not train their dogs to obey, and who tend to spoil their dogs, causing more aggression and bratty behavior; d.) undo most
of the important aspects
of your obedience training and leadership over your dog, especially obeying
around distractions and coming when called, and over time they teach your dog to charge after other dogs, animals and even people; e.) are hard to control once the dog is at the
end of the line, and can get caught in the
leashes of other dogs, increasing the potential for a biting or attack incident; f.) do NOT cause the dog to get more exercise on the walk; g.) can cause a dog to run away from you, because if you accidentally drop the
leash handle, many dogs will run from the plastic handle «chasing» them from behind and that could cause your dog to run into traffic and die; h.) have resulted in injuries to dogs and owners.
Simply hold onto the
leash, stand still and let your dog dance, ricochet and bounce
around at the
end of the
leash.
Dr. Patricia McConnell writes in her book «The Other
End of the Leash: Why We Do What We Do Around Dogs,» «Focusing on the behavior at our end of the leash isn't a new concept in dog traini
End of the
Leash: Why We Do What We Do Around Dogs,» «Focusing on the behavior at our end of the leash isn't a new concept in dog trai
Leash: Why We Do What We Do
Around Dogs,» «Focusing on the behavior at our
end of the leash isn't a new concept in dog traini
end of the
leash isn't a new concept in dog trai
leash isn't a new concept in dog training.
The Other
End of the
Leash Patricia B. McConnell, Ph.D Published by The Ballantine Publishing Group 2002, Why we do what we do
around dogs.
«
Around the middle
of 2008, we still had the same foot traffic, but we started seeing signs
of customers pulling back on high - margin purchases like toys, and high -
end collars and
leashes,» he says.
Graphically, it shows that the dog wanders
around quite a bit at the
end of his
leash, to the left and the right, on our graph — up and down, while the owner is walking a straight line, generally going to the right and up across the graph at a specific angle.