This is an exercise that supplements the techniques that I have presented on this topic already. It is not by any means a conclusive, end-all solution to stop leash-pulling. However, after having worked through everything else mentioned in my other videos on teaching loose leash walking, I find that a lot of dogs learn very quickly with this approach that they must not pull if they want to continue the walk. It is important to note however, that using food as a reward after every ’roundabout’ may cause some dogs to pull just so they can come around for a reward. Using food rewards occasionally should eliminate this problem.
Links
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How to teach Loose Leash Walking (PART 1):
‘Getting your dog to stay next to you’
PART 2:
‘Helping your dog relax and be calm on walks’
How to teach your dog the HEEL position demonstrated in this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWb9_ZvsLbo
Duration : 0:2:31
Tags: calm, clicker, Dog, heel, how, leash, loose, more, no, positive, pulling, reinforcement, relax, stop, teach, to, train, training, Walk
that dog is so cute …
that dog is so cute…bt ive tried tht alot of times with my puppy,and he only seems to do it with food
what if they get …
what if they get the wrong idea and decide to walk behind you?
do you do the same thing that you have shown?
thanks.
thanks.
What if she bites …
What if she bites and tugs at the leash…sigh…
what would you …
what would you suggest if the dog isnt pulling, but sitting and doesnt want to move forward?
My border collie x …
My border collie x rescue used to pull quite a lot, which is very dangerous here due to icy roads! But after clipping the leash to the front of her harness she immediately stopped pulling!:D
We are about to …
We are about to adopt a rescued German shepherd that is 8 years old . Poor thing has spent his life locked up. The rescue place we are getting him from say he has leash pulling issues. Any advice on training an older dog?.
Your dog is …
Your dog is ADORABLE!!! I love her ear-feathering!
Love your video …
Love your video and training methods, using them on our GSD puppy. 13 weeks old today and training very well, Thank you!
i know where you …
i know where you live lol
also, the …
its very impressive when walking your dog xx
also, the advantages of my dog is that she is a very quick learner, it only took me 5 mins to learn her not to pull, i also learnt her to “hi-5′ and “stick em up” lol
hey i have a 1year …
i think its starting to work i just need to keep persisting 
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hey i have a 1year old shih tzu, she pulls half the time, but not as bad as what she used to, i bought her a non pull harness and most the time it doesnt work. when she pulls i say “here” and i put the treat behind me thinking that it may stop her pulling, and i did this constantly throughout the walk, and on the way home, i didnt give her any treats and she didnt pull and she kept looking at me
Hello. I have a …
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Hello. I have a young 4 month weimaraner puppy and he still does not understand when he has to be calm and when it’s time to play. He pulls very hard. What is a best technique to teach a very energetic dog? After all day of running he still seems active
I’ve honestly used …
I’ve honestly used some of the dog training techniques on my kiddos. hahaha
Hi, I have a German …
Hi, I have a German Shepherd Mix who walks comfortably most of the time, but whenever we pass another person or dog he lunges at them due to excitement. This really gets frustrating after a while, advice please ??
Now I know how to …
Now I know how to introduce clicker training ! Thanks : )
Thanks so much for …
Thanks so much for posting your training videos… now I know how to introduce clicker training to my dog ! Seems very logical. Now to put it to the test !
Have you tried any …
Have you tried any of the other techniques I explain in my other videos? Like I mentioned in this video+description, this is a relatively advanced idea that will work with some dogs whose excitement level has already been somewhat lessened through several other exercises first. Please see those first if you haven’t already.
Hiya, i have a dog …
Hiya, i have a dog that pulls due to excitement and i tried the same method that you explained in this video and i found that my dog seemed to view coming back to my side a game. So he would pull as part of the game and then complete it by coming to my side repeatedly on walks. Pull heel pull heel pull heel pull heel constantly – he didn’t stop pulling to avoid having to heel as suggested.
Yes, if that …
Yes, if that applies to training, then it totally makes sense, but in dailylife situations, when the dog does get excited around something and it is going to pull to get somewhere, we could stop, get a dog (by calling him, or something like that), and walk in side, and pass things in an arc!
Great idea! I will …
Great idea! I will look into it.
Frustration is …
Ideally the dog shouldn’t be over-aroused when bringing this exercise to the table. Hope that makes sense!
Frustration is always a possibility in training when we withhold something the dog wants – but it can be avoided. In this case, I wouldn’t attempt this exercise until I have fully exhausted the ideas I discuss on calm loose leash walking in two previous videos. I agree that sometimes it’s a better idea to walk in the other direction, but we can’t always do that
think about this… …
…just think about it….
think about this…in this way, you can easily get an yo-yo effect…(specialy, when the dog is excited)…maybe it would be better to continue walking in some other direction. If you “ask” (with standing still) the dog to go around you, and move forward to something that he is so much focused on, you will easily get frustrated dog who is so much into something and bothered by you
(sorry, english is not my mother language, I hope you can understand what I mean)
I have done this …
I have done this exercise before and it really helps! But I did it without the clicker, when i get my second dog i will train him with the clicker too.
hehehe…. 5 star~. …
hehehe…. 5 star~.. btw if a dog bite the leash what shud u do?… cos i’ve come across my friend’s dog.. and sometime i had to take her dog for a walk.. because it isnt my dog.. so im scared that dog would bite me.. and i couldnt stop her dog from biting the leash.. i was calm bt that dog kept jumping trying to break free from the leash.. her dog nearly bit my hand…. wat shud i do? thx~