My puppy won't go for a Walk
He just won't go for a walk unless we take him somewhere in the car and let him run around. If we try to take him out from the house he just won't go. I am now putting him on his lead walking him (or carrying him) out of the house. I let him go forward on his lead but not back to the house. 
It is starting to work (but very slowly) I'm only at the neighbours house!! and he still pulls back to our house Any advice??? |
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| I've never had a puppy, so I have no experience in this, but I wanted to jump in and say "Hi"!
I'm sorry you're having this problem and I'm sure others will chime in with some great advice, but in the meantime, welcome to the forum. |
| Does your puppy like a certain treat? You might try to use something tasty to entice him down the driveway and off your property. Give him little treats along the way, so he associates a walk with something really positive. I've never had this problem, but maybe some positive reinforcement will help.
Good luck! Laurie and Oscar |
| This actually reminds me of Izzie. She is much happier on the way home than when we are walking away from the house. Much like horses on trail rides
She is also much happier if my sister and I both walk with her. If she is especially poky one of us will walk ahead a bit and that peps her up. What we often do to avoid this problem is one of us will drop Izzie and the other one off at the front of our subdivision. The person in the car then runs errands and the person with Izzie walks her home. When I am on my own I sometimes take small treats with me to reward her as we go. |
| It might be extremely time consuming, but I would only let him out when he is with you on a leash. This way any time he is outside for a walk or not he is accustomed to having the leash with him. With our puppy, we didn't let him go on walks for a while, and when he showed interest in it we encouraged it. Perhaps because it wasn't allowed at first he really wanted to go later, or he could just have a completely different mindset! I'm not sure, but good luck!!!! A doggy walk-mate might help, too! |
| If this is the first time he is walking out front and seeing the "world", it might be a bit scary to him...all the new sounds and sights and even pavement on his little paws...I would say to go slowly and don't force him..use your best prasie voice and tell him lets go for a walk and then praise him as he goes...even if its just a few steps. Also, maybe sit with him on the front laswn or driveway to get him used to seeing what's out there...
Good luck..I too have a 15 week old puppy and we are just starting to walk outside too. Like your's he loves the car and tries to jump in when we pass it for a walk outside, but I am doing what I just recomended to you...Our trainer suggested we go slow... |
Welcome to the forum! 
I agree, praise for baby steps I would strongly suggest you don't coddle him though, no "Oh it's ok baby" etc... as he may then learn that he is correct in being anxious and that there is indeed something to worry about.
Good luck! |
| When we first started London walking on a leash in the neighborhood she would startle and get scared very easy. She would run up under one of the big dogs and walk underneath them.
From everything I have read they say to take a bag or a plastic container of their favorite food/snacks and hold it in front of them as they walk. |
| Thank you all very much for your advice I will keep trying and keep you posted on our progress.
I'm just going to take things slowly and see what happens! |
Sorry for this problem. I have the opposite with Fox. He loves to go out, but I have to drag him home.  Even bribing him doesn't improve is attitude. |
| My old dog used to not want to walk when she was a puppy! We kinda just dragged her around the block. We started little by little, sometimes pulling her along (with a harness as to not hurt her neck), sometimes coaxing her down the sidewalk with a treat or something. Eventually (several weeks) she began to understand that walks were great. |
| Is it maybe he doesn't like being on a leash? I think it's good to make him do it anyway. A lot easier to teach a puppy than a grown dog.
Good luck and welcome to the forum. |
We made some progress this morning!!! 
George walked further up the street than he has so far. He wasn't on his leash but then I hope that by encouraging him without it at first he may be happier to go with it later. We live in a cul-de-sac so no chance of him being hit by a car. He didn't even run home so hopefully he is starting to be curious about life outside the street and he will realise that once he walks on his lead he can go further!! Heres hoping! |
| Woo hoo! |
| Back to Square one he won't go off the drive again!! |
| Have you tried a harness for him? My Mo won't walk with a collar, but tolerates the harness. She would prefer to be free like the wind, but that's not possible beyond the yard.
Also if you are keeping the collar too low on his neck, it doesn't work as well. It really needs to be up under his chin and behind his ears. Something may be spooking him. How does he do with car rides? Motion bothering him? Sitting in the front yard with him, watching the world go by is another thought, then gradually leave the yard. Sounds like a real homeboy. Do you have a friend with a dog who could walk with you? Maybe learning from a calm dog would help. Hopefully a small dog, a big one might add trauma. Then again you could put him in a wagon or stroller and wheel him around until he gets used to the world 15 lbs would be a big big, most dog strollers are for < 5 lb. dog.
He needs to get out and be socialized. Maybe just putting him in a car and taking him someplace to watch people and dogs would help. |
| Thank you for your suggestions!!
The pram (stroller) makes me laugh as I have visions of bumping into people i haven't seen for years and peering into the pram expecting to see a baby and george sitting there!!
He goes out in the car with no problems at all, and will walk happily on his lead to and from the car!! For the first time ever yesterday I got him to the end of the street which is a massive step for him and he walked into puppy class without being carried which is good news for me and my chiropractor!! I think all of a sudden he just thinks there is a world past the bottom of the drive and I want to see it. I think we will continue to make little steps but in time he will be great!! It's just building his confidence up so that he is happy going out!! Thank you again for your suggestions! |
| Its comforting to see that someone else is experiencing the same issue as I am. I have a 9 1/2 week old German Shepherd puppy and she refused to take walks too. She sees to be worse in the morning than evenings but all she wants to do is stay in our yard. If I manage to get her a block away when we turn to come home she runs all the way to our garage door. I guess I'll just keep trying and "take it slow" approach as well. |
| This made me laugh looking back over this, as he is now almost 2 and he still hates leaving the house to go for a walk.
He loves it when he is out but actually leaving the house is still a struggle!! The vet described it as couchpotato syndrome There is no known cure  |
| I have just got a puppy around 4 half months. She was a rescue puppy. We got her on Saturday and she seems frightened of the world. I have trouble getting hold of her to put her lead onto her harness which I had to get as she was petrified and wriggled out of her collar and got quite angry.
I have taken her out at her own pace but she shivers and hates it. My main worry is not the walking outside as I know this will come with time but getting her to stop running away from us all. Any advice |
| Give her time and lots of encouragement, eventually with patience she will enjoy the world and love going for walks |
| Sorry, I am not much help. We got Jenny at 12 weeks and started her on the leash the day we picked her up and she was fine. As long as she is walking out the door with one of her "peeps" she doesn't care where she is going. It's an added bonus if she gets to go for a ride in the car. She loves being outside, but doesn't want to be alone. |
| We have a 10 month sheepie named Panda. She would not walk period. As she got way to big to carry I figured out the problem was a collar. When I changed to a halter..Wala. Now she walks fine on a leash. And not a moment to soon.. Grandy |
We have two 4 month old (HIGH energy)  pitt bulls that refuse to walk. It was nice to see we weren't alone. We had just come home from a walk (if you could call pulling the dogs to the neighbor's house and back) when we decided to see if anyone else had this problem. We tried treats, praise and got nothing except 2 dogs that wouldn't move. We tried a harness and the collar with the same result. NOTHING! We are now trying to keep the leash on them when ever they are in the yard to see if this will help. We are also going to try sitting in the front yard to see if that will get them used to the world going by.
Please keep the avice coming. We are desperate! |
| Hi Vicki and George we have a 15 week old OES puppy and he gets walked 3 times a day but when he first started walking at about 10 weeks it was very hard work. We were lucky to make 20 Yards up the road at a time and we used a mixture of discipline and treats to gradually make progress. Actually once we managed to get outside of the estate he was ok. I haven't let him off the lead as yet. There are other things to consider - do you feed him after exercising him? Is his lead and collar adequate? are you his pack leader? Keep perservering you will get there.nik.
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| We have just rescued Ellie a 2 year old staffie x whippet from the pound. she has a beautiful nature but scares easlily and gets the shakes. The first few days she enjoyed walks but not the car and now we have to carry her out the gate, she then enjoys her walks around the block but scares sometimes with cars/trains passing in the distance. She calms down quickly though.
She will not leave yard with praise, cuddles or treats but once we carry her out she is no problem on her lead and has fun. Any idea's anyone on how to get her out of the yard? |
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