Walking with 2 sheepies
Here is the order from left to right: Miley (OES), Mom, Jasper (OES). Miley knows heel as on my left normal heel position. So what command do you use for the dog on the right? I want to teach both dogs a command for the right so they know where I want them. I like having 1 leash in each hand. I have been trying to put both on the left but I feel uncoordinate and have been getting the leashes tangled. It is probably more me than the dogs. Just wondering how other do it. |
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| Hi, we bought a splitter that makes one leash into a Y. That way both sheepies are on the left and you only have one leash. I also found the best kind of harness to get for these big boys is a harness where the ring is in front at their chest. It's made our walks much more fun and manageable. I have actually figured out how to walk both my boys and a toddler in a stroller. Good luck. |
| I walk four dogs at a time. I must have been great entertainment for my neighbors. It was really difficult. Though once you get the dogs used to walking as a pack, it becomes much easier.
At first, I invested in a great leash system http://www.larzpetgear.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=34&Itemid=73 I did this because I was walking 300 lbs of dogs - two that pulled like trucks and they ranged in size from 100 lbs to 40. The trick is to walk at a pace fast enough so they are moving forward briskly. For us, walks are about exercise or arriving at a certain destination. They are not leisure strolls where there is a sniffing and marking. Now that the pack knows that they are to walk forward, it is really easy. I do stagger leash lengths, so that some dogs are on shorter leashes, but that is about their individual ability to heel. I still do individual walks with dogs that are learning how to heel. I have found trying to teach multiple dogs anything at the same time is just far more than I can manage! Good luck and just remember, the faster you can walk, the less leash tangling you will have.  |
| I walk all three dogs together on my right side on 12" leads. Despite obedience training teaching the left, I find the left inconvenient for me because my left wrist is weak. I put the worst walker in the middle and the better ones set the pace with me. I will switch to two hands if we're walking in the street or an open area and we have more room to spread out but we don't all fit on the sidewalk that way! |
| i walk the two together and they don't really know heel as a walking command they know they should walk next to me - or I stop. it doesn't matter which side and they rotate depending on the day. and yes one is better at it than the other. |
| I walk all three of my girls (see advatar) with my right hand...it just works better for me that way. They are usually excited when they get started, but do settle down and walk in a pack. I have them walk at MY pace...and they cooperate.
We introduced Asia to China/Violet in April and she followed the lead of China and made sure she was alway next to her. Walking three or more dogs can be done....just alot of patients. Good luck! |
| I love this site, I learn so much here!
Thanks ButtersStoch, kerry and Violet's Mother... great suggestions. |
| I also have a 'double coupler' so I can walk both dogs with one lead.
Our obedience trainer uses the command 'heel' for the left hand side and 'close' for the right for one of his dogs and the opposite for his other dog. So with one word command each dog goes to their respective sides - Wow I wish I had his command! I feel lucky to get them walking beside me - whichever side they want! |
| I used to walk our three dogs at once, all on my left side.
Mandy, the best heeler, was on the outside, Abby was in the middle and Reuben was closest to me as he was the poorest heeler. The leashes were 6 ft long. I would twist the leashes together, making one fat leash. It lept them close together, with Mandy forcing them close to me. It wasn't too long before I wouldn't twist the leashes together, I would just throw them up over my shoulders. |
| actually I am not sure you want them to heel on a walk - you just want loss leash walking |
| When we had two very young sheepies at the same time our vet watched them pull me into the office. He smiled, bent down, and tied their leashes in a big knot about a foot from their collars. He said, "There. Now they'll fight each other instead of you."
Even the walk from the waiting room to the exam room was a huge relief. They could tug all they want but I just held on to the top of the leashes. We thought about getting the special one with a splitter, but just lived with the knot for a few months. In time they tired of pulling and things got better. |
traciels28 wrote: He smiled, bent down, and tied their leashes in a big knot about a foot from their collars. He said, "There. Now they'll fight each other instead of you."
In time they tired of pulling and things got better. I love this story and the solution! Kudos to your Vet! |
QuailTrail wrote: traciels28 wrote: He smiled, bent down, and tied their leashes in a big knot about a foot from their collars. He said, "There. Now they'll fight each other instead of you." In time they tired of pulling and things got better. I love this story and the solution! Kudos to your Vet! What a great simple solution!! Thanks everyone for the encouragement - we just got back from our nightly walk and things are improving so much! I am really proud of them. |
| Have you thought of a gentle leader?
I don't have problems with walking most of my dogs BUT, my wheatie and one crazy female OES need the gentle leader..... On our walk the other day I forgot Pooh's "leader" and he was mostly walking on his back paws the whole way! (I know he needs more training.....  )
He is a terrier, outside of our norm so, we are getting there! |
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