Biting the lead
I don't want to resort to spraying it with bitter apple. |
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| Howdy! Hmmmm, how about giving her something to carry on the walk, like a ball? Or one of those heavy vests? Can you get her to sit before going out the door with the lead on? Or before putting it on? Tough one! |
| Well I wouldn't put the leash on until you are ready to start moving - don't give her any time to react like that to the leash. Put it on, out the door and take off. |
| thank you all, we will keep trying with trying to make her calm before putting on the lead, its difficult as she calms down, sits nicely then as soon as we put it on shes off again, today I put on the lead then immediately started walking out the door more as a distraction. On another note we had Holly's fur trimmed quite short recently, I was worried she would look odd but she looks lovely, we can now see her eyes perfectly and she has gorgeous big eyelashes  I can't believe she is nearly a year old already! |
| I would do the opposite - no moving until she is calm and has herself under control. It may take a bit to get anywhere at 1st, but it will pay off later. |
| Yuki is the same way esp. when daddy is walking her. She's basically saying hurry up...let's go guys. I AM LEADING THE WAY and won't have it any other way!!! However, when we are in charge, little extra leash, walks by our side instead of having a "fun walk" (anything with daddy) ...she doesn't do it. It's not as pleasant of a walk for us, and since I'm usually pushing a stroller or carrying someone's bike ...daddy just lets her hold the leash. I mean, as long as its in her mouth, she's not pulling or anything so Mr. J doesn't mind. |
got sheep wrote: I would do the opposite - no moving until she is calm and has herself under control. It may take a bit to get anywhere at 1st, but it will pay off later. You know for some reason I missed that she was 11 months old and was thinking younger puppy. By this age she should get the waiting treatment. With a very young dog I try to keep them moving instead of having time to bite the lead. Dawn is right - geesh  |
| Kenzie used to do this, I found that changing the actual lead to a chain one discouraged him - I suppose the chain didn't feel too good in his mouth. Nik  |
| Dublin is almot 2, and she does this as well. What I have been doing lately, is turning around to come back in the house. First I tell her to stop, which does not work because of her selected hearing of the words no and stop. Then I say, "let's go home," she'll stop completely, become dead weight, and drop the leash. This usually ends the excitement and she calms down. |
heather32 wrote: Dublin is almot 2, and she does this as well. What I have been doing lately, is turning around to come back in the house. First I tell her to stop, which does not work because of her selected hearing of the words no and stop. Then I say, "let's go home," she'll stop completely, become dead weight, and drop the leash. This usually ends the excitement and she calms down. This also worked well for me esp. when he could see the house. Chauncey would also start again if we passed a car ( still does it for Bob ) I used to carry a small squirt bottle with plain water, he wasn't afraid of it, but the squirt was enough to break his train of thought or lack thereof. I also do not give him a full lead when walking, I find it helps especially if there are alot of people and/or dogs around. |
| A show type lead/collar (round nylon or snake chain/jewellers chain choke) would probably solve your problems in about five minutes. Positioned correctly high up under the jaw and behind the ears it gives you total control without having to yank the dog around. I realize pulling is not the issue but for some reason this type of collar seems to solve a lot of issues, distracts them maybe because it feels different. |
| Try spraying bitter apple on the leash. Makes it way less fun to bite. |
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