you can't make me walk!!!!woof!
it not a training problem been there done that still doing it (never endding job lol) einy will not go for a walk its got really bad he gets excited about going lets me but on his lead etc but as soon as we get out the door he wants to go home it just makes me want to cry it got so bad that las time i took him we went to the river side which id gated off from the road so your dog can be off the lead. he lets me take off his lead walk a few then turns round runs to the gate and OPEN yes OPENs a closed gate and runs off home only a 100 ish yards but along the busiest raod in town. traffic stopping incase he run out into the road (which he didn't but still) and me running manically after him calling his name. it like he has a panic attack and then bolts if he is on the lead he grabs it and pulls me home with him i'm get worried about him he seem happy to play in the garden but hes only 14 months and he need exercise any ideas zoe and einy |
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| Merlin won't go for a walk either. He cries the whole time he is away from the house. But I attribute this to his being lost when he was 11 months old. Since we got Avalon he is better, but we know he would rather just stay home. So now we just run him in the yard and with the other 2 clowns we have he is getting plenty of exercise. |
| Does he get really hot during the walk? We walk mine in the evening since I have kept them long-haired.
Is there someone who could meet you while you are on the walk? To give Einy a treat or special rub or give him a toy? Or you could take a special treat with you that he gets during the walk (a little further along each day). Another thing to try would be a very short walk. For the next several weeks, make every walk last only 2 or 3 minutes. You could try several a day, if possible. Once he seems okay with the very short walk, try adding a minute to the walk, but add them at a very slow rate. He may just be a couch potato though. |
| Just a quick question...
Do you think he might enjoy a walk more if he had a doggie friend to walk with him? Or maybe a doggie friend to meet? I have a sheepie that does not like to walk unless there is a purpose to it... like meeting people and other dogs along the way. |
| einy is very possesive of us and he does not like to share (after long talk about getting him a friend we have decided he might not copy very well with having to share us ) this could be because he only a puppy or the fact that he thinks he might get replaced (we are his second home he had two homes bedore he was 13 weeks old the other people took him but then decided they didn't want him) we might try when he is older, its not that he doesn't like other dogs, he loves them but hes very rough with them. he left my brother dog with brused ears. he also doen't like it when my SIL dog sits on us he pulls him off by the tail.
when he see other dogs on a walk or walking past the garden he barks like mad, i know it coz he wants to play (you can see his little tail wiggle) but the other dogs take it the wrong way. i tried just walking him round the house today he managed twice before he had one of his panic attacks grabbed his lead and went straight to the frount door to go back in. i will try round the house and over the bridge and back tomorrow its so upsetting because he used to so love sniffing around the river bank and chasing the ducks 
i'll keep trying but i think at this point i'm not going to win its so hard not to get mad at him so i try to keep smiling bending down to give him a hug (you can feel his heart racing and he has fear in his eyes) the hug works for a bit get him to calm down and go a bit further and sometime a tasty treat will do but i can't use regular treats due to his tummy so i have a new one being deliver tomorrow (hopefully) from the same people that make his food at see if that works - he a typical man the way to his heart is through his stomach lol zoe and einy |
| If you can feel his heart racing, then he's scared. You said he used to love sniffing around the river bank and chasing the ducks. So there was a point when he enjoyed his walkies. Think back--did he have a bad experience, like something scared him or he got lost?
Is there a dog in the neighborhood who could come to your house and play with Einy so he gets some exercise? |
| Poor Einy! I don't really have any advice but I'm sorry to hear that he's so panicky. Hopefully it's just a stage he's going through and he'll get comfortable with walking again soon. |
| the only thing i can think of is..
.. when i was very very pregnant my hubbys aunt to einy on a walk for me as i was sick (PIH) when she got back i asked how it went and she said - oh i dragged him there and back and when i took him off the lead he ran (i don't know if she punished him) she has strange ideas on how a dog should be. could this have made him hate his walkies, what can i do :(
the only place he will walk to is the pet store and i don't need to go there everyday maybe once or twice a month lol zoe and einy |
| Oh, Zoe. If you noticed the change after the other person walked him, I bet something happened. It was probably something very minor but some dogs are more sensitive than others. Can you walk and hold a treat in front of his nose the entire time? Or..walk part way to the pet store. That is funny how he knows it's okay when he walks that way. |
| when my new tummy friendly treats arrive (hopefully tomorrow ) i will try and bribe him with them, thats probably why he walk to the pet store for the fuss and the toy he usually comes home with!!!
thank for talking about it with me when it just yourself trying to figure it out you just can't see the wood for the trees sometimes i got him a halti too to try and stop him pulling me over when he does decide to run well it will be me, my sheepie and me new red duffel coat braving the english weather tomorrow for walk attempt number 2 wish me luck |
| Because of my Ben's allergies, their "treat" is actually just a piece or two f their regular food. Unfair to the girls, but I don't have to worry about upsetting his allergies.
What about getting him into the car and going a short distance away to a new area for the walk? That way he won't associate it with whatever upset him...... Some positive experiences in the new area may carry over eventually. |
| You could get him in the car and have someone drive you a little ways away and then walk home. Then he would associate walks with going home instead of leaving home. As his anxieties lesson the car could drop you off closer to the house and you could walk out and around back home. Sounds like a lot of work but it should help. Just be careful not to transfer the anxiety of the walks to the car ride.
Also, don't comfort him while he's shaking and upset. It just makes him think that what he is doing (reacting by freaking out) is the behavior that you want. Instead, act like nothing is wrong and in an upbeat yet firm voice urge him along. |
| I had sort of the same problem with Emma when I got her. When i first started walking her she would sit on the street and not want to move and i would pull the lead but she refused to move and i would feel bad cuase i felt like i was choaking her. I think she was scared to leave home, if she could see the house she knew she was safe. So i started carrying her up the street and then walking back and she would sprint to the house once she saw it. But as we did it more she got to know the walk routine and now she loves to walk.
Also if i take her for walks in a city (I am city girl so we do go often) she loves to walk around. She is also very smart. When we go to NYC she knows her way to the doggy park and back to my friends apt. She knows the apt right when we get on the block and she practically breaks my are going to the front door.  |
| Walter will not walk in our neighborhood, he stops and makes me drag him and then the second I turn around for home he drags me the whole way.
I started driving to places like the park or the forest preserve and doing a quick walk around there (when i know no one will be around so he doesnt get too excited or nervous) and then we drive home. He used to be really nervous and scared at the park but I took him there so much he started to get used to it. Now we can walk and play at the park for about 45 minutes, when before 10 minutes used to be too much! So maybe Einy will do better if you drive somewhere and slowly acclimate him to the new place? |
| Another thing I would try (considering he calms down when you give him a hug) is to walk with him to the edge of his comfort level, then take one more step and sit down on the curb. Have him sit next to you and then just watch the traffic go by for a while. You could bring a cup of coffee. Have him sit next to you, put your arm around him, and then just relax and watch traffic go by. Talk to him, give him treats. Then walk back home.
Next day repeat going a few steps further. etc... -- Elisabeth p.s. of course your neighbors might think you're strange... |
| p.p.s. I would like to echo what Maxmm said. Don't appear to comfort him, when he's anxious. But I wouldn't push his limits too much at once either. And when he stops panting or starts calming down, use your happy voice.
If you do the sitting-at-the-curb thing, talking to him, don't comfort, just talk to him in a normal voice, tell him what he's seeing (white car going by, motorcycle, whatever, Mrs. Johnson from down the street...) -- elisabeth |
| what is it with sheepies, not wanting to walk - although I do appreciate Einy may have had a scare, but the best way is to keep going - I know its really hard and we want to protect them. Can you take him somewhere new and keep him settled for a while, then talk to him when you start walking, perhaps take him a stick to distract him - I'm sure somehow Einy will get over this. Ollie didn't want to walk and was petrified of his lead, he would go mad and shake, but I thought no you have to do this, so I just kept going talked to him, stroked him and ran with him on his lead laughing, thats the only way it worked for me and now he can't wait to get his lead on - when I say walkies, he has a real sparkle in his eyes - honestly your persistance will pay off in the end - hope all goes well. |
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