Dog Health Questions: Dog training? pulling on lead help please?

I have a 3 year old staffie, i use an extendable lead that extends to 5 metres. When he is allowed to use it on the extend setting he is no problem, but when i set it so its about 1metre he pulls continuously how can i make him walk nicley when on a short lead??

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Recommended Answer:
First get a proper leash. Flexi's are okay except that many dogs learn to pull on them. So get a nice 4 to 6 foot fabric or leather leash. I do right turns, left turns, and about turns. Anytime I feel the leash start to get tight, I change direction very quickly. The dog then learns that he is attached to a human that might do something weird if he's not paying attention. Anytime the dog catches me, I praise and give the dog a high value treat. This exercise teaches the dog the importance of a loose leash and loose leash walking. If you want to teach heel you do this the same way only with a shorter leash and guide the dog to the left side. I also use this exercise to teach the come command only I let the dog get further out. Make sure that you make this a fun game with lots of praise, especially at first. Enrolling your dog in a good training class will also help.

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• get a gentle leader and training.


• Two ideas my trainer told me to do for my dog. One, when he pulls you STOP and plant yourself where you are. Let him figure out that pulling gets him nowhere, and when he turns back to you, give him a treat and walk on. Stop every time he pulls. Two, turn on your heel and quickly walk in the other direction when he starts to pull. Once he realized that pulling gets him tugged in the other direction (the direction he doesn't want to go) he'll learn to stop.
  
  Both concepts worked with my dog, in combination with a Halti (Gentle Leader) head collar.


• If I were you, I'd look up the man Cesar Millan. I'll explain a few of his techniques, but it's much easier to see him in action on his show The Dog Whisperer.
  
  It sounds like your dog thinks that he/she is the leader of the pack. What you need to let them know is that YOU are the leader of the pack and not them. Whenever your dog pulls on the leash, simply stop walking and make a SSS sound. It's like what a dominant dog would do in the wild; whenever someone disobeys in the back, the pack leader simply nips them. Making a small SSS sound or tapping them on the neck is a gentle way of saying "Hey, don't do that."
  
  During all of this, you have to make sure that you are the image of a pack leader. Walk upright and confidently. Your dog will sense this and will see you as the pack leader, therefore obeying you and not pulling when the lead is short.
  
  It takes awhile to sometimes get your dog to listen to you completely, but in my experiences, these techniques from Cesar Millan work wonders!


• Both "Singleworker" and "Schnoodle" said it.
  Be consistently "non-predictable" so that your dog has to pay attention to you, which means he has to be right there with you, where you want him. Best done with a proper working lead (fabric, nylon or leather 6'). What you choose for a collar will factor in to the responsiveness of the dog. A buckle collar won't have as much "startle" impact (when you suddenly change direction) as a head halter of some kind...... or a nylon martingale.....which won't have as much impact as a nylon choke collar..... as a pinch collar. You get the idea.
  
  Praise, praise, praise when the dog does well.
  
  Flexi leads are okay for allowing a sense of "freedom" (occasionally) while on an outing. Best used in a sparsely populated area to avoid disaster associated with the Flexi (the dog can quickly get it entangled with something nearby: human, tree, bushes...etc. & they can cause terrible rope burns).


• I agree with the first answer. I have a 1/2 Lab 1/2 GSD. She is pretty hiper and pulls like you wouldn't believe (strong). I used the Easy walk and this eliminated the pull. She walks at my side and it is gentle. Talk to your pet store about them. Petsmart has some good trainers and they were the ones that turned me into a believer with this one. Good luck.


• i know exactly how you feel, i had an 8 stone german shepard who actually once dislocated my shoulder!!!
  first thing i did was a bought one of those harnesses that pulls him back from his shoulders as opposed to his neck. this worked great until i put him back in collars, when he started pulling again.
  so what worked best for me was that for every time he pulled on the lead, i would make it shorter and shorted, until eventually i was holding him by the collar, which he hated!!! and eventually he learnt that he isnt allowed to pull.
  the other thing i will ask though is do you let him off the lead at any point? if you are walking him solely on a lead then he will have lots of pent up energy that he really needs to release! make sure he has a reasonable amount of time running around without a lead.
  Good luck!