Oh good, glad this helped. Don't lose hope! Practice key skills at home and don't be in a hurry to walk far from home. Stay close to home and work on improving attention and control before your venture out further into the world and you'll quickly see improvement! -Jamie
As a new puppy owner of an Australian Labradoodle, I am finding the Dunbar Academy information, simply the best. thank you for sharing your gift of animals with the world:).
How long will it take for an adult dog to learn to walk on leash without pulling? I have an adopted adult dog and she is super sweet and calm in the house, but when we go outside she is very excited and would prefer to walk all by herself. She was never used to walking on a leash, but now we are in the city and it would not be safe to let her of leash. We are now trying for a week to take 1 step at a time and then wait until she sits and take another step. Sometimes she does it quickly but sometimes it can take a while because she is so distracted by the environment. It can be a bit frustrating that it doesn’t go better more quickly but i was wondering if it is normal that this seems like a really slow process?
Yeah, it can be slow going at first, but you just need to reframe the experience. The goal isn't to cover a lot of distance, the goal is to teach your dog to pay attention to you and listen to you even when you are in a distracting and exciting environment. You could also try bringing her dinner out with you and just feed it to her one piece at a time every time she looks at you. -Jamie
AHA! I've been waiting for her to stop pulling, but not for a sit. Then, as soon as I move, she's at the end of the leash again. I'm going to try waiting for a sit! Sometimes it's the little extra things that actually make success more achievable. Thank you!
Anna Atkinson try sit, look, let’s go! Step by step, one step at a time, rewarding the fastest sits or quick eye contact frequently. Don’t add a second step u til she’s got the first one mastered. And so on and so on. Occasionally, give her. Break and let her sniff and range. Soon let’s go becomes the cue to pay attention and walk by my side. At first you won’t get as far on your walks but the training will satisfy her brain.
@@DunbarAcademy IT WORKED!! Ok, it *mostly* worked, but a LOT faster than I had anticipated. My 11 year old shepherd cross roadside rescue had it down in one ten minute session. The Coonhound . . . needs a bit more work LOL!
OMG!! We went for a second training session today and they've BOTH got it! There's lots of work still to do with fading the treat and prompt, but by the middle of each training walk, they were sitting every time I stopped *without* a prompt!! Even in the middle of the deer field. *And* with only periodic treating! YAY!
My new 4 yo small terrier doesn't know how not to pull at all. First thing she does it's pull. As soon as we out. She is new addition in my family. I'd drives me bonkers to take her for a walk like that. Any dog we meet drives her crazy. She barks and stands on her back legs and shakes, her heart is racing too.. What should I do??(((
You should use all-or-none loose leash training to teach her that you only move when the leash is loose. You should start building a core social group of familiar dogs so she gains confidence, you should stop walking around where she might run into unfamiliar dogs and get too worked up, and you should practice, Come Sit-Stay and Watch Me at home, then in your yard, then on the sidewalk, and finally, in the presence of other dogs, starting at a great distance and progressively reducing the distance. And you should probably join the Top Dog Academy on Dunbar Academy to learn more!
@@DunbarAcademy I am just learning of you. I am trying stoping the walk when my 7 month old Havanese pulls and waiting until loose. It's always an immediate pull after that. He is so excited about the walk he always wants to run.
Our hound mix (65 lbs, 8 months) has great loose leash walks and then terrible walks with lots of pulling other times. He loves other dogs and will lie down until they come up to him and then jump to his feet to initiate play. How can I get him to stop reacting so strongly to other dogs without making him less social and friendly (which I think are generally good traits)?
Train him to Come, Sit-Stay and Watch You on cue, and then practice these skills in progressively more challenging environments, with the help of a friends who have dogs. Teach your dog to ignore other dogs as the default behavior and only greet and play other dogs when you give permission. You'll need some friends with dogs so you can control the behavior and proximity of another dog so you can challenge your dog's reliability without completely losing control.
Hi, this was great. I have a 12 week dog (took her at about six weeks , she was a stray dog). I think she has some mix of hound and will LOVE to sniff (and pull) randomly. It's very difficult to walk with her and im now walking her only around my street. I am also struggling to take her in my arms when I see she attempts to eat something risky (working on drop it and leave it paralelly). Today I needed to change her leash and she became aggressive when i stopped and grabbed her collar even though I try to desensitize her with touching. What may I be doing wrong? What training may she need?
Hi Christina. It's very common that dogs will be sensitive about people touching their collars. A lot of the time, when people take their dog by their collars, it's to do something the dog doesn't like (end play time, take away a fun object...) so you have to actively train your dog to LOVE it when you take their collar. It's super easy to do, next meal, hand-feed your dog one piece at a time, feedig your dog after touching their collar. Start with light touches, and progress to taking a firm grip. You should really check out DunbarAcademy.com and the Top Dog Academy right away, as this is the sort of problem that is easy to deal with if you do so right away. If you wait, this sort of problem gets worse, harder to solve, and more dangerous.
I like working the dogs obedience training and waiting out the desired behavior. I do an exercise of putting cups down.and stopping at each one . Then remove cups after the behavior is reliable. Is this a good way of teaching impulse control.
Hi I have a 5 month old miniature poodle that won’t walk on the lead. As soon as she sees the lead she try’s to hide and when we get the lead on see lays down on the floor.
It sounds like she's anxious about wearing her leash. You should try to do some classical conditioning exercises. Simply put on her leash and then hand-feed her dinner one piece at a time while you praise her for being a good girl. Then take the leash off, stop feeding her and ignore her. Then put it back on and resume the feeding and praising. Repeat this for a few days and she'll learn to love wearing her leash.
This advice is good in theory. What do you do when you dog literally won't sit for a couple hours. I tried waiting her out but I guess she was just too interested in the world.
Sometimes waiting it out for the first couple tries can be excruciatingly long. Try to randomly capture a sit if and when it happens naturally. However you can also try really upping the reinforcement ration and value with indoor sits first. Quapdruple your training in a small, boring environment such as a bathroom at first, where it is easier to get your dog's attention. After the first few successful (and heavily rewarded) sits happen, the learning curve should spike quickly. Then make sure your dog always sits to go outside. Do not ever put on a leash or open a door for a dog that is not sitting. Take the time for this now and you will have much success in the future! Once on a walk, you may want to work in a boring environment, don't so much go for a walk as just stay in one place at the very beginning at work on attention getting exercises, then sit/release exercises. Then, walk up and down your driveway or one side of your block and lure rather than capture if that is helpful. Once your dog has mastered sitting and looking at you at a standstill in one small area, you can repeat the process going slightly further afield each time. (Such as 10 - 20 feet at a time.) ~ Kelly
Wow! Really, a couple of hours?! That's impressive. The most we've ever seen is 40 minutes, and that's over decades of training and thousands of animals. Try this same activity in a boring environment with less to distract her and your dog will get the idea sooner. Then you can move to more exciting environments and your dog will use what she's already learned
OK--I have a question (let me just make sure I ask it properly! LOL). I have two dogs. Can I use this basic set of techniques to train them both at once? Or, to phrase it another way: How do I train two dogs to walk on a loose leash at once (given that I *might* have time for five walks a day, but definitely *don't* have time for ten!)?
Anna Atkinson I’d break it up at first and walk them separately as they learn the game. How about still five walks a day but half time for both? Or, six walks a day for a short time while they learn? Three training walks each. These training walks need not and in fact shouldn’t be too long. 15 minutes each until they can walk a block at a time. I promise this will still be valuable time that they spend with you and will enjoy. Plus, it’s an investment towards a lifetime of easy, pleasant walks! I’d integrate them maybe one walk a day to work on the basics as soon as all three of you have the mechanics down. I like one dog one each side. Makes reward delivery easier.
@@DunbarAcademy It's time well spent, for sure! Thank you so much. I think we're all really itching for the walks we had before, when we'd go for an hour and a half at a time. We live rurally, and have a beautiful hiking trail two blocks from the front door. Of course, how much they pull has a *lot* to do with how recently the local herd of deer has wandered through! (chuckle) I'm going to try a couple of short training walks each, spaced out, and then take them for the "big walk." They *do* settle down once it's clear we're going to be out for a while. As I'm beginning to take training more seriously, I'm realizing that maybe my standards are a bit unrealistically high . . . especially for the Treeing Walker Coonhound x German Shepherd 6 year old rescue! Good thing she's cute, is all I can say! LOL
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Exactly what I needed. I had lost hope walking my 1 yr old. Perfect. Will watch again.
Oh good, glad this helped. Don't lose hope! Practice key skills at home and don't be in a hurry to walk far from home. Stay close to home and work on improving attention and control before your venture out further into the world and you'll quickly see improvement!
-Jamie
As a new puppy owner of an Australian Labradoodle, I am finding the Dunbar Academy information, simply the best. thank you for sharing your gift of animals with the world:).
Aww... thanks for the kind words. They warm our hearts!
How long will it take for an adult dog to learn to walk on leash without pulling?
I have an adopted adult dog and she is super sweet and calm in the house, but when we go outside she is very excited and would prefer to walk all by herself. She was never used to walking on a leash, but now we are in the city and it would not be safe to let her of leash.
We are now trying for a week to take 1 step at a time and then wait until she sits and take another step.
Sometimes she does it quickly but sometimes it can take a while because she is so distracted by the environment.
It can be a bit frustrating that it doesn’t go better more quickly but i was wondering if it is normal that this seems like a really slow process?
Yeah, it can be slow going at first, but you just need to reframe the experience. The goal isn't to cover a lot of distance, the goal is to teach your dog to pay attention to you and listen to you even when you are in a distracting and exciting environment. You could also try bringing her dinner out with you and just feed it to her one piece at a time every time she looks at you.
-Jamie
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AHA! I've been waiting for her to stop pulling, but not for a sit. Then, as soon as I move, she's at the end of the leash again. I'm going to try waiting for a sit! Sometimes it's the little extra things that actually make success more achievable. Thank you!
Anna Atkinson try sit, look, let’s go! Step by step, one step at a time, rewarding the fastest sits or quick eye contact frequently. Don’t add a second step u til she’s got the first one mastered. And so on and so on. Occasionally, give her. Break and let her sniff and range. Soon let’s go becomes the cue to pay attention and walk by my side. At first you won’t get as far on your walks but the training will satisfy her brain.
@@DunbarAcademy IT WORKED!! Ok, it *mostly* worked, but a LOT faster than I had anticipated. My 11 year old shepherd cross roadside rescue had it down in one ten minute session. The Coonhound . . . needs a bit more work LOL!
OMG!! We went for a second training session today and they've BOTH got it! There's lots of work still to do with fading the treat and prompt, but by the middle of each training walk, they were sitting every time I stopped *without* a prompt!! Even in the middle of the deer field. *And* with only periodic treating! YAY!
My new 4 yo small terrier doesn't know how not to pull at all. First thing she does it's pull. As soon as we out.
She is new addition in my family. I'd drives me bonkers to take her for a walk like that. Any dog we meet drives her crazy. She barks and stands on her back legs and shakes, her heart is racing too..
What should I do??(((
You should use all-or-none loose leash training to teach her that you only move when the leash is loose. You should start building a core social group of familiar dogs so she gains confidence, you should stop walking around where she might run into unfamiliar dogs and get too worked up, and you should practice, Come Sit-Stay and Watch Me at home, then in your yard, then on the sidewalk, and finally, in the presence of other dogs, starting at a great distance and progressively reducing the distance. And you should probably join the Top Dog Academy on Dunbar Academy to learn more!
@@DunbarAcademy I am just learning of you. I am trying stoping the walk when my 7 month old Havanese pulls and waiting until loose. It's always an immediate pull after that. He is so excited about the walk he always wants to run.
Our hound mix (65 lbs, 8 months) has great loose leash walks and then terrible walks with lots of pulling other times. He loves other dogs and will lie down until they come up to him and then jump to his feet to initiate play. How can I get him to stop reacting so strongly to other dogs without making him less social and friendly (which I think are generally good traits)?
Train him to Come, Sit-Stay and Watch You on cue, and then practice these skills in progressively more challenging environments, with the help of a friends who have dogs. Teach your dog to ignore other dogs as the default behavior and only greet and play other dogs when you give permission. You'll need some friends with dogs so you can control the behavior and proximity of another dog so you can challenge your dog's reliability without completely losing control.
Hi, this was great. I have a 12 week dog (took her at about six weeks , she was a stray dog). I think she has some mix of hound and will LOVE to sniff (and pull) randomly. It's very difficult to walk with her and im now walking her only around my street. I am also struggling to take her in my arms when I see she attempts to eat something risky (working on drop it and leave it paralelly). Today I needed to change her leash and she became aggressive when i stopped and grabbed her collar even though I try to desensitize her with touching. What may I be doing wrong? What training may she need?
Hi Christina. It's very common that dogs will be sensitive about people touching their collars. A lot of the time, when people take their dog by their collars, it's to do something the dog doesn't like (end play time, take away a fun object...) so you have to actively train your dog to LOVE it when you take their collar. It's super easy to do, next meal, hand-feed your dog one piece at a time, feedig your dog after touching their collar. Start with light touches, and progress to taking a firm grip. You should really check out DunbarAcademy.com and the Top Dog Academy right away, as this is the sort of problem that is easy to deal with if you do so right away. If you wait, this sort of problem gets worse, harder to solve, and more dangerous.
I like working the dogs obedience training and waiting out the desired behavior. I do an exercise of putting cups down.and stopping at each one . Then remove cups after the behavior is reliable. Is this a good way of teaching impulse control.
Yes, this sounds like a great idea. Any thing that helps you incorporate lots of short stops for quick obedience exercises is a great idea!
Hi I have a 5 month old miniature poodle that won’t walk on the lead. As soon as she sees the lead she try’s to hide and when we get the lead on see lays down on the floor.
It sounds like she's anxious about wearing her leash. You should try to do some classical conditioning exercises. Simply put on her leash and then hand-feed her dinner one piece at a time while you praise her for being a good girl. Then take the leash off, stop feeding her and ignore her. Then put it back on and resume the feeding and praising. Repeat this for a few days and she'll learn to love wearing her leash.
This advice is good in theory. What do you do when you dog literally won't sit for a couple hours. I tried waiting her out but I guess she was just too interested in the world.
Sometimes waiting it out for the first couple tries can be excruciatingly long. Try to randomly capture a sit if and when it happens naturally. However you can also try really upping the reinforcement ration and value with indoor sits first. Quapdruple your training in a small, boring environment such as a bathroom at first, where it is easier to get your dog's attention. After the first few successful (and heavily rewarded) sits happen, the learning curve should spike quickly. Then make sure your dog always sits to go outside. Do not ever put on a leash or open a door for a dog that is not sitting. Take the time for this now and you will have much success in the future!
Once on a walk, you may want to work in a boring environment, don't so much go for a walk as just stay in one place at the very beginning at work on attention getting exercises, then sit/release exercises. Then, walk up and down your driveway or one side of your block and lure rather than capture if that is helpful. Once your dog has mastered sitting and looking at you at a standstill in one small area, you can repeat the process going slightly further afield each time. (Such as 10 - 20 feet at a time.) ~ Kelly
Wow! Really, a couple of hours?! That's impressive. The most we've ever seen is 40 minutes, and that's over decades of training and thousands of animals. Try this same activity in a boring environment with less to distract her and your dog will get the idea sooner. Then you can move to more exciting environments and your dog will use what she's already learned
Yeah it was just outside my front door. Roger that, go somewhere more boring.
Crazy the lengths we go to for our dogs!
I've been using a marker and food rewards when we're out walking. You didn't mention that, what do you think?
OK--I have a question (let me just make sure I ask it properly! LOL). I have two dogs. Can I use this basic set of techniques to train them both at once? Or, to phrase it another way: How do I train two dogs to walk on a loose leash at once (given that I *might* have time for five walks a day, but definitely *don't* have time for ten!)?
Anna Atkinson I’d break it up at first and walk them separately as they learn the game. How about still five walks a day but half time for both? Or, six walks a day for a short time while they learn? Three training walks each. These training walks need not and in fact shouldn’t be too long. 15 minutes each until they can walk a block at a time. I promise this will still be valuable time that they spend with you and will enjoy. Plus, it’s an investment towards a lifetime of easy, pleasant walks!
I’d integrate them maybe one walk a day to work on the basics as soon as all three of you have the mechanics down. I like one dog one each side. Makes reward delivery easier.
Anna Atkinson this is Kelly, btw. I forgot to sign!
@@DunbarAcademy It's time well spent, for sure! Thank you so much. I think we're all really itching for the walks we had before, when we'd go for an hour and a half at a time. We live rurally, and have a beautiful hiking trail two blocks from the front door. Of course, how much they pull has a *lot* to do with how recently the local herd of deer has wandered through! (chuckle) I'm going to try a couple of short training walks each, spaced out, and then take them for the "big walk." They *do* settle down once it's clear we're going to be out for a while. As I'm beginning to take training more seriously, I'm realizing that maybe my standards are a bit unrealistically high . . . especially for the Treeing Walker Coonhound x German Shepherd 6 year old rescue! Good thing she's cute, is all I can say! LOL
Thank you! Very good video!
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what sort of advanced Karen downvoted this video???