Re: The Other End Of The Leash Ebook Rar
Aquarium Morris
Barking and lunging on leash is one of the most common and troublesome behavioral issues dog owners encounter. Mik provides tips to dog owners and trainers alike on how to work with Reactive Rovers. eBook includes an instructional video that can be viewed by link in eBook.
Dogs have many common behavior issues and one of the most common is barking on leash. This book is written to help owners learn how to manage their dogs who go crazy when they see another dog while on leash. It will help you understand why dogs bark or lunge at other dogs on leash, and it will give you tools to manage your dog's behavior and teach them an alternate behavior to barking and lunging on leash.
Recently I was talking with a dog trainer who had worked with a family with a larger dog. The mom was taking the dog into the fenced-in backyard. From the front door to the gated area, she walked her dog off leash.
One day I was working with Loki outside the fence on the sidewalk on his long lead. (When vehicles go by, I keep it short as a precaution.) The truck went by with the dog barking out the window. This time, Loki reacted. He barked at the passing dog and lunged. The leash stopped him from going after the truck.
If a dog walks up to a situation like that, it could start a dog fight, and the person who is being responsible by having their dog on a leash is now in the middle of it. This could lead to injury of the other dog or the person. And, heaven forbid if there is a child also involved.
Love this write up. I have one to break up cat fights because I have 4 and cats are buttholes. ? My hound could give two craps about me spraying this. Sometimes I wonder if she even hears it over her own snoring. My Malinois x GSD on the other hand believes it is a threat of the highest caliber and responds accordingly. Guess thats the no drive vs hidh drive!
The Free n' Fun is a nylon rope leash that comes in 30-ft and 50-ft lengths. It allows your dog a sense of freedom, and though I've added new games, many of the lessons are similar. Its a lightweight, versatile design with a firm grip handle on one end and a fisheye clip to attach to the collar or harness of your dog, puppy, or other pet.
3. The sole purpose of your walk would be for you to spot other dogs first. Every time you do you throw a handful of tasty treats on the ground in front of your dog and keep adding a new treat so he keeps his head down or focused on you until the other dog has passed. Yes, you would do this regardless of the reaction of your dog towards the other.
Those three suggestions are a great step towards changing the experience of the walk for your dog. It gives your dog a chance to learn how to behave appropriately while enjoying time on a walk with you. It gives your dog the opportunity to not only tolerate but possibly even enjoy the sight of another dog nearby while out on his walk with you.
Scenario two: Your dog has 10-minute sessions on an open path where he plays games to focus his attention on you and in addition to that gets handfuls of his favourite treats any time another dog comes near.
I agree with you in many fronts however with large powerful dogs a head halter can actually damage the spine when they lunge and in some cases the nerves on the muzzle. I use a balanced harness coupled to a flat collar for most walks. My boy is 80 lbs I weight 110 so when he goes into a power lunge with intent he can and has taken me down into oncoming traffic. I have changed my timing of walks to walk after kids are in school and before they get out. I also have learned to shorten walks when he is either in an edgy mood or if we have a few stressors to avoid trigger stacking. We do 5 long line walks at the State Park a week. I do have a well fitted Herm Springer collar and take him out 1-2 times a week for 15-20 minute training walks he is spot on engaged and I have yet to have to use for than a finger lift to redirect him. I spent 3 weeks letting him wear it with me at his side in the house, he showed no stress or avoidance when putting it on, whereas when we had tried a head halter he ran for the hills and pawed at his face refusing to move. When it comes down to it any collar even a leash can be aversive if improperly used and the safety of the dog in question as well as those walking him or anyone in the vicinity is the highest priority.
Choosing appropriate places and times to walk fitting whatever is used properly and knowing how to best handle the equipment and dog reading your dog and being aware of your environment and dog are what are most important. Sometimes I see people setting their dogs up for failure which truly breaks my heart.
I wish anyone using anything other than a flat collar would only be able to do so through either vets or certified trainers and taught how to properly fight and use equipment. I see soooo many dogs with ill fitting harnesses impending proper movement and loose prongs sitting way too low on the neck.
I chose a Gentle Leader for my cockapoo living in Manhattan, since I was concerned that my children (ages 8 and 12 at the time we got him) might not understand letting the leash loose at first. The analogy of a halter on a horse vs a rope around the neck made sense to me. I thought of it as a good choice because he always walked magnificently on it.
the prong collar is not the issue, its the person who is handling the dog that should not be walking the dog if they (the person) get frightened or scared when they see another dog approaching/passing their dog. They should be choosing to walk elsewhere. Prong collars are not a bad thing; whats bad is when the prong is misused.
I will be reading this article and the others later today
this link in the article is not functioning anymore ;( fyi
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I have a lot of difficulty accepting the prong as the culprit in you scenario, rather than the ability of the handler to train correctly.
For instance, if you took the same scenario of becoming heavy handed with the leash, jerking on the face and scolding and applied it to a dog in a head harness, you would still have poor handling, communication and lack of desired motivation to inculcated the desired behavior.
Thank you Susan, a very good article, I was taught, about 12yrs ago that I should make it more painful for my dog to show leash aggression than to walk calmly past the other dog. Needless to say he got worse and lasting harm had been done before I met someone who could show me better. Even at the time I was sure it was fear that was making him reactive but you trust those who call themselves trainers.
What a great article. Unfortunately, I am one who uses a print collar with my Aussie. He lunges at squirrels and birds and can literally pull me off my feet. The harness does no good and the prong collar is the only thing that is working so far. Is there a better collar/harness to use when we walk? We walk on paths with lots of open space, and he does not lunge at other dogs.
We adopted a 3 year old Australian Shepherd approximately 7 months ago. She is a sweetheart, loves everyone, adults and children, and is very quiet and gentle, (and on the shy side) but needed a lot of TLC as we were told she was kept indoors using pee pee pads (she's 39 lbs.) to eliminate. We needed to house train her which she took to almost immediately with me taking her out every 1/2 hr for a few days.
She was also very afraid of all the outside noises, cars, wind, birds and was not leash trained and would drag me on our walks and lunge at any animal, insect or bird. Still working on the leash walking but she is 90% better than when we brought her home.
The one BIG problem is her leash reactive/aggression when she is on leash walking and we see another dog being walked. She turns into Cujo, lunging, flipping crazy barking. I have tried everything I've read on the subject and she's not quite as bad but it's still a big problem and very embarrassing.
If she is let to meet and sniff the other dog, though not everyone wants to trust a dog with this behavior, a few times (she does not growl, snap or try to bite) then if she sees the same dog a few more times she is defused but she can't always go up to and sniff every dog we see.
I occasionally take her to doggie day care and there is no problem at all there but there all dogs are off leash.
I believe she was never socialized with other dogs. We have been taking her to Petsmart and also Fresh Markets where there are always a lot of leashed dog walking and she does really well but there is so much going on at these places that she can't complete focus on an individual dog.
I do walk her everyday 4-5 times a day. Does anyone who has had this problem have any suggestions for me? Thank you!
Let me know in the comments if you walk your dog on leash or off. And please share this vlog with your dog loving friends, family and community, because each of us can make a positive difference to the life of dogs and their people everywhere.
Such common sense as always from you Susan, thank you . Have a GSD walked on leash / long line as extremely high prey driven. I liken his actions to cowboys in western films who on finishing a long cattle drive ride into town guns blazing but no harm intended.?
I LOVE this blogpost! I have two border collies, and both regularly run around off leash at the local school yard during non-school hours. My two girls adore one another and love their family. They both have an excellent recall despite distractions. However, anytime any other dog, walker, biker or anybody/anything comes onto the property, I leash my girls up until the person/dog has passed. I do it out of respect for others. And just because my dogs are having a fabulous time together does not mean that a dog interrupting would be well received by my girls. In fact, one of my girls is BLIND. She does NOT want to have other dogs jumping on her, chasing her or sniffing her. She can become fearful and reactive. Two happy, playful dogs is not an invitation to others. So thank you Susan for sharing this! (We often will have others join us, but entirely on leash in the beginning until order is established and comfort levels considered.)
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