Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Dog trainers/owners. i need your advice!!!?

This is a training issue. You should never let your dog off leash until you have trained him to come when you call, and he is consistently doing it, no matter how many distractions are around. This is not so hard to do, but it takes time and effort and patience. You could definitely do it yourself. There are a lot of websites that will give you good instructions. I have a 48 foot lead that I use for this. When the dog comes consistently on a 16 foot lead, then I use a 32 foot lead, so he is further from me and feels as if he is free. Then I add in distractions, like doing it near a playground where there are children. If he still comes on my command, I go to the 48 foot lead. (actually I have 3 leads, each 16 feet, and I add them together over time) Until my dog comes to me, no matter what else is going on, I do not let him off leash. Just doing this training with your dog will settle him down considerably. It sounds as if you have insisted on manners inside the house, but not outside. Now you just need to do the same thing for outside. An out-of-control dog is not fun for anyone, and you will probably have little trouble training yours, since you have done a good job on the indoors training part. Good luck!

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