Leash Training Puppies

I would like to begin by saying that I am not a dog behavorial expert. I am a Labradoodle breeder and anything I post is from my own personal experience. I have always struggled with leash training puppies, I have found that a soft halter works better for this purpose than a leash as it does not pull on their neck but even so, I would drag the puppies around the yard for about a week (per puppy) and still not be satisfied with the results.

I am currently on a fitness kick trying to loose some of those very unwanted pounds. Across the road from us is a very steep hill where I have been walking and taking a dog along with me so we both get some exercise. One of the puppies giving me fits with this leash training is the son of one of the girls I have been taking with me so just on a whim I decided to take both mama and puppy along at the same time. BINGO!! puppy trotted along side mama like he had been leash trained all his life. OK, perhaps that was a fluke because it was mother and son so I tried a different combination of adult dog with a puppy non related to her, again BINGO!! puppy ran along side the adult dog just happy as a clam with no problems at all. Wow, this was too good to be true!! I have tried it several times since and all with equally good results. When I posted this finding on the breeders forum I picked up some other hints that are working for other Labradoodle breeders. One says she sits on the porch and has the puppy on a long leash which is attached to her. When the puppy fights, it is all his/her own doing and when he comes toward her she rewards him with a treat so he learns to come forward on the leash. Another breeder uses a coupler and one leash and takes the mom and puppy out on the same leash, I have not yet tried that but she says it works great.

Leash training is a stressful time for a puppy and if we can make it less stressful for them I am all for anything that works.

Writen By Dixie Springer

Dixie Springer lives in Silverton, Oregon USA. She is the owner of Springville Labradoodles and specializes in mini and medium size Labradoodles and strives for red and parti colors. All dogs live in the house or in guardian homes, non of the dogs live in kennels. Puppies are lovingly home raised and health guaranteed. Dixie has shipped dogs all over the world including the UK, Switzerland, the Netherlands.

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