Who's Pulling The Leash, You Or Your Dog?

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Hopefully no one is pulling the leash.
The ideal situation is that you and your
dog are equally enjoying the walk and
neither is pulling and tugging the other
in any certain direction.

If your dog tends to be pulling you off
into its own direction a large amount
of the time you are walking, you can

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train the dog to stop doing this. What's
interesting is that you have actually
been training the dog to do this behavior
not only by allowing it but by supporting
it without realizing it.

There are various reasons that cause a
dog to automatically pull on the leash.
For example, when a beagle sees a squirrel
or other animal scurry quickly across

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in front of him, he is going to go berzerk.
You can count on that. So be ready to hold
on strongly if you plan to keep the beagle
in tow in a situation like this.

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Just holding the dog in tow is not enough,
though, since this will reinforce the dog's
desire to pull. Think of it as a training
opportunity! To use it as a training
opportunity, you will need to know exactly
how you are going to train.

Another example of the dog pulling on the
leash is when a dog wants to sniff out an
area, he will automatically go to the area
with no thought of you who are on the other
end of his leash.

Expert trainers have techniques to keep

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chosen path and expects you to go with
him. Since it takes you by surprise,
you may inadvertently reward him by
following him, impulsively reacting to
his sudden behavior.

Now you may take a look at what you are
doing that is rewarding this behavior.
You say, "I'm not rewarding him! I don't
give him a treat for doing this." This
is the time to consider what a dog
considers a reward, then.

To a dog a reward is when you give him
something which brings him happiness
whether you meant it as a reward or not.
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