Labrador Retriever Dogs Blog

Leash training or lead training is the discussion of many dog trainers in this modern age and discussions of how to train your dog in the nicest possible way are aplenty. These discussions are brought about by people and dog trainers believing that pulling on the leash to correct a dogs behavior is causing injury to the dog.

Im not here to discus this also, but I certainly dont believe there is anything wrong with leash training if it is done in the correct way and care is taken not to hurt the dog or give any sudden forceful pulls on the leash.

Leash dog training is equally as popular as any other form of dog training within the expert dog training community because when done properly it gets results quickly and effectively.

Leash training is used by correcting your dog’s movements and gently tugging on the leash to force the dog to go in a way they would not have originally gone and to direct them in the favoured way for the training exercise in hand. Often the problems of leash training are with getting your dog comfortable with the leash and collar so I will briefly discus the key aspects of getting your dog to behave when going for walks on a leash and the problems you might face.

Some dogs are excited to get their collar on and other are not so fond of it, train your dog to sit and stay first before learning to take your dog on a leash, many dogs like to wriggle around and run about wile you try to put a collar or lead on them so the sit stay commands will be essential.

While doing any pre-leash exercises or walks if your dog misbehaves by being too excited you should simply remain calm and not go for walks until they are acting appropriately, this should calm your dog down and act as a light punishment for them.

When starting leash training, begin in your own home and then work your way up to more populated and new and interesting places, if your dog misbehaves or is pulling on the leash constantly when they are out then discipline accordingly, and as always practice will be the deciding factor to how quickly your dog will accomplish good behavior.

When you get home from taking your labrador retriever for a walk do you feel that you need to get some massage therapy because your dog has pulled on the leash the whole time? When we first started taking Cooper for walks he would pull on his leash constantly and as he grew those walks were becoming physically demanding. Here are a couple of things that should help you to get your labrador retriever to stop pulling on the leash. One, shorten the leash up. If you give them too much leash then they have that much more "rope" to pull. When we walk I keep him at my left side and barely give him enough leash to leave the sidewalk. I just choke it up in my hands. Secondly, when we come to corners I make him heel and sit before we cross the street. By doing this everytime then he become familiar with the commands and if something does happen where he wants to take off I give him the heel and sit and he knows what I am talking about it. And when he does pull even a little bit hard I make him heel and sit. Finally, we always carry some baby carrots in the pocket and he knows they are there. You know how much your labrador retriever loves their food. When we walk we knows I have food and he kind of stays close by. Those are just a couple of tips to use if you labrador retriever is constantly pulling on their leash. Try them, they helped us quite a bit.