Jax is pretty obedient, about most things. The one problem we're having is getting him to walk nicely on a leash. We got him started late on it, I think, since he was 13 weeks old when we got him and all he'd known before that was being in an outside kennel (when he lived with the guy that bought him from the breeder).
I take him out on a leash or drag line every day, but when I take him out of the fenced yard he is insistent on pulling. He's on the leash for at least 45 minutes a night in the house and walks perfectly on it; going from room to room with me on my command. Sits and waits when I tell him to. Also, in the yard. It's once we leave the fenced yard that he goes nuts.
We've tried a harness leash that has a net piece that goes across his chest, with straps that go behind his front legs. Worked for about five minutes, until he got used to it. Tried a choke chain. Doesn't work. Following video instructions from the Monks of New Skeet, we snap the leash and stop when he starts pulling and then once he's calm, change direction; but as soon as we do he starts pulling again.
This evening I waited until both dogs were worn out from about two hours of hard play in the yard and then calmed down before taking them for a walk outside the yard. Kane was good, walked on my right side at a fairly good heel (for a 3 month old pup), but Jax was lunging and pulling so hard I had to cancel the walk. Even without Kane present, when we're doing one-on-one, Jax still pulls.
We're about to try another kind of leash. Called a Gentle Leader, it has a piece that goes across the muzzle - the theory is where the head goes the body will follow - but is not a muzzle.
Tried just about everything else I can think of, but tired of spending money on things that don't work.
With warmer weather here, I really want to be able to walk both boys around on the farm, but can't with Jax behaving like a wild man.
HELP!
I take him out on a leash or drag line every day, but when I take him out of the fenced yard he is insistent on pulling. He's on the leash for at least 45 minutes a night in the house and walks perfectly on it; going from room to room with me on my command. Sits and waits when I tell him to. Also, in the yard. It's once we leave the fenced yard that he goes nuts.
We've tried a harness leash that has a net piece that goes across his chest, with straps that go behind his front legs. Worked for about five minutes, until he got used to it. Tried a choke chain. Doesn't work. Following video instructions from the Monks of New Skeet, we snap the leash and stop when he starts pulling and then once he's calm, change direction; but as soon as we do he starts pulling again.
This evening I waited until both dogs were worn out from about two hours of hard play in the yard and then calmed down before taking them for a walk outside the yard. Kane was good, walked on my right side at a fairly good heel (for a 3 month old pup), but Jax was lunging and pulling so hard I had to cancel the walk. Even without Kane present, when we're doing one-on-one, Jax still pulls.
We're about to try another kind of leash. Called a Gentle Leader, it has a piece that goes across the muzzle - the theory is where the head goes the body will follow - but is not a muzzle.
Tried just about everything else I can think of, but tired of spending money on things that don't work.
With warmer weather here, I really want to be able to walk both boys around on the farm, but can't with Jax behaving like a wild man.
HELP!
