| There are many different theories on why a dog | | | | - (#4) Repeat. Whenever your dog pulls. STOP. Its |
| pulls, and how to stop it. Sometimes you'll hear it's a | | | | that easy. |
| breed specific thing (like Pit Bulls just love to pull) or | | | | When you're walking your dog, the walk is YOURS, |
| something more along the lines of it being a | | | | not the dog's, and that's where the problem comes |
| dominance issue. Both of these, and all the reasons in | | | | in. At some point in the dogs life, he pulled on the |
| between can be right, but its stopping the behavior | | | | leash, and you let him. From that moment on he felt |
| that's the real issue. So, I've got some tips for you. | | | | he was in control of the walk, even if he did have to |
| - (#1) Don't rely on a special choke collar, or pulling | | | | choke himself to get where he wanted to go. So |
| harness. They mask the problem. | | | | whenever he pulls, and you stop, and you wait until |
| - (#2) As soon as you feel tension in the leash, | | | | he comes back to you or there's no tension on the |
| STOP. Don't continue walking until the tension has left | | | | leash to move forward again, he'll start to realize that |
| the leash | | | | YOU are in control of the walk and he doesn't get to |
| - (#3) Praise your dog with treats, or verbal praise, | | | | go where he wants to unless there is no tension in |
| whichever works best for your dog, when he or she | | | | the leash. |
| isn't pullingon the leash. | | | | |