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I hope someone can help me. I am a new golden retriever owner. He is 18 weeks old. I have never owned a dog that was leash trained. I want to be able to walk my golden on his leash, but he won't budge! Any help would be appreciated.
There are several different ways to train your dog to walk on a leash.
When I first got our dog Miss Piggy she had no idea what a leash was and would not walk with it. This will sound stupid, but I went out and bought the shortest lead I could buy and hook it too her, so she got used to it real fast. Miss Piggy was a Pitt-bull rescue, age 3ish and had a really hard start in life, she is now the bomb of dogs living in my home with a gazillion other furry little animals and has gotten over most of her fears and believe me you there where many off them. I have listed some links below, I hope that one of them will be helpful to you.
Train your puppy proper leash behavior before pulling on leash becomes a difficult habit to break Train your puppy proper leash behavior before pulling on leash becomes a difficult habit to break http://www.perfectpaws.com/pup7.html
All but the most recalcitrant young puppies can be controlled before they are 4 months old with the flat collar and patience. If you must have something more with a younger puppy, use a fabric restricted slip collar. These are sort of a cross between the conventional flat collar and the slip collar. Some of them are adjustable, Good for a growing puppy. They have a fabric loop at one end with a metal ring holding the other end in the loop, allowing it to slid back a forth. find one, or adjust one to where it will go on over the puppies head, but will not tighten up past a snug fit around the neck. Put it on the same way as the metal slip collar. If you walk with the dog on the left, pull the chain through one loop forming a "P". Facing it, slip it over its head. The free end should come over the neck to the leash, and the other end should drop slack when there is no pull on the leash. Martingale collars are another good fabric collar, working more like a pinch collar.
Likely in a couple of weeks you will be posting back on how to keep him from pulling. For now, follow his name with ''Heel'' in a happy voice, doesn't need to be loud. Move out until you come to the end of the leash. If he doesn't move, turn around and entice him to you. Call his name and slap your thighs. As soon as he moves, tell him ''Good dog!'' sounding like you mean it. Tone of voice is very important, dogs understand it, but not words until you train them. Use a treat* if you have to. This usually works fairly quickly. I have had to use it on a few puppies including my 15 week old Lab, Nita. It is even more difficult with the puppies for the dog guide school because they are taught to walk with their back legs at you side.
I didn't' take time to see if all these details were in the above websites.
*Treats do not need to be large or elaborate. I sometimes borrow a little of its ration of kibble and carry it in a 35 mm film canister. Hummmmmmm! Wonder how much longer they are going to be common and readily available?
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