[brian white]

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Our puppy plants his feet and refuses to walk.  We can get him to walk when encouraged by a treat, but then plants his feet again…hope the vid explains. He is 13 weeks.

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[brian white]

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I should mention we live in a condo, no yard, so had been using leash early on when “trying” to go potty. We end up carrying him off to go into building and of on/off grass. Lots of treats to lure him a few feet😁.just wondering if too young?

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[Darcie Jennings]

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Hi Brian,

Thanks for the videos. Those were very helpful. I would suggest a couple of things:

1) Go to the Dollarama and get a 15′ training lead. Use that to take him in and out (obviously shorten the line when outside near traffic). When he plants his feet, walk away and keep going. If it is safe to do so (like in your parkade if there is no through traffic), drop the long line and keep walking. All puppies have an instinct to follow so this will help him realize if he doesn’t get moving, you’re going to leave him behind. If you’re using a regular length leash, when he plants his feet and you hit the end of it, you naturally stop moving thus he’s teaching *you* how to walk on the leash (and when to offer him treats to get moving) instead of the other way around! 😀

2) Don’t offer him the treat until *after* he starts walking and has walked a few steps. In the videos, you are using the treat to entice him forward and because the treat comes out precisely after he has just planted his feet, it is rewarding him for doing so.

3) When he plants his feet, apply steady pressure to the leash until he starts moving (don’t drag him along the ground, just apply constant, steady pressure). Once he’s move a few steps, praise him verbally and you can then offer him a treat. But we may need to look at taking the treat out of the equation for a bit.

Keep me posted on how things go!

[brian white]

#6703

Thanks for the post!  We thought we were getting it wrong with the treat.  What you said makes total sense and we will give them a try.  Its a new day :).

B

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[brian white]

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Update. Things are going really good on the walking front.  We have eliminated treats all together for walking. so far so good. When if he plants now, its typically when he hears new sounds or is startled. I just give him a few  mins and then say “let go” and he normally will move along.

 

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[Darcie Jennings]

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Sounds like you’re exactly on the right track. Great job.

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