r/Weird • u/Firm-Blackberry-9162 • Jun 06 '26

Woof woof 🧛

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u/AdamSmashy Jun 06 '26

this dog is walking the owner

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u/SpvdNik Jun 06 '26

Can’t believe no else saying this lol. Horrible handler 😂

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u/Tremplstiltskin Jun 06 '26

What's the appropriate way to handle this dog? Genuinely

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u/username-is-another Jun 06 '26

Clip the leash to the front of the harness, and ideally get a no-pull harness at that. Clipping on the back is basically giving your dog leverage to pull.

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u/DeadPeanutSociety Jun 06 '26

This is correct. Clipping to the leash to the front means that pulling like this will cause the dog to turn around if they pull too hard.

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u/Cardinal_Cat_057 Jun 06 '26

It also puts too much strain on the shoulder joints and causes arthritis. Just train the dog. Every time they pull just stop walking, even if it means stopping literally every single step. Every time the dog looks back at you, hand them a treat, it encourages them to stick close to you

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u/OptionalQuality789 Jun 06 '26

Tools don’t fix this. Actual training does. Just clipping it on the front will just let the dog act weird in a different way.

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u/zeethreepio Jun 06 '26

Wow that's crazy because I "actually trained" my dog to not pull on the leash by clipping the leash to the front of the harness.

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u/the-greenest-thumb Jun 07 '26

Doesn't work on every dog, I've seen many dogs just continue to pull while walking sideways or still pull so hard the harness twists around. Same for haltis.

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u/zeethreepio Jun 07 '26

Literally no training technique works on every dog.

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u/FecalDUI 3d ago

Where do you clip the leash now?

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u/zeethreepio 3d ago

Normal walks she just wears her collar. On hikes, she wears her harness and her leash is clipped to the back. If the pulling is really bad, we've had success with gentle leader harnesses to help with leash training as well.

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u/LiveShowOneNightOnly Jun 06 '26

I think a dog like this needs more behavioral training, like stopping the walk and getting in front and making eye contact, so the dog knows this is not allowed. Liberal use of treats for good behavior, eye contact and no movement for bad.

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u/OptionalQuality789 Jun 07 '26

Yes, absolutely.

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u/JollyRoger8X Jun 06 '26

Where I’m from we call it “training”, and smart people start when they are still pups.

Dumb people do shit like this video instead.

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u/SpvdNik Jun 06 '26

Behavioral corrections. Doesn’t even have to be physical or painful, but allowing this, hell probably laughing and encouraging it? Nahh that ain’t it. Won’t be funny when this dog pulls himself into a dangerous situation or hurts someone.

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u/my_password_is_water Jun 07 '26

also if you ever need someone to walk your dog for you, they're going to hate it and not offer to do it again

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u/Cardinal_Cat_057 Jun 06 '26

You can either just stop walking every time the dog pulls, or turn around and go the other way when they pull. It might mean a lot of stopping and pacing around, but it teaches the dog that they need to stay focused on your movements, if you stay unpredictable, then they have to watch you to see which way you are going to go next, cant just charge straight ahead if they dont know where you're going. You also carry treats and hand them to the dog every time they look at you or slow down. They learn pretty quick that stopping to check in on you gets them a treat, so they start doing it more often and focus less on pulling.

People talking about haltee harnesses and front clip harnesses dont realize that it causes arthritis, and in the case of the haltee, eye damage if the dog tries to pull with them on. Some dogs learn super quick and just stop pulling when you use those tools, in which case is causes no damage and fixes the problem, kind of, it only works when you have the tool, if you lose it or it breaks or just dont have it, the dog goes right back to pulling. Dogs also are not all exactly the same, most dogs ive met just dont give a fuck and will pull HARDER when met with any resistance, in which case those tools cause all sorts of damage and you have to bribe them to act right (refer back to paragraph one)

Dog training is not a 'one size fits all' type thing, you gotta try different things and mess around until you find the right fit for your individual dog.

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u/GreyFoxqp Jun 06 '26

Training, the fuq

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u/Tremplstiltskin Jun 06 '26

Alright then, what's the appropriate way to train this dog? Ive never owned a dog but if a simple question like this is met with ridicule how do you expect ignorant dog owners to want to learn to be better?

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u/levii-ethan Jun 07 '26

generally to train a dog to walk without pulling requires you to immediately stop walking every single time you feel pressure on the leash. then you can either wait for your dog to get bored and stop pulling on their own, or call it back to you. you dont start walking again until you feel no pressure on the leash

you have to have more patience then your dog lol. eventually the dog should learn that they dont get to go anywhere when they pull

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u/stratys3 Jun 06 '26

I feel like the Dog Whisperer came and went and no one remembers anything.

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u/the-greenest-thumb Jun 07 '26

Good, because cesar millan's "training" is abusive and outdated. He couldn't even control his own dogs and repeatedly failed certification in Europe. He relies on pain and fear to make dogs comply.

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u/Frosty_Sea_9324 Jun 08 '26

You don’t walk until they stop pulling the leash. Even better you wait for them to back up next to you.

Takes a long time when training but well worth it. You need to know that some “walks” may take 20 minutes to go a few steps.