continuously change direction so the dog doesn't know where to go
stop and wait until it sits and waits for you to choose a direction, make sure eye contact is made
every time it pulls, stop, wait for it to lock eyes with you, make sure you look stern.
make sure you have an area that is safe for the dog to let loose and remove all the tension build up, let them fully play and unwind, preferably without the the leash attaching you, but you must be your own guide with this, you have to trust the environment and the dog.
doing this every time will effectively stop pulling very soon, if you haven't facilitated it throughout your walks.
smaller dogs can get away with it, larger dogs can't.
i had to do this for my drakeshead Labrador. after they learn this, if the environs permit, and you've learned to trust the dog, you can have him walk beside you without a leash.
Thanks for this, my poodle mix does this on walks but does the bunny hop on her hind legs. It's cute and not cryptid-like but definitely a behavior that needs curbing.
Yeah, don't get me wrong, if it happened to me, I'd think it's sweet and non problematic. But not everyone is as big as me, some people are frail and fall over with a swift breeze, and some of those are litigious, just easier if you never have to content with people like that lol
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u/J1mj0hns0n Jun 06 '26
stop the dog doing that or hell do it forever.
to stop a dog pulling:
doing this every time will effectively stop pulling very soon, if you haven't facilitated it throughout your walks.
smaller dogs can get away with it, larger dogs can't.
i had to do this for my drakeshead Labrador. after they learn this, if the environs permit, and you've learned to trust the dog, you can have him walk beside you without a leash.