Looking for some tips on learning to walk/tolerate a leash

[Maxx&Emma]

I think you need to re-read this entire thread as well as the one you started addressed to new members. If that doesn't help you I give up. It is beyond crazy to keep beating this to death.

[arentspowell]

Someone in my rally class had a naughty Jack Russel and I asked her if the wooden spoon was for spanking him (jokingly, of course). The look on her face was priceless!

Lol little dogs can be so naughty. My dachshund sure is. I always tell her I'm going to beat her if she doesn't behave, totally joking, she completely rules the roost here.

[windycanyon]

I saw this a few years back in an obedience class and I thought it was so funny. Of course even a wooden spoon would be too short for me with my dachshund, I'd need to tape 4 or 5 spoons together! lol

Actually I had to use the shortest (~6") spoon I had for Ruby and she's pretty small still. I bet the 12" spoon dropped straight down would work great for yours. I started experimenting w/ it today... we shall see if my teething little terd puppy can do better next week at class.

[bett]

holy moly.

gone for 6 months and i missed all of this.

there , fyi, are also schools of thought, that say using a harness actually encourages pulling.

think of seeing eye dogs, trained to pull their owners, and they use a harness. leashes are for off duty free time.

can you tell i've owned dogs from guiding eyes?

[windycanyon]

That's a good example bett. Of course Guide Dogs etc use harnesses for that reason-- because the dogs NEED to LEAD the person. Maybe that's why they start training the puppies w/ the gentle leader/ muzzle harnesses too??? I for one have never had a desire to even try one of those on my pups since they look uncomfortable as heck, but Petsmart etc sure sell a lot of them it seems. Those and those silly stretchy leashes I'm seeing more and more of. What on earth that teaches a dog other than it's got control is beyond me.

[Maxx&Emma]

The flexi leads are dangerous besides encouraging bad behavior. I saw one snap and pull all the way out without warning once. The dog on this lead was all over me and my dog in a second with no way for the owner to control it. The dog just kept ripping the leash part through the owners hands and Emma and I were in a tangled mess from all the leash, on the ground. It was a huge mess, thank goodness there were not worse injuries than what actually happened.

[sparky]

I hope the OP didn't get scared off