It is always nice and relaxing to take your dog out for a walk. Both you and your dog get to relax and spend some quality time together as well outside. Although it might seem a good activity for you and your dog, it is not always so calm to walk with your dog.
I’m sure there are times when your dog just tries to pull on random people in public. Which is not kind of a big deal if that person is encouraging the dog. But sometimes it is kind of embarrassing because not everybody is in the mood for dog time. You can completely help them to ignore this instinct. Your dogs just need better understanding of your mood and training.
There are certain tricks that are helpful when your dog starts to pull away from you. Let’s take a look at these tricks.
Click And Treat
Say you’re walking outside and your dog suddenly starts to look at people before pulling away. In that instant click and divert your dog’s attention towards you. If he turns to look back at you, give them a treat. This will give in authority to your dog that he can look at people but cannot go towards them but needs to come back to you.
With time you will train your dog to stop and look back at you so he can get treats from you.
Dogs are very clever animals. They can sense your irritability and displacement in an instant. That’s why you can just lure them with treats. Once you confront their behaviour of pulling away from random people in public. They will get the signal.
This way you can easily control your dogs. Sometime this trait can come out in the presence of other dogs. When your dog starts to pull on the other dogs while walking. Or they feel attractive to some females. It gets harder to control these kind of behaviour problems.
That’s why with complete training and treating the dogs with absolute mindfulness will stop them from repeat repeating this behaviour in public again.
And of course, this is a process that requires patience. If you are having a hard time training your dog. You can always seek professional help. There are some trainers who offer their services. You just have to pay them. These trainers can cost some money if you’re willing to pay them to use their services.
Conclusion
Training your dog is noisy and tiring. Always be mindful while doing so. Once you train them, they can be really good boys. As dogs love to please humans. Plus, they will do anything for a treat.