Training A Stubborn Dog To Heel

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Training a stubborn dog to heel.

Repeat this process increasing the amount of steps you take each time and rewarding your dog. As you stop not after and not before pull up the leash with your right hand and press gently on the dog s rear as you say the command sit. Training will consist of obedience commands to re assert your control and taking a number of steps to manage his behavior when he s on his leash. Teaching a stubborn dog to heel means resetting those expectations and realizing that pulling doesn t get him to the park faster but rather slows things up.

Http bit ly 2dyy9dwwelcome to standing stone. To teach your dog to heel choose a verbal command such as right here and use it consistently during training. If he s a tricky customer and you aren t consistent with the training it could take 2 to 3 months. Make a few right about turns as necessary to make sure that you have his full attention.

Then as you prepare to come to a stop shorten your hold on the leash just a bit. Give your dog the command to heel and begin walking remembering to start out on your left foot in a straight line. Next have your dog stand next to you say the command and show your dog the heel position. Getting started to train a stubborn dog the most important requirements are patience by the bucket load time and consistency.

Then take a step or two repeat the command and put your dog into the heel position again. My dog is sooooooooo stubborn.