My dog keeps pulling on his leash?

Question

My dog is a corgi, he is well behaved and obeys every command given to him when he is off his leash. But once you put his leash on to walk him hes a totally different dog. Normally I just go to the field by the house (I live in a city) but construction has started there, so now I must walk him with his leash. when i put on his leash he will not listen very well and he pulls ahead when there are no distractions. Any suggestions on him pulling and advice to fix i would be great.

Answer 1

Its because your dog feels it doesn't have the power to be alone again.

He may be well trained/behaved, but he just cant get over the fact that someone is controlling him.

He enjoys the let loose feeling. My dog likes that too, but its mostly a sign that she wants to walk faster or wants to be let loose to run around a little. Try seeing if u can get him exhausted and tired out by playing with him, before you leave for your walk so he wont give you much trouble.

He'll eventually get used to it. Enjoy your time with him,have fun!

Good luck

Answer 2

What kind of lead is it? I mean is it one length only, coz my dog is much happier when we go out on the extendable lead and he doesn't pull so much but feels he has a little freedom :)

I did train my dog using a special collar, and the way I get him to stop pulling these days when he forgets or gets distracted is I just stop completely every time he pulls. He soon gets bored of not getting anywhere and settles down :)

Answer 3

try using a gentle leader. it will take some time to train him on it but they are really great ways to walk a dog.

http://www.petsmart.com/product/index.js...

the strap that goes across the top of the nose applies gentle pressure when they start pulling to slow down and kinda snap them out of the mind set that they are in. i used these at school when i was going to school to be a vet tech (nurse for a vet) and they worked great for our dogs. if all else fails, take them to a trainer... if they start to paw at the nose strap just pull up on the leash enough to make them feel uncomfortable about being off the ground in the front and they will put their paws down. also a little noise from you telling them that its not okay to do that. don't use the word "no" just a little vocalization from you will do. kind of like the dog whisperer type of thing..

Answer 4

Yes, I have successfully used the Gentle Leader Easy Walk harness on my two puppies. It took them less than a week to completely stop pulling on walks. The Easy Walk harness makes the dog turn towards you when it pulls. Thus, it learns very quick that pulling only makes it face the owner. The only problem with these harnesses - except for the price, is that they tend to run the leash under the dog's front paws. It is possibly the easiest way to solve the pulling problem. Gentle Leader also has another harness that fits over the dog's snout. I haven't used it because it looks more like a muzzle, and I don't want people to think my dogs are vicious.  

Answer 5

a dog pulling is a disrespectful behaviour, as on walks the pack leader should be leading up front.

he could be doing it if he senses you are nervous?

the best way to combat is make sure you are out the door before the dog, and back in the house before him, walk with him, if he pulls, quickly move direction, you will look silly, but do this until he realises that you are the leader, and he sould follow. This is something i watched on cesar milan. tried myself, and worked, no shouting or violence! just change of direction. also walk with purpose, walk with a steady stride, pushing forwars.

a harness an help.

Answer 6

Keep the leash short for a while, and don't give him enough slack to be able to pull so far ahead. Praise him and give him incentives when he's calm and walking steadily at your side. He should get into the habit of walking there, and make sure to implement the "heel" command, or whatever you want to use to get him to hold back. It'll probably take a while for him to get used to it, but once he does there shouldn't be an issue anymore.

Answer 7

Tug back and say "heal" firmly.

Answer 8

in order to fix him from pulling, you must buy a pinching collar for the corgis size. when he tries to pull away from you, the collar will pinch into him letting him know he cannot do that. trust me it will work. the harder he pulls to get away, the more it will pinch him. it may sound mean to the dog, but its only a method of training him. its not mean at all. pick me for best answerer.  =)

Answer 9

My dog does much better with a harness.  I apply gentle tension and he responds.  Dogs actually have very little nerves in the neck and they pull without thinking.  That's why choke collars are almost worthless.  A harness, some practice with walking using the command heel and you should be on your way.  It sounds weird that we need to train a dog to walk with us but we really do.  Try a harness, you'll be much happier and so will your dog.

Answer 10

Maybe He's tired of being bossed around.

Answer 11

You may want to get a head collar and walk him with that. If he pulls it turns his head so he can't pull and the best thing: It doesn't hurt him. Good Luck with your little Corgi.

Answer 12

He want to get running!

Answer 13

A standard nylon buckle collar and a six-foot leash is all you will need for this simple training exercise.

My favourite method for leash training is the "tree" method. Become an immovable object until your dog ceases to balk at the leash and allows a slack to develop.

A session might go as follows:

Stand in place, allow dog to sniff around.

Dog decides to go in one direction

Human stands immobile allowing the dog to pull, but neither correcting this pulling, nor enforcing it (allowing dog to pull you in that direction).

As soon as a 'slack' is evident in the leash, move in the direction your dog wants to go (enforcing the slackness of the leash), and praise loudly.

Stop dead as soon as your dog starts to pull on the leash again.

Continue this daily, becoming a tree as soon as he starts to pull.

Another fine trick is constantly walk in different directions. If your dog starts to get ahead of you, turn and walk the other way quickly. Praise when you get slack in the leash again.

You may have realized that the above technique works best if done before your large breed dog outwieghs you.Or you can use a good training collar. If you have a large dog with alot of power, these will help immeasurably. I must stress that these collars should be used as a training aid only, not as a permanent control solution. Training your dog to keep slack in a leash is by far the best solution.

Good Luck!

Answer 14

he wants to run free because he is not used to the leash and he is ready to get it off so just run with him and let him get used to the leash

Answer 15

try jogging with it..he wants to run!!!!!!