[Jen]

Hi, @alin. What a great job on this site.

When I see “you cannot reply to this discussion”, has it been closed due to date, or do I need to join that particular group?

[Jen]

Just now exploring the site a bit more and stumbled on this post.

Henry – I wonder how you’re doing? One word came to mind when I read your question: obedience. When I attended Robert’s Bound Angels seminar, that was a lightbulb moment for me, hearing him talk about simple obedience being the answer to so many things.

Gives the dog the right thing to focus on, while building confidence.

And thank you to Riggan if she is reading this. I copy and pasted that to my file – great info.

[Jen]

Thank you for the reply, Jason. I hope I’m not ruining Bella for future leash pressure work, but she is pulling a lot. I don’t see a way around it. I need the leash on her outside etc or she’ll run everywhere and eat dirt, sticks, etc. (inside too for obvious reasons) and she runs like a bat out of hell to the end of the leash and will flip herself, etc. I keep waiting for her to figure it out.

[Jen]

Hi Riggan,

Thank you for the words of inspiration and motivation! I was working with a dog at one of our local shelters about a year ago when I heard another volunteer scream. I ran outside to see that two dogs had escaped and were running down the long driveway right toward the busy highway with screaming volunteer chasing them! I instinctively screamed “puppppppies” and ran in the opposite direction. They turned and chased me right into a storage facility. How have I forgotten that simple but genius maneuver! I swear I have puppy brain. Nothing makes sense to me and I swear I am doing everything wrong, even though I’m sure I’m not.

Can you talk a little about the experience with dragging a leash? I have started to do that but she’s so fast and so when I want to stop, redirect I need to step on the leash and it’s sometimes a pretty significant correction. I noticed this morning her thrashing a bit at the end of it. Do I need to be worried about that? Maybe my leash is too long? I’m using a 15’, probably too long for this work? I was worried a shorter one would make it too obvious the “corrections” are coming from me?

Thank you again🙏 Jen