How do you leash train a dog?
Posted By: SM on 2009-05-30
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Okay, I have a boxer who is a little over a year old now. She is a wonderful dog, loves my kids, playful. We love her to pieces. However, whenever I try to take for a walk with me she about dislocates my shoulder and strangles herself to death. I try to reign her in and I've switched to using a shorter leash to keep her closer to me, but she still will stretch the leash as far as she can go and rip my arm off in the process. I say "NO" and scold her, but it doesn't deter her.
Thing is, whenever I pick up her leash, she's so excited and starts jumping cause she knows we are going for a ride in the car and a walk around the lake. She loves the leash and going on walks, but by the time the walk is over I am totally exhausted.
So what should I do to train her? She is very rambunctious and full of live which is one of the things we love about her, but sometimes we just have trouble handling her. A neighbor suggested obedience school because not only do I have trouble with the leash, but she's constantly chasing cats, my cats included, and she's too rough. She is just wanting to play, but she's just too rough. She also gets a little rough with my little girl, who is 8. She loves my daughter to death, they are best friends, but she will jump up on my daughter to love on her and basically almost knock her down with her weight. All my daughter's friends are afraid of her because she's always jumping on them and trying to be playful and it scares them.
She doesn't have a mean bone in her body. She just will pummel you to death trying to give you some love!
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