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A Few Basic Tips To Help You With Your Dog Leash Training Program

Exercise is a major part of our dogs' lives. To maintain a healthy relationship with our beloved pooches, that relationship should consist of 50% physical exercise, 25% discipline, and 25% affection. That's a lot of exercise! In order for us to be able to enjoy exercising our dogs as much as they need, it's important for them to behave well both on the lead. Unfortunately, there are many dogs out there who are afraid of the leash itself - resulting in neurotic, fearful, submissive behavior whenever the lead comes out.

The Leash Can Cause Fear In Your Dog

With Proper Training It Can Be Cured.

For some dogs, though, the leash connotes fear and submissiveness more than anything else. Perhaps the leash was used in a negative way with a previous owner - as a tool for dragging the dog around. Perhaps it was used to confine the dog for long hours at a time. In some extreme cases, dogs have even been whipped with the leash as punishment. Or perhaps your dog is just very highly strung, and is prone to developing phobias seemingly arbitrarily. Although fear of the leash can have a severely negative impact on your walks with your dog, the good news is that it's easy to cure.

Here Are A Couple of Tips To Use

1) Take baby steps with your dog. If he is very afraid of the leash then get him accustomed to it very slowly. Leave it out for him to see and to get use to it. Put it near his food dish or in different play areas.
2) Put him in a sit and stay position and clip the leash on to him. This is when he is not nervous about the leash. Let him get use to it hanging from his neck.
3) Go for a short walk and don't touch the leash. Let hang freely and don't make a big deal about it.
4) Take off the leash when your walk is done and give your dog a big lavish praise or even give him a treat.

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