How do I leash train my dog who is deathly afraid of leashes?
Friday, August 27th, 2010 at
5:21 pm
I have a 2 year old mini schnauzer who is scared to go on a leash. My family got her a year ago and we think her previous owner beat her with a leash that traumatized her. If we put the leash on her she starts trembling and shaking uncotrollablly.
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Filed under: Dog Leash Training
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My dog was the same way at first, but it wasn’t because she was beaten, I just don’t think she understood what was going on. I had to put the leash on her and carry her (and she weighed 50lbs) until she understood that nothing bad was going to happen. Now whenever she hears the word “leash” she gets all excited knowing she gets to go for a walk.
put the leash on her and while she is on it give her a lot of love. this says that you will not hurt her and that you love her.
do this several times until she is comfy with the leash. when she is comfy try taking her on short walks then each time increasing the amount of time spent on each walk.
Start off by putting her on a leash for very short time spans, like thirty seconds or less. Give her lots of treats and praise during that time span. Then, start making that thirty seconds longer and longer. You can leash her to you and just do what you normally do after that to get her more used to it. Once she gets better, start taking her on short walks that get longer. I bet she’ll be fine in no time. Good luck!
start by using it in the house, letting them drag it along when they walk, secure it loosely and keep it on for short periods..its the same training as with a show dog, they need to know that it’s okay.. increase the time wearing it, then hold onto the lead as they go around the house, work on the same with in the backyard and finally outisde..with an abused dog it takes a lot of patience and time..they will come around..oh and never yell while you are doing this, it will only make them regress.
Is she one of those dogs that barks all the time…usually behind a window or locked door. Then the previous owner was right. Boot the little b!tch.
put it on him while he is sleeping. then keep it on him, on your free time where-ever he goes follow him with the leash.
Well i think first you need to get the dog un-afraid of the lease start by leaving it laying on the floor and play witht the dog with it. Play tug of war if you can get him to do it the more you play the less he will be afraid. Try putting it on the floor and steppin on it and see if he will try to take it. any game you can get him to play with it. Then slowly just put it on him and play play play til he is used to it.
My dogs got scared of the leash because we always put it on them to go to the vet. The vet was their worst fear. We grabbed the dog and stuck the leash on him, and watched him run around the yard like a maniac! He suddenly realized that he was fine and not going to the vet so they’re not so scared of it anymore!
Check out the videos by Ceasar Milano, “The dog whisperer” The man is a genius when dealing with canines.
be extra nice to her when you put the leash on her. u can give her treats whenever she doesn’t freak out while on the leash. and if she’s used to you saying something like “Good girl!” whenever she does something really good, u can say that to her also when she’s on the leash.
oh…and u can also start with a lightweight leash made from cloth that u think would be comfy to her
that link redirected me to how to build an atari laptop.
but basically, how do you get an animal used to anything? Slowly, in small increments.
anyway, I would leave leashes lying around the house, without touching them, until the dog is indifferent to them. then put them in places where the dog goes a lot – put them around her food and stuff. then carry it around with you and ignore her – not like in a mean way, but just so she gets used to people with leashes being nice to her. Give her a treat whenever you are walking around with the leash, snuggle her (if she will come near you), talk to her nicely. Last, you have to put the leash on eventually, but give her treats and talk in soothing voices and start with short periods. put the leash on for a minute and then give her a treat and take it off and tell her what a great dog she is. Do this every day until she starts to get used to it and then try and take her out in the yard with the leash, gradually keeping her on the leash for longer periods of time and going further from the house.
Through extinction:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extinction_(psychology)
Simply put the leash on the dog for a couple of minutes, several times a day. Make it a little longer each day for awhile.
Eventually, the dig won’t be afraid of the leash anymore.
The first step in leash training that I recomend is to put the leash on the dog and then play with the dog while it drages the leash. after this the dog will associate the leash with play.
the next step is to teach loose lead walking with short walks and lots of praise, (Fun, or food). Don’t use leash correction types of training on a dog which is scared of the leash.
use lure type of training for this dog.
for more information on training techniques I recomend reading Don’t Shoot the Dog by Karen Pryor. This is a good book for understanding the basics of training with out force.
Oh, poor little doggy. Try this guy, he’s awesome!
http://dogpsychologycenter.com/index.php