July 15th, 2009
By Eric Letendre
A few weeks back I met with a nice couple to help them with their eight month old labra-doodle.
As we were going through some leash walking exercises the wife turned to me and said:
“You make this all look so easy.”
I had to suppress a chuckle as I thought back on all the times I had made a complete fool out of myself trying to learn how to train dogs.
I know firsthand what it’s like to get yanked so hard that it felt like my elbow was going to leave my arm.
My most painful leash walking memory is the time I was working with a young husky on leash walking.
I was at the park and there were some girls playing Frisbee. Trying to look cool I started working the husky.
The husky being much smarter than me somehow ran around behind me, wrapping my legs up in the leash and I fell flat on my face, much to the amusement of the girls who were watching.
Why am I sharing all of this with you?
Because I have a new video to show you some basic leash training techniques.
Once you understand and work on the basics you can get much better results.
Here you go:
All the best
Eric
P.S. If you’re looking for more advanced leash walking techniques skip on over to
The Dog Training Inner Circle.
Eric Letendre is a professional dog trainer from the United States and has been training dogs for over 20 years, teaching regular, average, every-day owners all over the world how to get the training results they want as fast as possible. Eric is also the author of numerous reports, the E-Book “101 Ways to Improve Your Dog’s Behavior,” “The Amazing Dog Training Man Book,” and produced and stars in his DVD “Secrets of a Professional Dog Trainer.”
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Eric Letendre is a professional dog trainer from the United States. For more than 20 years, he has been developing dog training "hacks" that have worked for dog owners all over the world. Eric operates from a home office or a laptop while traveling and draws on his experience and passion for dog training to show others how to develop a dog that is truly “Man’s Best Friend”.
Eric is the author of numerous reports, the E-Book “101 Ways to Hack Your Dog’s Behavior,” “The Amazing Dog Training Man Book,” and produced and stars in his DVD “Secrets of a Professional Dog Trainer.”
Hi Eric – I’m a subscriber, and I’ve been enjoying your email tips. I would love to see a video of you working with a non-trained dog to walk on a loose leash. How do you go from that dog who goes crazy jumping up and down when she hears the jingle and then pulls like a freight once she’s bolted out the door, pulling you with her . . . to the dog you have now?
Eric You have helped me no end with your emails and videos. I am trying to do as you teach but I have a problem. I have Two 8 month old Saints that well out weigh me. I like to walk them together which I can do, not to bad but as soon as the girl see anyone or thing she pulls like mad. I stop and try to get her under control before moving on but it can be hard to do sometimes. our big boy just stops and sits and waits but she is very strong minded any help?
Dido