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    Help With Pulling And Lunging

    in Training and Behavior discussion

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    THe collar is fitted tight, and it is a narrow one. He is just VERY strong. I went out and bought a gentle leader easy walk harness......I hope to high heaven it helps. I have a double loop leash that has a loop low by the d-ring, and he still dragged me to the ground. Believe me, I'm not exaggerating! I have done the "no pull" etc, but the squirells are too enticing, and believe it or not he is cat tolerant of our cat! ha ha

     

    I'm about your size. I posted this on another thread but it's worth repeating here. I learned this trick here on GT years ago and it has helped me immensely.

     

    My boy Dazzle was a puller in his younger days. Here's the trick I used.

     

    Put on a normal martingale collar + leash combo. Hold the leash about a foot and a half away from the clip. Wrap the excess in front of the dog and back around to your hand. This lets the excess drape in front of their legs so that when you pull back, not only do you have more leverage, but the dog has less range of motion of his front legs as well.

     

    Cheap, fast, easy, and no risk of damage to you or the dog.

     

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    That's impressive!

     

    Ta da! You can now walk your puller with one hand.

     

     

    To testify that it does indeed work, all of my dogs were taught not to pull using this technique. Eventually I was able to do this...

     

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    The picture is a few years old, but that's about 125lbs of human and 270 lbs of dog. On rollerblades. ;)

     

     

    This is getting long-winded so I'll wrap this up, but please remember that no tool or technique you use is worth anything unless you can use it correctly; the timing has to be precise or the dog won't learn anything.

    Help With Pulling And Lunging

    in Training and Behavior discussion

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    We got Max (87#) 1 week ago. Until today, I have always walked him in the neighborhood, and he does lunge at squirrels, pulling me with him. A firm uh-uh usually stops him. Today I walked him at a wide open park with a path. He lunged aftwr every squirrel. It was so bad my knee and back are injured (i am only 125#) and I am afraid to walk him. He even knocked me to the ground at one point. I'm lucky he didn't escape.....although then I wouldn't be injured.......any harness out there that is safe for gh? Help!!!

    Wanting To Adopt With Kids And Cat

    in Introductions & Biography

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    Once again, thanks so much to all of you for encouragement and advice. Bruciedad, that is encouraging to hear your family of cats and kids transitioned well with the greyhounds. Another piece of advice I need is that I would like to build a dog run (mainly for potty purposes) because we have 1 acre that is too expensive to fence. I plan on walking the dog a few times a day (I do that anyway by myself!), but would like to have a safe potty area. Any advice? Anyone build your own?

    Thanks,

    Kathy

    Wanting To Adopt With Kids And Cat

    in Introductions & Biography

    Posted

    Thanks to you all. Fortunately, my kids already know not to bother dogs when eating b/c my mom has a dog that we are around 1-2x/wk, but they definitely need to learn not to bother him/her when sleeping/resting/chewing toys, etc. I agree that the class should be great, esp for them to hear these things from another adult. Thanks for the great advice! I will post a picture of our hound when we get him/her. It will be at least a few weeks, as we have the class in 2 weeks, then they will match us with a dog and probably foster him/her with a family with cats and kids first. I like that the agency people seem to try to do whatever they can to help this transition be easier for the dog and for us!

    -Kathy

     

    There's a really good book out there called "Living with Kids and Dogs without losing your mind" by Colleen Pelar. Our group requires that folks with kids read it. It's got lots of great information. I guess the very best piece of advice concerning kids and dogs is to never, ever leave them unattended, even for a second.

     

    Thanks, I got the book today and will read it before our class. I appreciate the advice!

    -Kathy

    Wanting To Adopt With Kids And Cat

    in Introductions & Biography

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    Hi, I'm Kathy. I have a husband, a 6 1/2 yr old boy (human heh heh) and a 3 year old girl. We rescued a cat 10 years ago that doesn't mind dogs. The agency I am working with is ok adopting to families with kids, but we are required to take a 2 hr class with our kids. I think that sounds like a great idea. Any other advice out there? My husband was never allowed pets growing up, so is understandably cautious, and I haven't had a dog since I was 4, but have always loved them and as long as I can remember, I have admired greyhounds. Thanks!

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