I will start with a link to a video
(please let me know if you can't view it)
This is Toby on a walk and you would be forgiven if you thought he was near the end of the walk from all the panting but this is the very beginning.
He appears to me to be very stressed on our walks. He pulls continously and I have very little control. I have tried every all the positive methods for loose leash training and just about ecery training aid on the market with no success.
The other problem is he has a very high prey drive and nothing not even tasty hotdog sausages can snap him out of it. This prey drive is also causing problems when opening the front door... as soon as it is open he's out there chasing all the local cats and he won't come back at all. This is so bad that when he got out last week he started heading for a main road while I looked on in horror waiting to hear that dreaded sound!
Again I have tried all the self control training at the door but he is so focased on getting out and chasing the cats and birds that not even the sight of the clicker and goodies in my hands can snap him out of it.
Any advice would be grateful about how I can help destress him and get him to walk on a loose leash
This is Toby on a walk and you would be forgiven if you thought he was near the end of the walk from all the panting but this is the very beginning.
He appears to me to be very stressed on our walks. He pulls continously and I have very little control. I have tried every all the positive methods for loose leash training and just about ecery training aid on the market with no success.
The other problem is he has a very high prey drive and nothing not even tasty hotdog sausages can snap him out of it. This prey drive is also causing problems when opening the front door... as soon as it is open he's out there chasing all the local cats and he won't come back at all. This is so bad that when he got out last week he started heading for a main road while I looked on in horror waiting to hear that dreaded sound!
Again I have tried all the self control training at the door but he is so focased on getting out and chasing the cats and birds that not even the sight of the clicker and goodies in my hands can snap him out of it.
Any advice would be grateful about how I can help destress him and get him to walk on a loose leash