21 Day Challenge: Walk Your Dog Every Day (Day 2)

For many people the challenge in walking their dog every day is sometimes getting past the irritating feeling that your dog is pulling your shoulder right out of its socket! It’s just a constant battle. No fun.

K9 Coach has a couple of little tricks to help your dog understand how to walk on a leash without pulling and we are happy to share them with you so that you can get out enjoy your dog. We do live webcasts for free on how to train your dog, and we are here for all your questions.

Webcasts are Wednesday nights right here on our website as well as on our UStream.tv channel. They’ve sponsored us on the front page which is really cool. We want to help as many dogs & people as we can to get out and have some fun.

Our 21 Day Challenge: Walk Your Dog Every Day is in our 2nd day. If you just started, not a problem, you can follow along from right here. Or feel free to start back on the blogs for earlier tips.

Today as get your dog ready for that walk, first work on being calm before you ever leave the door. In order to do this, have your dog “sit”, and if that is difficult, not to fear. Breathe, calm down, and wait it out. “Sit” and a little help with finger pressure just above the tail area on your dog’s back into a sit… then some praise, calmly.

Should your Wonderdog jump right back up, no worries. Do the same procedure above until you get that few seconds of a sit, then you can proceed with the walk. Dogs do what works. Set the precedent of being calm before you go every time. This will quickly become a habit.

I know it sounds as though we aren’t working on the walk yet, but it’s setting the precedent on how the dog walk is going to go right from the beginning. For more tips you can see a replay of our webcast here: How To Train Your Dog to Walk On A Leash.

We also do dog training camps and private lessons to help you out… we’d love you to join our 21 Day Challenge: Walk Your Dog Every Day. Contact K9 Coach if you need more help.

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