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the leash as hard as you can (as if you were really tugging your dog away from a fast moving approaching car), place the dog on the sidewalk saying "Good" and bend over and show the dog, by pointing to the street, saying "No" sharply. Then point to the sidewalk saying "Good", then point to the street saying "No" sharply, then point to the side walk saying "Good". Then begin playing with your dog on the sidewalk again and repeat the exercise. If you follow this format, your dog will refrain from running into the street after a fast moving object or toy no matter how much they want to. They also develop a new respect for the command "No". Now you should never have to tug on your dog in that manner again. When we start our formal training, whenever we tug on the leash, we say "No" at the same time; this reminds the dog of the street punishment. |
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to be effective, we must duplicate that intense state and then program our signal. In our formal training program, we never want to use a high intensity punishment to ruin the dog's mood, so we train where applying a high degree of force will have the greatest impact in the dog's mind. This will solve another problem we all have-- the dog that runs into the street without us, which can lead to a more severe punishment than we can instill. We program "No" by playing with our dog on the sidewalk with their favorite toy, tossing it to and fro, playing tug of war, running and having a merry time. Then with yourself positioned so that your dog is between you and the street, throw their toy into the street and wait until your dog steps off the curb, immediately and abruptly say "No" and tug on |
