Loose Leash Walking, No Leash: Part 2
Channel: Melissa McCue-McGrath, CPDT-KA
Date: 20/05/2020

Today we'll continue our three part series on loose leash walking in quarantine, but with a spin: We are taking your leash away. 

Why? 

Because if you can handle a dog without a leash, you can then walk any dog with a leash. When we use a leash, we tend to depend on the tool as a way to pull dogs off of distractions, steer them in the direction we want them to go without asking them to come with us (often with a jerk to the neck or a pull to the body), or forget how to use our training out in the real world. 

This kind of handling exercise allows us to freely practice using our skills in a controlled way so when we do add the leash for our nightly walk, we start communicating with our dogs in other ways instead of by pulling them along, making the walk better for all of us. 

So let's move by a distraction - in ths case my second grade daughter, Acey.

And while you are at it, check out my book, "Considerations for the City Dog", available on Amazon today!

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Thank you! 
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