giannivalesini (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

so try this..put your dog on the leash in a quite environment where there are no distraction he will probably start pulling as this is all he knows. Walk one pace in the opposite direction and stop, wait until there is no tension on the leash and praise your dog. Walk two paces in one direction and stop again, the dog will pull putting tension on the leash, when he stops and there is no tension praise him. Walk 3 paces in opposite direction so that he follows you,

giannivalesini (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Stop!!!..Everyone..You all have probably positively reinforced your dog's pulling behavior,ie he pulls you all the way he wants to go,let's say to the park, and he gets rewarded by being let off the leash. Dogs love routines, therefore before they are about to go out they get all excited, that's why you will never achieve the "calm assertive energy" that some idiot on tv is try to sell you. Cesar uses a choke collar to control this so called energy, he repress the dog's natural behavior cont

CrookedSpunk (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I'm wondering how this really works. When I do this, it looks like this:The dog pulls, I loosen the leash, turn around and wait for the stop. He stops, turns around and sprints over to me. Before I have time to reward (I only have time to say "good"), he runs past me, and I have to turn around again. This we do about 10 times more, and he doesn't get it. What am I doing wrong?

CrookedSpunk (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Cesar Milan's method works very well for many. The tricky part is finding that right calm assertvie energy. If you don't, maybe your dog will keep pulling. But I think both techniques are good ones. There's really only one common result, and that is never letting the dog pull in front of you. But I'm curious, how do you deal with your dog's pulling?

JrockObsession1 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

...And eventhough our doog walks fine now, I never let her off the lead.

JrockObsession1 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

My dog is a rescued staff bull terrior. She was found in a dustbin and is blind in one eye. We got her when she was 2. She pulled on the lead, even before we had her. Now, using cesar's method, she walks fine. Hardly ever pulls and when she does we correct her using Cesars method. We tried this one, but she would constantly pull away infornt, instead of calmly sitting liket his dog. Any1 can see the dog on this video has been trained to walk like this, way before they shot the video...

giannivalesini (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

by letting him off the leash once you got to the park. Cheers

giannivalesini (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

My friend you talk like that "dog whisperer" on tv, calm assertive..calm submissive...In the wild pack leaders walk in front??? Who said that??? Again that Cesar of yours...this method is effective no matter the breed of your dog. You ought to remember that you are not in "the wild" environment and that dogs have evolved a great deal since their ancestors. Have you thought about why your dog pulls in the first place? Perhaps you have positively reinforced him to pull and rewarded him

OrgasmikGraphicz (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Well by doing that your just teaching your dog that if he pulls, you will make him sit, and he gets a treat. The dog will probably pull more just so that he can sit and get a treat.

JrockObsession1 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

...Then the dog would react to that emotion. Say, you're frustrated that your dog won't walk properly, that is felt by the dog then, and they will take a dominant pack leader role, so there's no way your dog will listen. So correct it and stay calm-assertive.