misamala00
Inactive Member
We are prepearing a couple of dog for the "final exam" and I've got a problem with one of the dogs. It's a lovely golden retriever.
He can do all excercises on leash perfect (We do heel, sit in movement, down in movement, and come). But when he's off the lesh, he just wants to run around. The owner could do nothing about it. So we tried with a longer lesh that I was holding in my hands and I was correcting him if he tried to run away. He only tried it once and never again. Than we put him on a thin string so he would think he was off the leash - well, it didn't work, because the dog new he wasn't free yet. When after a couple of weeks of an on leash trainig (when he did great), we tried an off leash - well the dog run away again! Now I don't know what to do to persuade him that he's not supposed to do that (he ccannot be punished when he comes to the owner).
I belive this can be quite a comon thing with smart and lively dogs, so I hope that someone could help me.
Mirjam & Misha
He can do all excercises on leash perfect (We do heel, sit in movement, down in movement, and come). But when he's off the lesh, he just wants to run around. The owner could do nothing about it. So we tried with a longer lesh that I was holding in my hands and I was correcting him if he tried to run away. He only tried it once and never again. Than we put him on a thin string so he would think he was off the leash - well, it didn't work, because the dog new he wasn't free yet. When after a couple of weeks of an on leash trainig (when he did great), we tried an off leash - well the dog run away again! Now I don't know what to do to persuade him that he's not supposed to do that (he ccannot be punished when he comes to the owner).
I belive this can be quite a comon thing with smart and lively dogs, so I hope that someone could help me.
Mirjam & Misha