Mitchell
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Bailey is now almost 15 weeks old and we thought she would be more interest in going out for walks (not really long ones - just 5 houses away). At the moment, she walks to and from my son's school (7 minute slow waddle each way) before and afterschool. She is good about heeling. When given the "forward" command, she moves ahead to explore but, returns to heeling when told. Bailey loves to be out in the yard. However, any attempt to take her on other walks (besides the school ones) down our street meets with resistance from her (such as sitting down and digging in her feet). We tried to coax her with praise and a treat of cheese with limited success. Dragging your dog behind you is not something that we feel comfortable with. Ironically, Bailey will walk once we are headed towards home with energy. Any suggestions? Or, is this situation just a stage that she must go through? Interesting enough, if we drive her to the local hiking trail or to another distant place, she is more likely to walk. We can't always do this type of walk and had hoped to walk her around our neighbourhood. She gets lots of playtime and I wondered if she is just too tired to walk. I don't think tiredness is it because she will still want to play and explore outside in the yard.