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Hi Everyone,
Cozi is doing well with crate training now and housebreaking is coming along but we are having major probelms with the leash... She is just now 10 weeks old.
When we first got her she would just follow us around off leash...but now that she has been getting braver we have to keep her on a leash when she goes out to use the bathroom (we live in an apartment so no fenced yard).
She started out hating the leash but we kept trying to make her keep going, with either treats, clicker training when she came and followed us...and then when she protested, we tried just standing their and waiting for her...and just trying to keep walking, which ended up feeling like we were just dragging her. She just sits and protests and draggs her heels, and worse, she will grab the leash in her mouth and pull us the other way in protest!
Today she got worse...She started grabbing the leash and running either way frantically and then got on her back and wrested it, when I took it away from her, she did the play snappy thing at me, which seemed like she is trying to be dominant on the leash....
The breeder told us to do what the mother does if she got too wild and just turn her on her side until she calms down. I tried that too but when she calmed down and quit snapping, she got up and then just began all over again!
I am very frustrated it and don't want her to pick up bad habits!
The weird thing is she is so passive and sweet in the house, always rolling over when I ask and showing her tummy, sitting whenever I ask and waiting patiently..but as soon as she's on the leash, she becomes frantic!
Any suggestions? Has anyone else experienced leash problems?
Cozi is doing well with crate training now and housebreaking is coming along but we are having major probelms with the leash... She is just now 10 weeks old.
When we first got her she would just follow us around off leash...but now that she has been getting braver we have to keep her on a leash when she goes out to use the bathroom (we live in an apartment so no fenced yard).
She started out hating the leash but we kept trying to make her keep going, with either treats, clicker training when she came and followed us...and then when she protested, we tried just standing their and waiting for her...and just trying to keep walking, which ended up feeling like we were just dragging her. She just sits and protests and draggs her heels, and worse, she will grab the leash in her mouth and pull us the other way in protest!
Today she got worse...She started grabbing the leash and running either way frantically and then got on her back and wrested it, when I took it away from her, she did the play snappy thing at me, which seemed like she is trying to be dominant on the leash....
The breeder told us to do what the mother does if she got too wild and just turn her on her side until she calms down. I tried that too but when she calmed down and quit snapping, she got up and then just began all over again!
I am very frustrated it and don't want her to pick up bad habits!
The weird thing is she is so passive and sweet in the house, always rolling over when I ask and showing her tummy, sitting whenever I ask and waiting patiently..but as soon as she's on the leash, she becomes frantic!
Any suggestions? Has anyone else experienced leash problems?