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Can anyone help with some tips on how to enjoy walking with your puppy more?! We have been able to take Sunny out for about 10 days but are really battling with walking on a loose lead. She runs ahead like a mini golden steam train and then huffs and hacks away nearly choking at the end of the lead. We have tried stopping and changing direction and she whimpers for a minute and then promptly charges in that direction and does the same. Our little walks are becoming very stressful! There is no park nearby that is really safe to run in off lead as they are all bordered by roads.
We are going to some puppy school classes but the lady running it is not very helpful or engaging and while she has showed us how to hand her treats if she is walking on a loose lead seems at a loss to explain how we get her walking like that to start with.
What do we do?!
Can anyone help with some tips on how to enjoy walking with your puppy more?! We have been able to take Sunny out for about 10 days but are really battling with walking on a loose lead. She runs ahead like a mini golden steam train and then huffs and hacks away nearly choking at the end of the lead. We have tried stopping and changing direction and she whimpers for a minute and then promptly charges in that direction and does the same. Our little walks are becoming very stressful! There is no park nearby that is really safe to run in off lead as they are all bordered by roads.
We are going to some puppy school classes but the lady running it is not very helpful or engaging and while she has showed us how to hand her treats if she is walking on a loose lead seems at a loss to explain how we get her walking like that to start with.
What do we do?!