I've recently been trying to do a better job of training Lena to walk nicely on a leash. We've had mixed results. When we stay in our own backyard, she doesn't pull at all. I reward her as we walk to reinforce the good behavior, but we can walk for several minutes with just a few treats. Once we leave that area though, she goes bezerk. Too many new smells, apparently.
I suppose one solution is to take her on a ton of walks so that these smells aren't new anymore.
Another solution is to weigh her down:
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| Tiny backpack for a tiny dog! |
Yesterday we went out with a few tea bags in her backpack. The additional weight was probably negligible. I'm not sure why I bothered. Today she had a few of those single-serve applesauce containers. We're working up to soup cans. She also carried her own poop back from the field to the trash can, which was nice.
I added the D-ring to her backpack to attach the leash onto. This is probably not approved by the dog backpack manufacturers, and after today, it's not approved by me, either. The slightest tug on the leash would pull her backpack off balance, so I will probably move it back to her collar.
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