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At home off leash i trust him, in public I use leash as I don't trust people and other dogs. I have been going to Lowe's every 3rd day after my shift with him to get him used to people and working with distractions. I wish I had the funds to do board and train but this is going great I feel, and building a good bond.

 

This is Bella. The day we brought her home.



Now at 11 months old.

 

Not a huge fan of e collars. They can provide stimulus at the wrong time. Never mind if the dog is not wearing it, he might decide he’s deaf. Don’t get me wrong, they have their place. I just feel you run the risk of breaking a good dog with them.

We’d go from a tracking lead during puppy training to a 6’ for obedience and back to tracking for distance work. As you progress in distance, a more enclosed space is nice. Also helpful are high value treats (like jerky or sausage) for recall. Start with every time and work toward once and a while.

This was the process for most patrol dogs.

 

Out of the millions of threads on this site, this is the best one. Hands down

 

Here is Zeus, we didn’t name him, the Husky Rescue (yes a Husky Rescue) did.

 

I agree with all you said. Ecollar do have their place as a tool in conjunction with high value reward and long leash and marking. And poor training can break a dog.
If someone thinks they can put a e collar on a dog and negative correct the dog till they listen is not using a ecollar correctly and shouldn't use one.

 

Jesse at his finest

 

Haiti collars cured our lab of ripping shoulders out of arm sockets. High-torque dog.
https://www.chewy.com/halti-optifit...MI6MOUs-ub3wIV07fACh2PPgkdEAQYAiABEgJayPD_BwE

Whenever she’d pull, it would pull her head back around. In a matter of minutes she was super easy to walk. YMMV, she was a super smart dog.

 

He's been looking to get at it all week. Next stop Christmas!

 

My avatar pup refused to walk with one.... when it was time to walk, if I'd go to put it on her, she'd turn around and go to bed.

 

Thank you guys for all the good info

 

Riley's always been good with kids. Today, I sent my niece out to the truck to collect him. She got him leashed and out of the truck all by herself-so proud of her. She's just 12. It helps that several years ago, the two of them played bubbles. Her brother and sister weren't so sure (Riley's probably 70 or so pounds heavier...) so they opted for "riding the dog".

He definitely earned his dinner tonight

 

They're really loose when the dog isn't pulling. When there's no stress on the leader, they can open their mouths and do anything they'd normally do (eat, drink, bark, lick themselves, etc.). It only cinches closed when they pull, and pulls their head back when they really pull. They learn quick - don't pull, no restrictions.

 

Stunner! Whats the breed? GSD/.....?

 

I'm glad to have a big fenced yard for my Shibas to run in now, they are just too hard-headed and independent to be trusted off leash in an open area. Our last place had no fence, so we had one of those radio bubbles. It worked great with the small dogs, but my male Shiba figured out how it worked pretty quickly -- when out of range, it beeps first then starts shocking them, but stops after 30 seconds. I could watch him creep up on the boundary to get it to start, and then sit down and let it shock him for 30 seconds (you could see him jerk every time it shocked). Once it stopped, he would run. Usually to the neighbor's back door, he loved their dogs. Had to switch to a 30 foot lead to keep him in the yard, although he would break a collar with a plastic clasp almost immediately. He's good on a leash, they just have a strong small game instinct and will chase anything that moves. He loves when I blow leaves, so many things to chase down . . .

 

Caught this guy being a creeper

A few days ago I woke up to him booping my nose

 

I've had great luck with the Easy Walk harness.
Most pet stores carry them.

$21 PetSafe Easy Walk No-Pull Dog Harness - The Ultimate Harness to Help Stop Pulling - Take Control & Teach Better Leash Manners - Helps Prevent Pets Pulling on Walks, Large, Black/Silver

https://www.amazon.com/PetSafe-Harness-Large-BLACK-SILVER/dp/B0009ZBKG4