Recent content by GovDeacon

I have a couple methods. in the case of him just wanting to pull ahead and me wanting to change direction I make him sit. Then give a couple C'mon Deac!'s and a light tug and he comes. Depending on how hard he is pulling sometimes I wont need to make him sit. When he wants to get after...

Thanks for the replies everyone I tried the "walk the other direction" method this morning and it seemed to have some effect. Deacon's Dad

Deacon is 4 1/2 months old. I'm trying to get him to learn not to pull when on his leash. Near our house we have a lake with a walking track around it that is 3/4 of a mile long. This is how I've been going about it. Every morning we head over there and start our walk. Every time Deacon...

All of the hiking trails around our house support horseback riding as well. The two times Deacon (4 months old) has encountered horses he has cowered behind his daddy with his head cocked to the side. I dont think he can figure them out Deacon's Dad

Deacon slept in his crate the first month we had him. By 3 months he made the transition to the bed. He's 17 weeks old now and has only had one accident in the bed. That was at 14 weeks and my fault for letting him sleep when I came to bed instead of taking him out at midnight like I always do...

He doesn't really intend to chase them. He runs up to them in his boisterous way, they get scared and run, so of course he follows :p We're working on breaking him of it. Deacon's Dad

Hi all! I’m glad to finally be registered here. My wife and I live in SoCal and have 2 male cats Baxter and Bandit and a 4 month old male fawn Boxer named Deacon Aka "The Governor". I’ve been reading these forums for several Months and have learned a great deal from the people here. I hope to...