rrboxer
Completely Boxer Crazy
My Autumn girl is a major puller and I was never able to train her to walk nicely on a leash even though I did have her in training classes - the walk on leash we didn't master. I am surprised because I managed to train my prior 2 boxers using same techniques. One of my difficulty was that Autumn was not really food oriented and she was more interested in playing with the other pups. We did 2 training classes with the same puppies, the 1st class all the puppies got to play together and interact. We worked on sit, teaching our puppies their name, and I don't think we worked on anything else. The next class which all the same puppies graduated to next level and this is where we learned, go to place, down, watch me, leave it, come, wait, go to daddy/mommy and walking on leash. Autumn hated, hated her leash. Also, during this 2nd training class she was so focused on other puppies (she just wanted to play all the time with them). So, now because I wasn't able to train her to walk nicely on leash she just pulls all the time. She had such puppy brain when we were in this 2nd training class she could barely focus on me and we barely passed this 2nd training class (though she did well at home with everything except walking on leash). When I took her to day camp this morning she just pulls so hard in the parking lot and I am afraid one day there might be an accident like her taking off and running off. The second I put her down from the suv she pulls. I can barely hold her and I am afraid of falling and hurting myself. I just recovered from a very bad sprained ankle and broken left foot. She is super excited when she sees we are at her day camp facility. She loves going and socializing with all the other dogs.
My question do you think it is possible to try to train her to be calm when I take her from my suv to the front receptionist area at day camp? I believe I am going to have to try to train her to walk on leash to get this done. Right? Not sure how to stop her excitement in the car then walking into the day camp facility. Any suggestions? P.S. I feel like such a failure with Autumn I did so well with prior 2 boxers in the training area for walking on leash.
My question do you think it is possible to try to train her to be calm when I take her from my suv to the front receptionist area at day camp? I believe I am going to have to try to train her to walk on leash to get this done. Right? Not sure how to stop her excitement in the car then walking into the day camp facility. Any suggestions? P.S. I feel like such a failure with Autumn I did so well with prior 2 boxers in the training area for walking on leash.