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Topic Dog Boards / Visitors Questions / westie
- By guest [gb] Date 15.11.03 15:53 UTC
Hi there,
can anyone help? my westie ellie is 3years old and when we go for walks instead of walkies I find my self pulling her along, not a pleasure sometimes. Dont get me wrong not always somewalks are notbad.I dont think she is frighten just something gets in her head and she does not want to move. by the i dont get angry with her just talk to her
- By Anwen [gb] Date 16.11.03 14:35 UTC
Has she always done this, or is it a habit she's just developed? If she's always done it, you need to start training her again to walk properly on a lead. Most people have the opposite problem of trying to stop the dog pulling them!
You'll have to start giving her an incentive to move, if she likes food, take some of her favourite titbits with you & when she stops, call her name with a gentle tug on the lead & entice her forward with the titbit.
When she is walking OK, don't forget to praise her.
Some dogs are like donkeys, when they feel the tug on the lead, they dig their heels in, so you have to use the dog equivalent of a carrot, to get them moving again.
When you are walking, don't go at her speed, but a fairly brisk walk, so she has to work to keep up, keep talking to her in a brisk bright way (you'll get some funny looks!), just to keep her interest in you not in the smells or whatever she wants to stop for.
If she's just started doing it, get her checked by the vet as she may have some perfectly good reason for not wanting to walk.
- By Rozzer [gb] Date 16.11.03 15:08 UTC
Anwen is spot on - especially about if she's just started doing it, I would get her checked by a vet - Not wanting to worry you but we used to have a yorkie who suddenly became reluctant to walk we had her checked out and found she had a kidney infection! Better safe than sorry.
Topic Dog Boards / Visitors Questions / westie

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