A badly behaved dog off the leash is a very stressful experience for both the dog and the owner. If your dog is ignoring you once it is allowed to run free, then it is time to do some serious additional training. Our off leash k9 training sessions involve a step by step, well proven technique for keeping your dog fully under control at all times, whether on the leash or off.
With patience and the right approach it is possible to have any dog respond quickly to a recall, regardless of whether it is interacting with other dogs or distractions. It will be always attentive to your voice and will always find your company a better alternative than what it is doing at the time, no matter how interesting. This is the primary aim of our off leash k9 training courses, and we have plenty of experience of difficult dogs in our Northern Virginia dog training courses.
The first essential is not to allow your dog off the leash until it has learnt to respond immediately while on the leash. The secret is to get your dog into a calm, unexcited state even before it enters an open space. For example before getting out of the car or leaving the house make sure that your dog is reminded who is the pack leader. A dog that never gets overexcited, that is the essence of successful off leash k9 training.
Step by step training
Once we have shown you how to be confident that your dog will respond while on a short leash, it is time to progress to long leash training. This takes time to achieve if your dog is used to running free and wild as soon as it is released. Off leash k9 training must start with long leash training before you even think about allowing free running. Our Northern Virginia dog training sessions show you all the techniques that will work best with your particular dog, so this difficult phase of the training can be accomplished as quickly as possible. Soon you will begin to understand what motivates your dog to respond unfailingly to the return command, and be confident that it will return even when it is free running and appears to be thoroughly absorbed in some interesting doggy activity.
Nick White
www.offleashk9training.com
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