Jack Hagerman Unleashed column: Successful walking with your dog begins with these steps.
Charlie is an adorable shi tzu mix, who is perfect in every way…until he gets on a leash. Back in the 80s, there was a blockbuster film called “Gremlins” that centers around a boy who receives a strange, yet utterly adorable and cuddly creature as a pet, which then spawns other creatures that transform into small, destructive, mischievous monsters that all wreak havoc on the whole town. It was kind of like a Jekyll and Hyde kind of thing, but with small furry Ewok looking creatures.
She went on to explain that the moment he sees a dog out on a walk, he barks, lunges and generally freaks out like he just found out he failed a paternity test on Jerry Springer. I’ve been friends with Carlos for years, so he was the first person I thought of when DJ told me about Charlie’s issues on the leash. As expected, he gave me some great tips to pass along to DJ and to my readers.Don’t hype up when it’s time to go for a walk
This is especially important if your dog tends to get overly excited once they see a leash and run around the house with excitement. Go to a different space. Avoid passing yards where you know dogs or other animals may be that would trigger your dog and other dogs in the neighborhood.”When a trigger happens , don’t make them sit and watch.So our instinct is often to try a sit/stay command when our dogs get aroused. So we start insisting, ‘SIT! SIT! It’s OK! It’s OK!’ when it’s really not OK.”
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