First Puppy Shopping Spree

I've given up on the plastic frisbees....Indy steals them and then chews them to shreds (resulting in a very solid poop later on!):rolleyes2:
 
I actually don't like a long lead when I'm training. While I'm not on "hard" on a full heal, I do like the pup to learn to walk beside me, not in front of me. I'll hold the leash in one hand, with the leash draped across my body, and the other hand controlling the tension on the lead. If puppy pulls, I gently increase the tension and bring him back beside me.

It works with two dogs as well, but you might have to adjust the tension in the other hand to match the stride of one dog to the other.
 
I know what you mean Barb, but I found I had the opposite problem with a short puppy lead on Cadbury. He would just leap right to the end from day 1 and he quickly learned to pull and jerk.

OK, so he is a strong willed labrador, a breed that is notorious for pulling on a lead.

Our morning walks quickly became a battle between him pulling and me pulling back, only when I introduce a 6ft lead on my trainers advice did things improve. Suddenly he couldn't easily jerk me this way and that because the lead was longer, you could see him almost thinking "huh?"

Anyway, long story short, I'm probably comparing a sheltie pup to a lab pup, which is perhaps not helpful:lol:
 
labgirl said:
I know what you mean Barb, but I found I had the opposite problem with a short puppy lead on Cadbury. He would just leap right to the end from day 1 and he quickly learned to pull and jerk.

OK, so he is a strong willed labrador, a breed that is notorious for pulling on a lead.

Our morning walks quickly became a battle between him pulling and me pulling back, only when I introduce a 6ft lead on my trainers advice did things improve. Suddenly he couldn't easily jerk me this way and that because the lead was longer, you could see him almost thinking "huh?"

Anyway, long story short, I'm probably comparing a sheltie pup to a lab pup, which is perhaps not helpful:lol:
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Maybe Merlin will be like Ember. Picture it: first time on the ground, on lead going into Petsmart at 3.5 months. Shelli takes Ember out of the car and puts her on the ground. Yipee!! goes Ember and bolts forward, self correct hitting the end of the lead , yips(Ember drama), falls back into heel position, Shelli says yes good heel Ember and Ember is trained not to pull on lead and in fact almost to heel perfectly. True story. :smile2:
 
Oh Sophie, I should add I really never sucessfully taught my Lab to heel. But I did get to the point where my arm didn't leave the socket.

There is a reason I like training Shelties. :wink2:
 
Oh Sophie, I should add I really never sucessfully taught my Lab to heel. But I did get to the point where my arm didn't leave the socket.
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:lol:Yep, that sounds like me and Cadbury. Its a compromise, but it works for me.

I can only hope sheltie pup has Ember's lead manners:biggrin2:
 
Puppy shopping - so exciting:biggrin2:
I always found it was the size of the clip on the lead was an issue, many are too big and clunky for a small sheltie. This might be worth a try
http://www.luxwaycanine.co.uk/products.aspx?r=0&c=10
K07 is I think what I have used. Unfortunatly the picture isn't very good. Nice light soft cord/rope lead with a perfect small trigger clip and they don't have threads that pull out if the pup catches his teeth in it, which I have found with some nylon puppy leads. I've had one of their leads in pretty much constant use since Revel was about 6 months, so they last too.
 
They look nice Julia. I've got a feeling I saw something very similar in one of the independent pet shops - hmm, I think another shopping spree tomorrow:biggrin2:
 
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