Lead chewing

[SheepOfBlue]

Oh my! When I first saw this thread, I thought you meant lead, like lead paint. My heart sunk.

Can I tell you how happy I am that Sca is only chomping on his leash Hey...there is always a bright side to everything, now isn't there

So how much did he pay?

 

[Strider]

deja used to do this but my fix was to geta martingale lead made out of flannel. It's about six feet long and i use it as a toy for her now. When we are standing around waiting and she starts to get hyper, I grab the lead about half way back and dangle the end down. She grabs it and we're off with another game of tug! It's great fun for her and she doesn't hurt the flannel in the slightest.

There's a a local gal up here that sells them. I think hersite is called rush to tug. what is really cool is that this is a teanage girl that saw a need and started making these herself.

 

[RonandJan]

I thought lead like lead paint too and thought.............OH NO!!!!

So leash chewing is something that MMM does too. We use "ah ah" when we catch it but it is not something that he is considering stopping!

 

[Caro]

I had 3 trainers try to cure Deska of his leash chewing - none succeeded. I think some dogs just like to have something in their mouths.

So my solution has been
- Rogz leads - doesnt matter how much he has chewed them, the Rogz leads are chew proof. I think its the double layer.
- always have an alternative to chew. I use sticks, but I imagine a tug would also work if he doesnt mind the softer texture. Nowadays Deska will look for a stick himself to shove in his mouth before he turns to the lead.

 

[mbfrench]

I would get him focused on you rather than the leash. Try walking with treats in your hand. Every time he goes for the leash, say "Look" and bring your hand with a treat up to your eye. If he looks at you, give him the treat and praise. Eventually, you can eliminate the treat but if he starts for the leash, you just redirect his attention back to you.

At puppy school, they also taught a technique to keep the dog focused on walking next to you and face forward. They had some kind of very long-handled stick/spoon with peanut butter smeared on the end. The idea is that you hold it in front of the dogs nose (kinda like the carrot and the horse). I never tried it, but it seemed to work from some people whose pups would not walk a straight line. It might work as a distraction from the leash as well.

One final thought...my forever pup, Timber liked to hold part of his leash in his mouth. He didn't chew it, just held it gently between his teeth. Maybe he thought by doing this he was walking himself? Perhaps if you trained Sca to do the same, he might just hold it rather than chew it????

That's just what I was going to suggest.We actually did this with Trapp recently.Only because he is a wanderer & sniffer of everything while on walks.

And it really does work. Jasper walks as if he is in a show ring..head held high,and prances like no tomorrow.He is fixed & focused on Brian.

 

[DavidPerkins]

Acres doesn't chew on the leash. He just perfers to lead himself. He will walk by my side and carry the leash in his mouth.