How to train my shih tzu?
Teaching a dog to walk nicely on the lead without pulling can be the most difficult part of training a dog. It can be very frustrating for owners to have a dog that pulls like a train, drags on the end of the lead like a sack of potatoes, or stops to sniff at every lamppost. So much so, that some dogs are sentenced to a life without walks, or life stuck in a ‘training aid’. The Right Attitude to Training One of the main reasons that lead training fails is because it is not usually considered part of training. The dog is expected to be able to walk nicely, but no time is given over to teaching the dog what this means. When time is given, it’s usually during a walk, which fails due to the owner expecting to get somewhere, as well as possibly using different methods and inconsistent commands. The owner often then gives up and lets the dog pull for the sake of getting to their destination. There are ways to teach any dog to walk nicely on the lead – but the owner has to accept that trainin
