My puppy is 3 months old now. Things are going well, but I can't seem to figure out how to get her to walk around the neighborhood on the leash.
In the yard I have her on a very long and light weight cord and i just let her roam and sniff as she wants in the yard. My yard is 2 acres and about 10 trees, so she seems to love walking and sniffing.
My problem is walking her. When we are going away from the house, she doesn't want to move. I can get her moving with treats, but once she eats the treat it is back to sitting and not moving. When we are coming back towards the house, she wants to run and pull on the leash. When she pulls I've been stopping and backing up to get her to come to me, and then we start walking again. It can take us 30 minutes to go a very short distance like this. She doesn't seem to learn that pulling the leash means we go backward.
Is this a training issue and I need to find a better way to train, or is it more a puppy thing and as she gets older it will get better?
In the yard I have her on a very long and light weight cord and i just let her roam and sniff as she wants in the yard. My yard is 2 acres and about 10 trees, so she seems to love walking and sniffing.
My problem is walking her. When we are going away from the house, she doesn't want to move. I can get her moving with treats, but once she eats the treat it is back to sitting and not moving. When we are coming back towards the house, she wants to run and pull on the leash. When she pulls I've been stopping and backing up to get her to come to me, and then we start walking again. It can take us 30 minutes to go a very short distance like this. She doesn't seem to learn that pulling the leash means we go backward.
Is this a training issue and I need to find a better way to train, or is it more a puppy thing and as she gets older it will get better?