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Is It Possible To Train Your Puppy Off-Leash? (Part 1)
from:It can be quite difficult to teach your puppy off-leash. It takes more concentration on the part of both you and your pet. However, it is also one hundred times more rewarding than on-leash work, the work on which it is based. Because it is more fun and more rewarding does not mean you can skip on-leash work and go straight to off-leash work. That would be like building a house without a foundation. You must have an excellent on-leash obedience before proceeding to off-leash work at all.
In addition to all this, the principle behind training off-leash work is somewhat different. In on-leash work, you want to push the dog, gradually, unpredictably, to see how well he'll work and to use his breaking as a way to show him that he must work longer, concentrate better and obey. His breaking and being put back on command is an important part of how and why he learns.
In off-leash work, the opposite is true, and this holds for puppies as well as for dogs. In off-leash work, you want to ease the dog slowly into doing exactly the right thing for longer periods of time. By rushing ahead, even slowly, so that the dog cannot deliver the off-leash skill you want, he learns he can get up and walk away. After all, there is no leash to stop him. You must convince your dog that you have the ultimate power to correct and control even without the leash. In order to do this, you must work very slowly. You must be patient. You must concentrate and work only until the point before which the dog will break.
Taking the leash off your dog outdoors is always a risk. When your dog is fully matured and fully trained, under certain circumstances, you may wish to take this calculated risk in order to let him play in the park or perhaps even heel smartly down the street, right at your side.
Under no circumstances will you want to take any kind of chance with your precious puppy. He is too immature to be able to concentrate reliably. He is too easily distracted by things that look appealing enough to chase. He is even apt to get spooked by a loud noise he's never heard before. He might even experience a surprising surge of assertiveness and take off just to see what you'll do. Until all these issues are resolved by maturity and advanced training, your prime concern is your dog's safety.
In order to improve your puppy's training, to have fun with him and to give him more of the excellent grounding he needs to do safe, reliable off-leash work outdoors, you are going to do “fake” off-leash work with him indoors and even outdoors in a completely safe location. The work is fake because even when the puppy is off leash, he is still contained by walls or fences. But the puppy is very gullible. He won't really know that he's not capable of being trusted where he might get harmed. He will not only enjoy learning to work off-leash, he will feel incredibly proud of himself.
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