My 10week old puppy refuses to leave the house when we take him on walks. Is this just a phase?

Question

My 10weeks old lab pup wont leave the house when I take him on walks. I have to drag him everywhere. He whines and cries and throws a complete fit! As soon as we start heading home, he pulls on his leash so hard that he chokes himself. But when I walk with atleast 1 other person, hes totally fine. Is this just a phase, or do I have to train him out of it? I have tried everything I can think of. Please help!

My 10weeks old lab pup wont leave the house when I take him on walks. I have to drag him everywhere. He whines and cries and throws a complete fit! As soon as we start heading home, he pulls on his leash so hard that he chokes himself. But when I walk with atleast 1 other person, hes totally fine. My mom says its most likely a security thing. Hes not scared of anything outside, hes actually quite brave around new situations. Is this just a phase, or do I have to train him out of it? Has anyone else had this problem?I have tried everything I can think of. Please help!

Answer 1

He might have a fear of the outdoors..or of the street noise.

If you can...pick him up...and sit outside with him. No walks. Just sit outside and let him adjust to the noise and the smells.

Do this several times a day. When you get him outside, he gets a treat!!! When he goes inside he gets a treat!!!

Remember that critters have fears just like we do. Try to be as calm as possible and help him relax. Pet him, brush his fur while sitting outside.

If the behaviour keeps up, talk to your vet. Maybe there is something they can recommend for you to try.

Answer 2

I wouldn't take a 10 week old puppy out of the house just yet.
You are putting puppy at risk. Did you know about this?

PARVOVIRUS

A viral disease of dogs, it is transmitted by oral ingestion of viral contaminated feces. Upon ingestion it infects local lymph nodes, quickly multiplies and then via the blood moves to the small intestine where signs of the disease begin in approximately 5-6 days.

The surface of the lining of the small intestine is stripped away causing the crucial barriers and digestive secretion unable to keep proper nutrient absorption. Additionally, the normal bacterial of the small intestine which aid in digestion are now exposed to ulcerated secretions, providing a direct route into the blood stream. Fluid loss from both vomiting and diarrhea is dramatic, dehydration then follows. The onslaught of bacteria and toxins into the blood will ultimately cause death.

Parvovirus affects puppies more often than it affects adult dogs. The virus likes to grow in rapidly dividing cells. The intestinal lining has the biggest concentration of rapidly dividing cells in a puppy's body. The virus attacks and kills these cells, causing diarrohea often bloody, depression and suppression of white blood cells -- which come from another group of rapidly dividing cells. In very young puppies it can infect the heart muscle and lead to sudden death.

The incubation period for parvovirus is between 4 and 14 days. This is the amount of time from the exposure to the virus until clinical signs are obvious. Puppies have detectable virus in the blood stream prior to four days and they shed the virus in their faeces for up to two weeks after they seem to be fully recovered.

Vaccination is the best protection against this disease. In some cases this does not work, protecting puppies from exposure to the disease is paramount.

A full blown case of parvovirus untreated can easily be fatal.


Because the canine parvovirus is not enveloped in fat the way the distemper virus is, canine parvovirus is especially hardy in the environment. It is readily carried on shoes or clothing to new areas.
It is able to overwinter freezing temperatures in the ground outdoors plus many household disinfectants are not capable of killing it indoors.


Infected dogs shed the virus in their faeces in gigantic amounts during the 2 weeks following exposure. Because such enormous amounts of virus are shed, there is a huge potential for environmental contamination when a infected dog has been there.

It is important to realize that because the canine parvovirus is so hardy in the environment, it is considered "ubiquitous." This means that NO ENVIRONMENT is free from this virus unless it is regularly disinfected.

A parvoviral infection can be picked up anywhere.
Whether an individual dog gets infected or not depends on the number of viral particles the dog experiences, what kind of immune experience the dog has had with the virus before (vaccinated? previously infected? how much past exposure?), and how strong the individual dog is (stress factors, diet etc.)
A typical/average infectious dose for an unvaccinated dog is 1000 viral particles. For some dogs far less is needed. For other dogs, far more is needed. An infected dog sheds 35 million viral particles per
30grams of faeces.

It has been documented that the disease can remain active in the environment of a previously infected household for a period of up to a year or more.

Please ask vets advise if you want to introduce a new puppy into an infected household.

Answer 3

No to exterior, and no to the crating theory. you may desire to take a place into in one day puppy boarding in case you won't have the capacity to be domicile. it relatively is the responsiblity you took on once you obtain a puppy. that's merely too merciless to depart this manner of youthful dogs on my own exterior, and way too risky. That dogs would be stolen, escaped, or killed by a predator interior of a week, I gurantee. in case you do not have the money to pay for puppy boarding over evening in case you're working, and if somebody won't have the capacity to come enable the dogs out each and every 3 hours or so, then you certainly had no bussiness getting a puppy. Sorry, yet that 's the elementary actuality, and there is no way i will or will sugar coat it. EDIT: i do no longer care what you have, surely. Bassets and beagles and different hounds are remarkable diggers and various are basic to be get away artists, quite beagles! Plus for a hungry fox or coyote, a puppy is a primary meal, and fences are no longer something. dogs are additionally p.c.. animals. quite puppies. they are no longer mentally designed to be on my own for hours and hours on end. as quickly as returned, you took the duty of a puppy on, and now it is your duty to do the superb ingredient once you're at artwork. in case you're no longer waiting to be domicile for 12-13 hours at a time, and you cant/wont arise with the money for puppy daycare, then you certainly could desire to of gotten an person dogs, no longer a puppy. money, that's no longer a dogs. this could be a puppy. no longer even 3 months previous! no longer a brilliant tough person, a puppy. puppies weren't in any respect meant to be exterior on my own. Even interior the wild wolf domestic dogs are nicely hidden in guard dens. Predators seek for out the greater youthful, the ill, and the previous first.

Answer 4

get him a harness and one of those retractable leashes.the harness is safe and pulls on his shoulders not his neck so he wont choke himself.don't drag him through the door pick him up and carry him then set him down after the door is closed .now the new leash comes into play when he pulls click the button that locks the leash so it kinda pulls him too.do it every time he pulls and it should train him out of it and when he gets too far away from you you can hold down the lock button pull the handle toward you slowly and release it. it should set his pace after a few times ...remember this will not hurt him at all.

Answer 5

cute as the mommy of a 9 yr old lab.. He has some kind of anxiety about you and him going alone. You may want to try using 2 drops of lavender oil on his collar and 2 drops by his food dishes and 2 drops by his bed.

If that doesnt work i would speak to the vet or a trainer about that...because when he gets bigger and has that kind of fear..what else will he become afraid of?

good luck

Answer 6

Ive been pet sitting my boss' 9 week old Lab this week. Same exact problem. The dog does not get to go out much, I think it is just young and scared and does not know how to act-react. It will grow out of it. I try to remember how "fragile" we are at 9 weeks! Good Luck. (I also taught this one to go up/down steps in a few days) They are scared of steps too:)

Answer 7

he is probably having some anxiety issues, he is probably not scared as you said if he goes when others are around.... talk to your vet.... maybe you just need to take him out more with you to get him used to being alone on walks with you.

Answer 8

maybe its just really scared... it probably is just a stage. he'll probably get over it soon. just let him get used to being away from home.. i dont know..