does anyone know how to stop my staffy pulling on her lead she has a chain reasonable length and a harness?

Question

but still doesnt stop her also she sniffs everythin all the time WHY? poo,wee grass she doesnt stop.any advice is welcome

Answer 1

Here is your problem (along with 90% of pet owners)

Your dog believes that she is the dominant animal in your pack. YOU must gain control over her during the walk. A daily walk is the BEST reminder to a dog that YOU are in charge of the routine and that YOU are the pack leader. It is good to see someone exercise responsibility and walk their dog.
I suggest several things:
First, you need to get the dog out of the harness and off a long-lead.
Second, put her in a choker collar and short leash. The choker collar is more for control than to actually "choke". Your dog WILL -not- choke itself to death or sleep. They will stop once they realize who is in control and how to walk correctly. I suggest a metal choker because they make a clicking noise when they engage (as the dog pulls away). This provides the dog with 2 forms of negative reinforcement. When she starts to pull away, she will hear the clicking which, after time, will remind her that she is pulling too far away. The second negative reinforcement is the actual tightening of the collar. It will not cut off her windpipe, it will only make her realize that the harder she pulls the less control she has.
I suggest the dog be placed on a short leash and kept less than 1 foot from your right heel and 1 foot behind you... I like dogs on the right because I can guide/push my dogs into the grass if oncoming pedestrians are sharing the sidewalk. The training to do this is simple, you hold the leash in your right hand, and hold it at your waist. If the dog pulls ahead, you simple move the dog back to 1 foot on your right and 1 foot behind you and hold her there throughout the walk. Every so often, ---especially--- if she stops pulling or is a good girl, I would praise her with petting, a break in the walk, or a treat.
Other things to remember, the dog will not learn this in one walk. There are no products out there to teach a dog. It's a process, not a product. She will sniff anything and everything because SHE is in control. You must get her to walk behind and to your right so that she understand YOU are walking HER. I often suggest owners walk there dog to a destination, like a park or friend's yard. That way, the dog knows they are going somewhere fun and if they behave, they are allowed to romp, roam and sniff until YOU (the pack leader) say it is time to leave. At which point you take the short leash in hand, maneuver the dog to your back right heel and walk.
If the dog continues to pull, and/or lashes out at passing animals/people, it will be necessary to put a slight jerk in her leash. Meaning, yank backwards slightly. NOT slam the dog around on the leash. It is adviseable to give the dog a code noise to associate with punishment, like a CHHH or SHH or HEP, or STT... Anything like that. The word "NO" is not a good idea because "NO" should be reserved for catching the dog in a BAD act, like pooping or chewing in the house. The code noise should be use for correcting inappropriate behaviors such as growling, pulling on the leash, sniffing while YOU are leading a walk... etc... It's very simple:
Walking along, her at your heels... and she sniffs a bush which interrupts the walk = CHH, slight jerk on the chain, continue walking with her at your heel
Walking along, her at your heels... and she pulls ahead= CHH, slight jerk of the chain, continue walking with her at your heel.
Walking along, her at your heels... and she stays at your heels for several yards= do nothing. She is doing the right thing. Do not get her excited and all jumpy over doing the right thing. The pack mentality will be disrupted. When you get to your destination, let her play and enjoy herself.
Remember, the daily walk is her JOB. She is supposed to enjoy her JOB as long as the boss (you) make it so. If she is not doing her JOB correctly, then she does not get to have fun and will be rigorously corrected until she does it correctly. You will have a much happier and structured pup and relationship if you do the daily walk correctly.

Answer 2

Get rid of the harness and get a prong collar or a chocke chain or if you are opposed to those get one of the Gentle Leaders or Halti collars.
If you are going to use the prong or choke collar make sure one it fits correctly and you place it up very high on the neck and keep it there. Other wise you have no control of hte dog but with the collar properly placed you have much more control.
With the others they pull the nose around and where a dogs nose goes the rest will follow. And it will turn the head to the side and they can not pull with their head going another direction.

Dogs are scent based creatures and by sniffing everything she is getting the neighborhood news. Who is in heat or who is in what state of health and all that great stuff only dogs clud care about. It is normal for them to sniff everything. You should teach her the command "leave it" when you tell them leave it they will learn to move on.

Answer 3

Do not use a choke chain, they are cruel and not needed for the job. Use the dogs collar nearer the ears and keep on a shortish lead, hold the lead so that your hand is just behind your leg. When the dog tries to walk in front of you gently jerk the lead in a upward direction and reposition your dog. It won't take long for your dog to be a pleasure to take out and when this happens then give praise. If the dog is not doing what is asked of him do not take any notice of him other than to use the lead do not shout or scold him as this is still interaction in his mind. Good luck I hope this help and make sense.

Answer 4

Please do not take the advice of putting a choke chain on her!

Staffs, boxers pitts, rotweilers etc have very delicate tracheas and coke chains can and in most cases do cause severe discomfort and pain to your dog, and if used severly can even cause damage and scarring to the windpipe.

Use a headcollar, or a gentle leader. having a harness on any type of bull breed will just encourage them to pull more, as they have such stocky muscular shoulders it will just leave you tired and not wanting a walk!

use a headcollar and everytime she pulls, quickly change direction in which you were walking, keep her guessing as to where your going next.

maybe use a few treats, let her smell them in your hand and then walk, if she does not pull for 5 seconds stop her and reward her..
be carefull not to over treat tho or you may end up with her constantly looking for them.

another trick is just to stop dead still as soon as she pulls, turn around and walk back the way you came..
Remember, your the leader! you dictate where she goes!

see my post about Halti headcollars asked by another member.

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Answer 6

Some breeds are more difficult than others. Have you had her to formal training (i.e. at the Petsmart)? That might help you train her to listen better. Also, it will help you with walking on a leash. What you can do in the meantime: at mealtime, put her leash on and walk backwards inside the house, feeding her a morsel with every step she walks nice and doesn't jump. Once she gets the hang of this, take her outside and do the same. I doubt this will help with the excessive sniffing. Is she spayed? That might also help (neutering my puppy brought what was a 60 minute walk down to 35 minutes). Finally, try a Gentle Leader. It is designed to mimic how momma dogs train their little ones.

Answer 7

Try the Gentle Leader (head harness) it is the only thing that works with my Pit Bull. It is the same concept as a halter on a horse, a neck collar or harness would give no control. Use it as a training aide and try obedience classes.

Answer 8

Your dog's just behaving like a dog. WIthout you around, they'd trot around and sniff and go where they want to go and pee where they want to pee. But, because you're around and you have to walk her safely, you have to show her how you want her to behave and why it's in her interest to behave that way. Dogs don't understand English so telling her that she has to behave or else you'll be very upset isn't going to work.

Get rid of the harness, stat. It encourages pulling because dogs have something called an "opposition reflex" that makes them automatically resist force with movement in the opposite direction.

Not pulling and not being ridiculous with the stopping and sniffing (I've got hounds, so I know all about the sniffing!) is one of the hardest things to teach a dog because it is so against their every instinct. If she's really pulling your arm off, sign up for a basic obedience class. There are several games and techniques to teach a dog to not pull, even just using a regular buckle collar--no gadgets or gizmos.

The two most popular methods to train loose leash walking are "the penalty yard" and stoppig dead in your tracks. With the penalty yard, every time she pulls, turn around and march off in the other direction. When she starts to pull again, again turn around and go the opposite way. With stopping dead, you do just that. If she starts to pull, stop dead. Eventually she'll turn around like "Hey, what the...?" and then you can start walking again. But once she begins to pull again, stop again and wait for her to give the leash slack.

Both these methods teach the dog WHY they shouldn't pull (because they won't get anywhere if they do), not just that they shouldn't. Using a force-based approach (choke or prong collar) will get your temporary results because it will hurt the dog when they pull, but it will never show them why not pulling is better than pulling and if you ever put them on another kind of collar, they'll just start to pull again. One of my dogs was trained on a choker (before I knew any better) and we've graduated him to a martingale (limited-choke) but he's still pretty bad on his regular buckle collar. My other dog was trained on his regular collar from day one and has never needed any other device.

Answer 9

i would recommend not using a choke chain these can cause damage to the dogs neck if they pull consistently. try enroling in a good dog training school with clicker training and using something like a lupi harness as this sort titens around the chest area when they pull and slacks off when they dont but deffinitly good training classes required

Answer 10

get her a lupi harness. I don't see what the problem is with sniffing. Dogs sniff things to learn about their environment. Stopping her will upset her and make her anxious. Allow plenty of time on a walk so that she can sniff to her heart's content and learn who has been around, what sex or age they are and the like. Her sniffing is like your reading the local newspaper to find out what is going on in your area.

Answer 11

ok..harnesses are really bad at stopping your dog from pulling..they are arund the dogs strongest part of their body..so they can putall their weight into it. Go back to collar and lead, and whenever your dog tries to sniff anything...pull the dogs head up..you spend alot of time watching the dog..but it does work. This techique is already working wirth my stubborn jack and ur spaniel puppy. Its taught by APDT trainers...in their puppy classes....if that doesn't work, invest in a halti..ensuring it is fitted and used correctly. They are wonderful