Chocolate Lab and Husky?

Question

I have a new kid on our block 9 mos Husky, he's cute and potty trained, but jumps on me and picks on the Shitzu and won't leave the lab alone. He drives me nuts, I'm the 4th or 5th owner of this beautiful creature and I refuse to bring him back like everyone else did. The only complaint I have is when I walk them, they both try to pull my arm off, any suggestions to help me let them know I'm the leader of this pack. I have pictures of my lab and husky on a website...I made my lab his own.
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Answer 1

EVERY ONE OF THE DOGS NEEDS TO GO TO SCHOOL!

If you can't walk one with the dog nicely on your left side not more than 8 inches from your side with the point where the neck and shoulder join even with your leg on a leash that is slack - YOU CAN NOT WALK TWO OF THEM.

I have my hands full when taking two dogs in brace who are (1) a retired Service Dog and (2) a working Service Dog - and they obey hand signals and are trainedtoa very high levelof performance.

Any answer here would be superficial and in effective as you need way way too much help on

(1) establishing that you are in charge (VERY important with a Husky)

(2) heeling (that walking next to you nicely) , sitting, down, stand, stay and come.

Once they are both reliable on "heeling" and being very polite and not dragging you or leaping about, you can take the two of them in "brace" with a "brace connector" - an adjustable strap with leash snaps on both ends and a ring in the center. The snaps hook to each dog and the leash goes in the middle on the ring. If you try using one of those right now, you will find yourself face down on the ground or waterskiing on dry land behind the two of them.

NO WEIRD HEAD HALTERS

NO FUNKY MARTINGALES

NO BIZZARE BODY HARNESSES

NO PINCH COLLARS AT THIS AGE (They are very severe and the last ditch resort. In the hands of an inexperienced person it is like giving a monkey a set of razor blades. Only try that with the help of an experienced and competent trainer. They have become far too popular as "the solution" with big dogs because they work and they work because of how SEVERE they are. Not much left in the way of collars if you go to that and many dogs learn to ignore the pain and do what they want and then what do you do, eh??)

Those body harness things do not stop a dog from leaping and pulling - no matter what the people selling them claim. An hour ago I was in a pet supply store and someone had one of those idiotic body harness things on a large dog - a dog who was standing up leaping on his hind legs and promptly slammed into my very large mobility Service Dog (he carries stuff for me after a shoulder injury) and me. I wanted to take the stupid harness and wrap it around the owner's neck. It was all I could do not to roar GET A REAL COLLAR AND LEASH ON HIN AND MAKE HIM SIT AND GET HIM INTO HEEL POSITION AND DO IT NOW!!! - And then grab the dog and make him straighten up.

I HATE those "gentle leader" head things. First, they are one good way to give your dog a case of cervical whiplash - dog leaps one way, you haul the other and it is the neck that takes the hit. . Second, the minute you take it off the dog KNOWS that you have no means of making them obey. Third, teaching 'come' or anything where the dog is not at your side is impossible. They are a shortcut to get temporary - and I do mean temporary control while walking for people too dumb or too lazy to teach their dog proper manners. I spend a lot of time making house to calls to teach puppy to come , sit, stay, down and heel after the owners paid money for 'obedience classes' with someone for 'training' with those head collar things.

Under the AKC rules it is ILLEGAL to even walk a dog about on the show grounds using a headhalter or funky martingale or pinch collar - and the reason is that the dog is fundamentally OUT OF CONTROL and has no idea of how to behave or obey if they have to be moved about by those gadgets.

In AKC obedience competitions there are only TWO collars permitted: a flat buckle collar and a slip/choke chain choice of 95% of competitive obedience people.)

Apparently it doesn't occur to most of these so-called experts who moan and wail about slip/choke collars and who have never proved their skills in competition that maybe those who spend the time training and competing their performance dogs know more than them or the "trainer" at Petsmart who has never really learned the skills for training. Now can his/her doggy do a drop on recall, retrieve work by sight and by scent, hand signals for all commands, go-outs; directional patterns; hold a sit or down stay off leash in a line of dogs with mass confusion for 5-10 minutes, heel off leash through crowds out in public; track someone or something with no known starting point .... Hmmm, didn't think so.

Also wonder if they have ever taken a look at what collars Service Dogs wear in addition to their harnesses? They can take a guess and here is a hint: it is not flat buckles, it is not a head halter (hard to 'get and bring something totheir partner with their mouth strapped shut) , it is not a body harness; it is not a martingale thing; it is not a pinch....now what is the answer??

Moreover the dogs quickly learn that the owner is dependent upon the gadget -- no gadget, GREAT - I'll do exactly as I please!

You need to learn to do it the old-fashioned way - train the dog to obey.


Now you and they all need a GOOD obedience class - and that is NOT Petsmart or Petco.

GO here to find contacts in you area that can help you locate and obedience trainer who works with all breeds and who does AKC obedience competitions competing at what they claim to teach – no proof of ability like winning:

http://www.akc.org/clubs/search/index.cf...

http://www.akc.org/clubs/search/index.cf... (set on all breeds)


http://www.akc.org/clubs/search/index.cf...

Even it they are an hour or more away, they will know other people all over the state.

Answer 2

Well it is determined by what do you wish and what you have got time for. Huskies are paintings animals and so you're going to both need to provide them a role (begin dry sledding, pull you for your skateboard ect) or endeavor them ALOT. Labs may also be top power as good however have a tendency to be much less damaging than huskies while pissed off. Huskies also are very a lot unbiased and really cussed which factors disorders coaching them, you ought to understand how to manage them. Though labs even have an adhd impact on coaching, you have to preserve their concentration however are with ease expert in case you have it. You have to do study and work out that is excellent for you. Also in case you get your puppy as a dog do your study at the breeder and be certain there's no wellbeing defects in its bloodlines, each huskies and labs had been incredibly over-bred and feature many one of a kind problems as a result of that, a few being very luxurious to you and painful to your puppy. well success

Answer 3

there are excellent behavioral specialist around, I'd call one or call a trainer and ask them for help. Your Vet's Clinic will probably have a number if they don't call a different Vet until you find someone to help you with the "herd"

Answer 4

you should try to get them a harness collar ween you walk them and ween the try to pull your arms off pull the leash to make them slow down the leash does not hurt the dog