How to Stop Your Dog Pulling on the Lead | The Battersea Way 

Wish they would use a very untrained dog or puppy to help see the reality of what to do with dog who always pulling and is hard work.

Thanks so much for this. I've only had my rescue a few days but all the pulling at the very end of her flexi lead gave me carpal tunnel syndrome and a numb thumb all of yesterday. The stopping and waiting for her to release the tension on the lead made our walk a much nicer one today. I have 2 thumbs again! Thanks :)

Thanks - very useful. Started this morning with my labradors and already a difference!

I have a 2 year old dog and I am getting a nuther dog soon and the video has and will help me with both of them. Thank you

My 5 month catahoula is already so strong, I'm struggling to just stop (I do and he just pulls me along 😂😂 my kids have no hope, he pulls them straight over) I'll keep trying 🙏

I’ve watched many of these videos and they’re always done in a place where there are no distractions and you get to add them in as you see fit. I live in a 750 square-foot apartment. If I go outside there aren’t any places where there are no distractions. And it’s winter. Exactly how are we supposed to do this when we don’t have this big wide calm space for the dog?

Most people can’t find somewhere fenced in with no distractions,it’s good advice but for most people not realistic

Been trying this technique for nearly a year… hasn't worked in the slightest

Thanks to YOU, I'm probably on my way to finding more good advice. Most of the vids I've seen, just focus on Pups. Males in particular. I have a female canine. Rescue. No backstory. Vet believes she is about 3 (as of now. I adopted her back in May 2021). Thank you for short, sound advice, as I have patience since she chose me. I loved canine's all my life, never wanted to keep one due to my work schedule. Again, she chose me. Thanks 👍😊🦴

Question please, on step 2 when I stopped, my dog stopped too but he didn't come back to me. What should I respond?

When they pull in between training sessions, do we put any of the training into practise?

Yeah this is nice in theory, you are teaching the dog to pull to get a treat ONLY reward when it doesn't pull at all. A scattering of random toys for a well trained dog doesn't measure up to the real world of a medium/large young dog with even modest prey drive that spots a squirrel your treats had better be ambrosia the treat of the gods because you are losing that game of one up manship

Got a 8 month lab sometimes she walks fine other times she pulls like a tank worried that in a few months time when she's big it'll be impossible to walk her.

Are all dogs at battersea trained already,

Have the same thoughts as MrCcarcher. Why have a special training collar or harness? Surely if you can successfully train using this technique with the collar or harness they are used to will be useful too 🤔

Could you explain what's the reason or thinking behind a separate collar or harness for the training only and at which point would you switch back to an existing collar?

My dog from battersea she was part of the pups that were dumped in a box with her brothers and sisters and brothers called her aphrodite in battersea

Thanks for the tips 😁

Real good❤❤❤❤❤❤

what about Slip leads?

Can you tell me where to find the video for puppy lead pulling training please

I can’t even walk my pit because she literally drags me

My staffy does it a lot lol 😂

Lovely video 😘😘

Great video but try with a 200lbs dog

I’ll try this. I bet my doodle will stop pulling and jump up me for the treats instead 🤦‍♂️

You putting me off with so much expensive ?

My dog is to excited to even take a treat

Thanks for the tips this worked for me. Good, very clear instructions and straight to the point. Didn't have to listen to 10 minutes back story before you got to the technique. Thank you

Tried a few things, realised id become slack with what i was accepting. this "stop start" instantly worked. Only 8 months old so not too much to undo tbf.

None of the advice I have seen online works with a pulling dog who needs to be walked every day 😩

Really helpful video - thank you! Training my adopted spaniel is proving a challenge and requiring lots of patience! Do you feel that using a collar during training and a harness during walks would do the trick?

“Stand still”… i have a 80lb pit bull, he likes to RUN

Please use a dog that really pulls on a lead. This video is not realistic at all..

My 10mth old dog pulls all the time. Ive tried treats by my side, stopping when ahe pulls but nothing has stopped her as soon as we're out walking shes has her nose to the ground and pulls as hard as she can like shes hunting for something. Its getting to point now where walking her is a chore not a pleasure just a stressful experience.

This technique doesn't work for my dog, she will pull no matter how long I stand, she won't respond to treats outside of the home and backyard either. She is relentless and absolutely nothing will work. I'm really not sure what to do any more.

As many have already said , not a very realistic demonstration. Try it with a medium sized young excited dog. Good luck, you will need it.

Get rid of thr halter they promote pulling. They are used with working sled dogs.

This actually reinforces to the dog that if he/she pulls they will get a reward when they stop

Great short video! Straight to the point.

Lol, how easy it is with a small dog that is already trained. Could the trainer show us how she works with a large dog with 10 years of pulling experience please.

Hahaha

Try this with a 1 year old English Bull Terrier !😡😤😡

I chose this video because you don’t call it a “leash” 🤦‍♂️

Thank you

I was training a relative's wildly untrained male labrador that was as strong as an ox and was terrible at pulling at the lead. Whilst using the start / stop technique, just before stopping I'd give a quick flick of the wrist that was holding the lead before stopping. That way the dog would eventually get to associate flicking my wrist with us stopping, so after much practice if the dog started to pull, I'd flick my wrist and the dog would stop pulling without us having to stop. eventually leading the dog to stop pulling at all; unless rarely when allowed to be super excited for some reason (usually a trip to the beach) which is ok, your dog is not a robot. I would rarely give a dog treats except at the early stages of training or if it was very nervous.

If I did the stop/start technique we'd get about 2 steps & take about 3 years to patiently work on with my studdorn sassy rotti 😂

We have got a halti

A harness is the worst idea...

My dog knows a good amount of commands and listenreally well with everything else but will always go straight back to pulling on his lead it's driving me insane and he's so fussy with food, he's a saluki cross which are thin dogs but people always think he isn't fed properly when he eats better than I do lmao,, he straight up refuses dry food and will only eat tripe loaf cans, he has 3 a day, the vets offered him a biscuit treat and he sniffed it and turn his nose up to it, I think they were thinking he would wolf them down and would be hungry as he is thin, people should do there research before making assumptions