Old English Bulldog: Leash Training 

For 2 weeks~ keep the walks short in both duration and distance. For example, 5 minute walks with a radius of 50 feet from your house. Engage your puppy by walking 4-5 feet and then rewarding with food or toy when he trots up to your side. By the end of two weeks you should have a puppy that is joyfully trotting with you every step you take. This is good for both leash and recall training because it desensitizes your puppy to environmental distractions (people, dogs, cats, squirrels).

Mike, I agree. Not sure of the breeding, I'll be sure to ask the clients when I see them next.

Kevin Rands this is a recognized new version of the english bulldog called olde english bulldogge. They are athletic live long and dont have breathing problems and are not tempermental great dogs very muscular and listen well

It's true, people should research the breed and choose according to their lifestyle and previous dog experience. Although I can't say there is any easy breed. While a chihuahua may not be as strong as a mastiff, each dog has their own individual challenges. It's important to go in ready to invest a lot of time and energy into developing a solid relationship, and teaching the dog how to thrive in their environment.

great looking dog, and great training.

Good video, clear instruction, nicely done

Old english bulldog is the original one? Here in Greece we have english bulldog which is smaller. How can I buy the original old english bulldog?

@romper20 It's a process: The first step in the training is to establish motivation. If you want to build food drive you can adjust your dog's feeding schedule, or use a higher value reward (or both). The second step in training is to establish focus and impulse control in low level distraction environments, with controlled variables. Once these skills are learned in a controlled setting you can begin the process of applying these skills to real life distractions.

Hi Sam, The correct spelling of "stupid" is with an "i." Professional trainers use a variety of different reinforcers in training; food, toys, and attention. Some trainers also use punishers; e-collars, prong collars, choke chains, loud, sharp noises. Also, I'm not using final cut pro, but I've heard good things about it - will have to check that out.

This is a great breed witch was once outlawed!.... in europe at least. I have one. A bit of a rescue case witch was bought to impose :( I've hade for over 3 years now. They are so loyal and loving! Hard dogs to train since they have a very strong and SMART mind of ther own. Mine's a tru fearless bulldog softie ;) Good work!

Wow, Capone and Dixie are so similar! She is an OEB also and very energetic to say the least! My girl is 18-months old now. She was a train wreck when we got her at 15 months. She was clueless on a leash and bolted out the door at every opportunity dragging whomever was unlucky enough to be attached by the other end of the leash. LOL Being patient and consistent with my criteria was very successful. Any time she would pull I would stop and wait for her to look at me to allow our walk to continue, being calm and patient all the while. We were very respectful of one another and now she is brilliant on a leash. If she creates tension on the leash with her exuberance by getting a bit further than she should she will then release the tension on her own. She is a happy girl. We are just now working on obedience. Wish us luck!! Also, as far as food, Dixie is a frenzied eater; every morsel might be her last! We often feed with puzzles, all of which she has mastered with great zeal and brute strength. haha Not much finesse from our OEB. We also work on her taking treats with an EASY command. She is food defensive so we no longer train her at the same time as our other two. She is our girl and a beautiful work in progress! I might just check out some tug toys for her as another positive reinforcer. Still learning what she values as reward. :-)

You have a beautiful old English bulldog?!! I have two old English bulldogs they are sisters from the same litter. One is 65 lb the other is 95 pounds. I never had that is there both females so on our side of the front door they will straight up try to murder each other walk out the front door and you can walk in them on the same leash. It's just a female territorial thing. I don't know how I ever live life without OEBs! Capo e is a stunner!!

I have one she is 6 months (about) her name is Frankie

Our Old English Bulldog is more interested in other dogs than any treat / toy we can offer her. What would you advise in this situation? Thanks.

Nice Old English Bulldog, who bred him?

use access to environment as the reward. teach him he gets access to dogs he knows/likes in a calm scenario 1st, once he learns the routine, branch out to dogs he knows in more distracting environments, then dogs he doesn't know, etc. Also, you could practice building tug at home and teaching him to like it. also, if he's free feeding or getting huge meals once or twice a day, that could be a major factor as to why he doesn't care about treats outside...keep him hungry and give food purpose!

Nice video... I think it's a good thing for people to see an adult dog learning "new" tricks. Good to see the method, too. And Sam has socialization issues. Hahhaha...

Don't you have a problem with how aggressively he takes the treats from you? Shouldn't this be addressed also?

Great job on the training . bulldogs are highly intelligent, but now always obedient

Nice dog. I have a 7 month olde English bulldog and he is great. Looking for another next year.

so all these videos of OEB and the one I have at home don't exist?

Is your dog a Leavitte Bulldog(The Original Olde english bulldogge) or is a what we call a ”alternative bulldogge” meaning it have its own line of dogs in its pedigre and has different foundation dogs and dog breeds than the Original Leavittes Olde english bulldogge and is a seperate OEB type breed just like for example the Renascence Bulldogge created by Chadde from Gargoyle kennel.. im just wondering because its a really nice loking dog but it does not look like an Leavittes bulldogge,i really like the structure of this dog and its longer legs and body and the fact that its much larger than the Leavitte bulldogge..the coat looks really shiny witch indicate good health and from my experience good mental health,every experienced dog owner or worker knows that when a dog has por mental state(nervous or afraid etc) the coat stops to shine and its not as smoth so when a dogs coat looks like your dogs you know that dog is in a good place both mentally and physically!

Beautiful! And the dog too. :)

I have 2 boisterous, young 80-90 lb female old english bulldogs (one is old english bulldog/american bulldog and she's more hyper). Would you mind sharing what kind of harness you are using? One of my girls walks fairly well on a leash, and the other is very slowly learning, and we need to work on her impulse control.

where can I find a good breeder for a olde bulldogge because there are so many back yard breeders out there selling unbalance dogs. I am looking to get a male first, next a female to guard my house and be a family pets (friend).

Sam... sit up and pay attention son....

Wow...glad I'm not Sam's dog...and really feel for him/her. :-(

this was so helpful because im getting a old English bull dog today thank you for helping out stranger

Pretty tall for this breed I must say, but that may be a good thing.

I'm struggling i leash train my 15 week olde english bulldogge puppy. When i put a leash on her She freezes and completely shuts down... Any advice???

Hi Alyssa - great video! I've got an English Bulldog - he's about 13 weeks right now and he well and truly does not like being walked on a leash. I don't quite trust him yet to walk without a leash. He's been pretty receptive to basic training so far - come, sit, lay, stay -- but could use some tips on getting him to walk when outside. I won't tug or pull him, but alot of the times it ends up with us standing in place... any input is appreciated!

My olde english bulldogge busts all his harness and collars what us recommend, I just Inherited this strong boy

Good Work!!!

Your right but as tenacious as the Chihuahua may be they are nowhere near as hard to handle as an olde english. I'll never understand how people can get a breed like this, and expect them to act like labs...

Stunning dog. Great work

Sam's a little crazy.

Where do you get your bulldog from?

Nice dog. I have a 7 month olde English bulldog and he is great. Looking for another next year.

At what age should I start teaching,different commands to my Old English Bulldog( mine is 5 weeks old),thanks for any help you can give me

Thanks, Polliana!

@jatexeira - Thanks for the comment. This is a very common issue for puppies, even more so for bully breeds. The trick to overcoming a puppy that "plants" is to keep the walks short AND engaging. For a period of 1-2 weeks you should go out on every walk equipped with some sort of high value reinforcement. You can use boiled chicken (anything moist and meaty) or since you have a puppy with high toy drive (I saw Nico's fetch video) use your pup's favorite tug toy. Engage your puppy on walks.

I thought the dog should be on the left side

wow this is some advanced stuff.

THAT IS NOT AN OLD ENGLISH BULLDOG!!! TRY MAYBE AMERICAN BULLDOG???

After all that, now u have a robot and not a dog

Old English Bulldogs don't exist anymore. This is likely an American Bulldog or some Mastiff / English bulldog mix

Funny how some people get dog's they can't handle " oh he's so cute man". Little do they know a dog like this is obviously gonna pull, and because of that... Obviously they are gonna end up with a trainer. Get a dog you can handle...

american bulldog