Struggling with loose leash walking? We all go through it! 

Joel's the man. I just started watching videos and my dogs are good but th advice he gives is priceless. Just this one thing. "I'm over it".

Agree with most but the correction for going out the door after an ok signal doesn't seem fair to the dog. Ok is a release, heal is a walk with me pay attention to me command that would be more appropriate imo. Prong collar and a few about face maneuvers should solve 90% of that dog's issues.

@@Greyghost760 "we're guna do this allll day!"... Love it!

​@@brianhart2925I doubt it, I have a dog that was trained with a prong collar, when the collar is on, after a correction he will listen and stay with me. Put a regular collar on and he is right back to identical behavior at this door.

I love this guy. No nonsense.

He has clarified this a couple of times in past recent videos

@@SynysterGatez96 not everybody watches all the videos... he needs to clarify it in every video because it DOES clarify things.

@@Tonisuperfly Ok. Here's the video I am referring to just in case ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-rcpZ5OkT9Ho.html

This is a _major_ point to make. Definitely making a bold mental note of this!

Yes. Makes so much more sense

If they can’t put it together what you are doing, that is on them. 😊

@@michalamuggiernst464 honestly. You might look crazy, but when there dogs are barking their little heads off and your dog is just "🐩" We have a neighbor who's dogs loose their shit when we walk by in the morning. And my dog just looks at me like "Mom, why they yelling at me? 🥺" Because she KNOWS better than to do the same.

I have a MALINIOS that behaves just like the dog in this video sky1watcher2 tell your neighbours to have your dog or mine for a day and then ask them now you understand right and they will be speechless.

You'll only lose your mind if you let the dog control you 😂

Put the neighbors on the leash then

My GSD took forever to realize she was not going to be out front. At three years old, she’s FINALLY there. It took a LONG TIME. She is all work, all alert, all the time. But not hyper, just takes her “job” seriously.

I have a 6 mos gsd and she's very smart. This method has done wonders. She's still a puppy but I am so glad no prong. We will keep with it. Definitely a must to make sure she's o my page before we head to the park. Also when we get there we work on my page before we leave the truck. Thanks for the video

my gsd - always wants to be in front but I thought so long as they don't pull that is fine? I guess beeing in front is leaving me. Is it really that big a deal if you are hoping to be able to go off leash?

Same here, he even looks like my dog. Always wants to be in front. Very focussed on everything out there, but me. After a few corrections he even tries whining when he can't go in front 😂 But I'm sticking to the plan and starting to see progress! Thanks Joel

Except mine is nearly 3 and would bolt if he sensed the leash was dropped on the floor! 🙄 working on it. It's getting better but I hurt!

Same here!

My shepherd is just like Dane! Jasper is 10 months and my dad thinks he stays a little in front of me as a way of maybe protecting me. He's rarely been aggressive towards people, only when startled or his 6th sense kicks in on weirdos. I really thought I was doing something wrong because it was taking so many tries but seeing Dane take linger to learn really helps me! Jasper is 10x better than he was a few months ago! His reactivity is still pretty bad with dogs, but just walking has improved so much. Joel doesn't like to use commands for walking but I feel more comfortable if I teach him the Heel command and also doing the leg tap at the same time. Sorry for the crazy long comment!

My greyador is absolutely a front walker. I get a bit jealous when I see dogs walking next to their owners.

Same! I thought I was crazy until I saw this video. Have a 7 month gsd-ish rescue, and she doesn’t aggressively yank the leash,, but INSISTS on being up front. Every walk looks like this - constant “pops” that she shrugs off. “In front dog”. Who knew?? Will double down with gentle leader. Was beginning do doubt myself, but think we are on the right track after all. Thanks so much for this!!!! Also can’t wait to see the progression.

So was mine. I tried multiple things to stop him from pulling on the leash. He was always in front and nothing helped to correct it. So, I got sick of it and decided "if he can't walk properly when he's in front, then he can't walk in front". I had an instant massive improvement (3x correction and we were good). Ever since it's been sooo relaxing. He can go sideways or stop. When he walks beside me he's always checking in. I really had a feeling my dog didn't "get it" that pulling the leash is bad. He was like "dude you say i can run and suddenly i cant, whats up with that." or "you go the other way? Hm okay thats fine with me". When switching it up he understood immediately the new rules and it has been great for us both.

I’m so tempted to bring him my Shnauzer so he can use him on his videos. My dog doesn’t pull anymore thanks to his method but he will go crazy when he sees any other human/dog.

I have a schnauzer and he pulls terribly and goes insane with excitement when he sees another dog.

@@lisamallon1773 It seems to be a shnauzer thing! He's lucky I'm patient. haha

I have a medium size dog that can spend an entire day lying down, but when we come home he starts jumping and running around eveywhere during hours if needed. If I go walk him he constantly pulls on the leash. I was able to at least make him look at me when I pull the leach but nothing else. Calling him for it's name, saying to sit, treats etc... nothing works, he doesn't even look at me. He only looks at me with the leash method. And as soon as I give him space to run he just runs so much that when he gets to the end of the leash the leash itself pushes him back so hard that he falls down sometimes. If I get him off the leash he just runs around to very long distances and he doesn't respond to any of my calls. Basically the only way I can make him look at me is with the leash method by pushing him a little bit. Calling him doesn't work at all. He just focuses on sounds that are very far away like other dogs or cats. If I just could make him come to me with calling him it would be already a very good improvement but it has been difficult. He lived in a shelter for some time but he is very used to us. He just acts like he isn't listening to us but he listens to things happening miles away ... For example despite this dog being too excited with other things he still looked at him when he called him, my dog would never do that. I don't know if I just need to keep persisting with the leash pushes when he goes too far.... watching Beck saying that his dog is a tough one when mine is so much worse it's kinda funny.....

@@paulogaspar8295 you need do what he does in the beginning and everything is a no go until they learn to stay with you That’s why he starts it at the door & doesn’t let them move past the doorway further until they stay with you Good luck I have one worse than Dane

Did you c part 2 ?

Where can we find part 2?

@@jamesrandal5442 please direct me to part 2 of this dogs training if you can. Thanks!

My male GSD is the same way..has no idea where we are going but damn it he is going to be the first one there! I’m commenting because like Rebekah, it’s nice to see that I’m not the only one in this boat! I thought my dog had mental health issues until I started seeing other GSD owners and the problems they are having. I guess misery loves company, or maybe I’m just glad to know that other people’s GSD is as bad or worse than mine! But realize I would not give him up for the world plus 5 gazillion dollars!

thanks for posting this-gives us hope for our 1 yr old GSD =)

@@frgpilot haha have the same here

I thought the same thing. It’s so sad to see.

I know right? I had a working line GSD that acted the same as this one. He was phenomenal in all ways except on leash.

Yes! I thought so too! When I got my first GSD (only 10 months now) I didn't know about about their sloped backs. I looked up pictures and did research and it's so sad to see! Thankfully our pup has a straight back! We think he is pretty much full GSD, so that's even better and even crazier that there's no slope in his back!

I've got a show line female GSD, with the sloped back. She's bred from a line of trials dogs and there's nothing wrong with her structure. To see her run at a full clip is a thing of beauty. Time will tell but I'm not expecting any problems with her hips. Different strokes for different folks and just wanted to say I'm over the moon happy with my SLGSD and try not to let that ruin your day.

@@pete-dog That’s good. I’ve only noticed the sloped backs and just assumed it was a deformity. They’re great dogs!

my dog too

I'm not the only one! Oh my goodness! I never knew there were other dog owners dealing with this! Thank you for sharing. I feel less alone 🥲

My Shepherd took 12 months to reliably walk at my side, off leash or with the leash thrown over my shoulder. I got her at 3yrs, didn't even know what 'sit' meant, nevermind anything else. It can be done, it can be done with an untrained, adult dog. Handler has to accept it takes as long as it takes. Best wishes to both of you😁👍

Me too

Yes, this is exactly my dog too. Looks exactly like my GSD aswell, infact I think mine is slightly bigger. everything he said Is identical to my rescue. Very strong, very alert, lots of energy. Not paying much attention to me didn't out. I noticed he mentioned gentle leader, sadly I'm unable to use that on mine as he's had severe head injuries, only 6 months ago. Vets think intentional, he's blind in one eye. I've been following the routine and wondered what I was doing wrong but watching this explains a bit. If the trainer is having trouble, no wonder I'm having trouble.

Me too

They are starting to get better on leash walking, start training the heel command now. I've got a 9 month old carolina dog and I been training him for 1 week and there has been huge progress but not out the woods yet. My guess is this process will take about another 9 months because all he knows is to pull, lunge, bark at other dogs, twirl/ jump because he knows he's on a leash.

I'm dealing with the same thing! I give corrections again and again and again. Sometimes they work and we can actually walk for brief periods, but other times my dog just acts really confused. She doesn't get it yet. Pulling/leaving = correction. She just looks at me like I'm a bully when I turn or stop abruptly. For real! She makes me feel so bad :'D

Lol my dog is the same super sad and dramatic when I correct him .

We tried treats first and they were not reinforcing enough for my dog. Treats work for some dogs but not all.

@@b.t4604 she is doing great. She is a 2 year old Akita. She still is an upfront dog but she doesn't pull.

Did you see part 2?

Bro I totally get you! At first my pitbull would throw tantrums just because I would go in a different direction. She wouldn’t bark but she would look at me and refused to move. I would just ignore her and wait till she walked towards me. You got this man!

Did you guys have these dogs at 8 weeks old and feel they didn’t get trained well early on or did you get them later when they were older? I’m looking into a dog that is known to be stubborn and wonder if these issues are mostly because of initial training

@@heythere6983 I had Coco for about a week today. It turned out she was 9 months. I believe training is contributing factor but their diet and how much love and attention they get is important. Coco was kinda like a vegetable, tired and shy when I met her. (She wasn’t taken care of very well as a puppy) After exercising, training, then affection and showing I was her owner she’s a whole new dog. Patience, calmness, giving structure and really studying dog language really helps. It is difficult but anything to make you and your dog the best version of themselves is worth it. Congrats on your future puppy.

@@cocothepittie7691 Good advice. I have just taken a pit cross from the SPCA here in New Zealand, he is 4 years and 2 months old, and he needs a fair bit of input to get him to follow instructions. Pulls like a bloody locomotive at the moment. A bit scary to bit honest as to whether I can master this.

@@kingy002 damn mark respect respect getting a old abandoned dog. That is a hell of a lucky dog. Coco was scary at first too she literally lunged and barked at a kid who wanted to say hi. I keep away from children because I feel that she’s not ready for kids but when we play or she eats on the patio and teenagers pass by or hears kids scream she’s chill. She wasn’t always like that. I’d say “okay Thank you coco” if she continues the bark she goes in her crate and I make it like I’m guarding the patio or going outside the guard. Walks I need to improve on shes smart enough to stop when I stop but when we walk she gets a little a head. I believe in you man you can be the leader Pulls needs in order to make him the best version of himself.

OMGOSH... so funny... I did the same thing for several days in a row, and some of my neighbors came out to ask me if I was ok... lol

@@lorianderson8145 lmao 😂 too funny but I feel ya

@@lorianderson8145 same here haha

I was using gentle leader on my dog the other day. My neighbor saw it and asked me why I did this to the dog...so cruel....😑

@@lizatse1298 My neighbor ask my if it was a muzzle. I showed her that is wasnt but she still refers to it as a muzzle.

I gave treats (m+m's) to my client for doing it right. After three weeks of frustration with her, it worked like a charm. She thought it was hysterical, thank goodness!

@@karlsjunior466 😂😂😂

@@karlsjunior466 Did you mark them with a "good girl" 😂

@@NaruIchiLuffy yes I did !!

From the navy to dog training. Here we are.

JTSUITS!u having the same problems as me?.my shepherd is like the exact same ball of energy

You might look into a Canny Collar. Similar to Gentle Leader but attaches behind the lead. Doesn't torque the neck.

Behind the head.

that is extremely heavy for a pitbull.

A harness is very reinforcing for a dog to pull in, that's literally what a harness is for. I don't think anyone should use a harness unless their dog is supposed to be pulling something or if a collar can't be used due to medical reasons. Couple quick pops with a slip lead and majority of dogs learn it isn't fun to pull anymore.

It's a bit confusing bc I've been told both (best to use a harness vs harnesses make things worse). My dogs just turned two, and I'm still trying to figure it out.

Tried prong collar?

Omg me too. We have a Dutch Shepherd (we didn't have her as a puppy but when she was older (10/11 months old) and we are still training the loose leash and her reactiveness. They are tough dogs! Ofcourse in the house she's a sweety so that kinda stimulates to keep going lol