Fittening A Strong Dog..... Help!!

[tinker*]

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Hi,

I need to fitten My bull x (not a big bull x) whippet x greyhound - see photos.

I try to let all my dogs run off the lead (where possible) and go on more field walks.

He is very very very strong and pulls on the lead constantly. Weve tried, halti, harness, all the tricks (my gdad and uncle are The MOD's head dog trainers so we get alot of help from them but they mainly work with GSD not a mad lurcher!) and finally a chain - i dont want to use a pinch collar.

He needs to get fitter for the racing etc, but when hes off the lead with the other dogs he is a bull in a china shop - dives in the bushes and thorns looking for rabbits, and comes out injured.

So when hes off the lead gets injured, when he is on the lead hes too strong for little me!! :b

Now if anyone reconises him from shows he is a totally different dog with his tiny show lead on!! hes strange!

Hes obviously even worse when our other dogs happily run free and he cant. and if i take them seperate he eats the house!

:angry:

Yesterday he buggered off for half hour making me late for work. I thought he'd been pinched. :rant:

I know some people will say that is a bull x for you (i didnt mean to get him - he was a rescued pup who didnt look bull x at 14weeks old!!!)

So any ideas please.

I have to walk 2/3 other welbehaved lurchers with him :blink:

 

[big shane]

hi tinker i have had nothing but bull cross lurchers for years this is very common with them normaly more so in the dogs. the only way i have got round it is to take him out on his own for a few months and spend a bit more time with him away from the other dogs.as for pulling on the leed you can buy a muzzle leed and collar sort of acts like horse reigns so when he pulls you just put pressure on his muzzle drawing him back as you tell him to heel it wont take long for him to catch on.tho i can tell you now they are hard work and i find with a strong dog you are constantly working with them my young dog is 3/4 ghd 1/4 bull and is comeing 3 and still i have trouble with him they are just strong willd and want to work all the time.hope u can get on top of him best of luck

big shane

 

[firesprite]

Sounds familiar; we have rescue bull x whippet. a right nightmare, goody 2 shoes in the house but on a walk is so LOUD barking constantly its embarrasing. Tried muzzle to keep my hearing in tact but you cant do it for mor than a min or two. Even had a poor lady come rushing out of her house thinking someone had run over a dog and it was injured in the road. She pulls constantly and looks really menacing to other dogs. Soft as butter really but i cant take any chances as Jo Public usually thinks shes dangerous. Cant let her off the lead if other dogs about as she bundles into them yelling her head off and terrifies them.

Havent got an answer, just keeping up the lead training and obedience work, she is 5 yrs old now, hoping that once senile and ancient can let her off then!

 

[tinker*]

thanks.

On his little show lead he is an angel

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He shows off stands great n everything.

But hes not like that at home out walking.

He also does that screaming kind of bark.

I love him to pieces though and he is improving just the problem of getting him fit. If i let him off he gets injured 7/10 times and if hes on the lead hes too strong.

 

[rach125]

i saw a trick on dog borstal that really does work, we tried it on some of the dogs in our home and it work great. if i explain it you might not get it but ill try. u walk him holding the lead fairly close to his collar with the other hand holding the handle of the lead in the loop. when the dog pulls you let go with the hand nearest his collar and let the loop drop but keep hold of the handle then quickly turn direction, the lead becomes taught and the dog follows, if u get me? :blink: they soon realise pulling means that u dont get any further

 

[Bellefire]

i saw a trick on dog borstal that really does work, we tried it on some of the dogs in our home and it work great. if i explain it you might not get it but ill try. u walk him holding the lead fairly close to his collar with the other hand holding the handle of the lead in the  loop. when the dog pulls you let go with the hand nearest his collar and let the loop drop but keep hold of the handle then quickly turn direction, the lead becomes taught and the dog follows, if u get me? :blink:   they soon realise pulling means that u dont get any further

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i saw that too. was a huge rotty and a little woman. it seemed to work for her. maybe you should give it a try. there may be a website, or you could even try and see the program

 

[tinker*]

I have tried sumat similar - when he pulls to turn other way so there never quite sure where theyre going etc, and learn to let you show the way.

Im willing to try anything..... :blink:

Hes such a strong willed dog that he normally wears me out!!