How can I get my dog to walk without a leash?

It can take a lot of time and effort to teach a dog to heel off leash but it's a great thing to teach your dog. Here's one way to achieve results:

Bring your dog a large, open area with no distractions. Use a ten foot line of rope as a leash, and start walking in an imaginary square, about 25 - 30 on each side. Don't talk to your dog while your walking, just keep your head up and pretend he's not there. If your dog stops walking or runs off in another direction, just keep walking and force him to follow you. At every corner of your square, stop for a minute or two and just be silent. Eventually your dog will catch on that he he has to follow you or else he will be stopped by the leash. Practice this everyday until your dog follows you closely and is not putting any tension on the leash. When he reaches that point, you can take the leash off and just repeat the same procedure, just without a leash this time. Bring some small treats and give him one at each corner until he catches on. When he does good at this, start rationing the treats out a little further until he heels with no reinforcement from treats. Another thing to incorporate into this practice is to do random "stops" and do them until your dog learns to stop when you do. It is good to make him sit and give him a treat every time he does it correctly. Be consistent, good luck.

Leash laws say dogs must be on leash. If your looking at exercising your dog. Take him to a park, with a 15 to 25 ft long line attached to you and to his collar. Have treats and let him wander on the long line at various times call him and start heading the other direction quickly

when he gets to you give him a treat. You might want to start out just using 5 ft of the line to get him to understand the reward system.

This way he learns that he can't run away, you always have control because of the line and when he returns to you he is rewarded. And best of all he gets exercise.

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Does your town or city have a leash law? You need to find out what the law is.

In most area's there are leash laws and if your caught with your dog off-leash, you will be fined. The fine will be determined by where you live.

In NYC, if you are caught after "off-leash hours" are over, then you will get a fine of $150.00, if the dog also does not have a current dog license, then one gets another $150.00 fine, adding up to quite a bit of dollars.

Most municipalities have leash laws - your dog has to be on leash.

It's dangerous anyway, only takes one incident for your dog to get run over or hurt by another dog, keep him on leash unless you are in a securely fenced area.

Look for a dog park near you if you want to let him run free, otherwise - don't.

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i live with my parents while i'm in school and my mom trained the dogs with Cesar's techniques.. they really do work! and that is what i'm training little Justice with... his techniques i have found more effective than a water spray bottle, rolled up newspaper, yelling or anything else!

my mom trained the lab we lost with the "Lead Training" that a trainer named John Wade taught us. You put the dog on a leash and put the leash around your ankle...wherever you goes, the dog goes and eventually, you can take the dog off for longer and longer periods of time... this works (as far as i understand) because in the end, you could be across the room and the dog will still think s/he is attached to you, therefore deterring any errant behaviour..

if you stick with it, are firm and keep a calm, but assertive, "pack leader" mentality, you will have your little terror :-) trained in no time!

I don't know where you live but you might find these helpful

i have a labrador. use a treat in your hand. and let him follow your hand with the treat inside it ( off the leash) if he runs away you stop and dont give him the treat. repeat and take away the treats just using your hand as a pointer then stroking as a reward then leave hands in your pocket and wait for the dog to follow your side. worked for me

good luck

I didn't have to train mine. My new 3 yr old and my 7 month old just did it on their own. I guess you need to walk him ON leash more.

The only place he should be offlead is in a park or designated area.

NEVER allow your dog offlead walking down the roads however good he is.

get s dog trainer to train him....