Leash Training a Puppy

This morning, I armed myself with a piece of the my best Parmesan cheese, cut it into tiny bits and I tried to turn my little rubbish hound into a consumed gourmet.

I gave Lola a crumble of cheese and, although she just had breakfast, she immediately got very interested in me and the content of my pocket.

I kept talking to her to keep her interested and as soon as her attention faded I said “look at me” in the most convincing tone and fed her a little cheese.

By the end of the walk it was enough to say “look at me” to catch her attention.

I’ll carry on with this technique despite the cost of Parmesan and hopefully Lola will forget why she ever found garbage so appealing.

Here is a great free video about leash training, just click on the arrow to start.

Most whippets will learn to heel and walk on leash quite easily but we must always remember they have a very strong prey instinct, incredible speed and no sense of traffic whatsoever.

Whippets will come back quite happily to their owner after a short chase but it is our responsibility to keep them safely away from cars.

It is a wise choice to keep your whippet on leash in any high traffic area no matter how trained and reliable he seems.

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