Secret dog training tip- teaching ‘back up’ for leash walking
March 17, 2010 by Dog Trainer Filed under Dog Training
This is another cool Dogmantics Dog Training Tip on how to teach your dog to walk next to you on a loose leash. If you are consistent with this behavior, you can actually make pressure on the leash a CUE for the dog to back up and they learn to walk on a loose leash as a default. =—- Teaching a dog to back up into the heel position on walks is helpful for many reasons. 1- If you have more than one dog on a walk sometimes it can be hard to turn around and go the other way if both dogs are ahead of you. Teaching them to back into the heel position allows you to move freely 2- If you train your dog that when he reaches the end of the leash the only way he can move forwards again is to back up, he will consciously start avoiding hitting the end of the leash. This means- No more pulling on leash. 3- This is a great impulse control exercise based on the Premack Principle. In order to move forwards you must first move backwards. —- Loose leash walking obedience without force how to train a dog without using punishment clicker training dog training walking in heel how to teach backing up on leash How to train a puppy to walk next to you . Advanced tip dog enthusiasts
thats awesome! i taught my dog this trick! really comesin handy
Awesome video, thanks!
Very useful trick, made easy with this video!
i love this!!
cool vid!! how many dogs do you have?
Thank you SO much Emily !!
I got my dog to back up by walking towards her. But now we’re stuck, I can’t get her to back up without moving into her.
AB FAB-LOVE these videos of yours, my shelter volunteer friends are using “yanking” and pulling and yanking more to teach them who is boss-at the instruction of the ACO’s! I am trying to convert slowly and your vids are so logical and stress free that I think it will help THank you so much.
Excellent! Easy when you know how. Thanks again. keep up the good work!
This is great thanx so much for your videos. I used to think that only some certine special dogs can be trained and that the rest are just not born with it. I got an 11 week old golden about a week and a half ago. I thought maybe I’ll try to teach him down. With in an hour he had it down. two days later I thought I’d try to teach him how to cross his paws (from watching your video) and even though it’s taking him a bit longer to get just right he is actually learning. Thanx for all your tips.
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Thanks for the great tips! I followed one of your other loose leash walking videos, and it worked great. I noticed my dog already starting to automatically back up if the leash started to tighten. When he gets himself back in proper position now, he touches my knee with his nose. I hadn’t thought about putting it on a que.
thanks! I am going to try this with my dogs.
Thanks for another great video! The only way I could get Berri to back up was to shape it, he simply wouldn’t move back with a lure. Now that he knows the general movement I can try luring him to get him to back up while at heel (as opposed to directly in front of me only). What a great application though.
very cool!
thanks for sharing this. It gave me some ideas to try with my dog.
Mary
another great video Emily. I hope to see you soon in Madrid! Happy New Year!
Shaking my head in amazement. Another tremendous video!
Great training aid will start working on this one this weekend. I must say YOU ARE ONE OF MY FAV trainers online. Your vdeos are so clear and well stated. Thank you for all the tips.
Thanks …. I am going to have to try it.
Great idea – never thought of backing up towards – have always used away! Thanks – will be training that one!
Wow, this is fantastic! : )
Thanks for sharing! : )
A very informative and simple video! : )
5*s!
Emily Thank you!
These always seem to appear at just the right time.
wow I can’t wait to try this with my pup, we just got ‘go forward’ on the leash down ( she was a little unsure what to do, but we’re getting there) now I have to teach her this so she’s not pulling when she decides that going forward is awesome. LOL
Awesome! This is great not only for walking…but I’ve been having trouble with backing up in obedience heel, this helps! Thanks Emily!
Fantastic video and fantastic idea. When Desperado loses focus and starts to walk out front I stop until he resets himself at my side. Before he would have to do a finish to my right of left, but I think now I’ll teach him to back up since that will take less room in a cramped space.
What a great help! Today I start this training with my dogs. Thank you. 5 *