Training Your Dog With a Muzzle Leash

One of the hardest things to teach a dog when
getting him or her used to a leash is not to
pull on the leash. How may times have you seen a
dog taking their owner for a walk. In most cases
when going for a walk the dog is in the lead
pulling on the human. This is not how it's
supposed to work. The owner should be in better
control the canine and using a muzzle leash is
an excellent training tool for accomplishing
this task.

Ideally, when taking a dog for a walk, the dog
is at one side and not pulling towards the rear
or in front. You simply do not want any tension
on the leash. This is how the dog must be
trained to properly walk on a leash. There are
number of ways to do this and one of which is to
use what's called a muzzle leash.

This special device has a strap that goes around
the dog's snout and behind the ears and then
around the neck. And instead of the snap
fastening onto the neck area, the snap fastens
onto the area on the snout. The way this works
the and, is that when the dog teams to pull
ahead his head is pulled to the side because of
the snout fastened leash. This is quite annoying
to the dog and at first he or she may balk and
really throw some fits about this annoying
device.

But because it is so annoying, is what makes it
so effective in training the dog not to pull.
Eventually, the dog is so annoyed by the fact
that his head is constantly being pulled around
when he leads ahead when he's not supposed to
that he began slowing down and thus maintaining
slack in the leash. Anytime the dog forgets
intention is applied to the leash his head is
automatically pulled around.

It should be noted that this absolutely does not
harm the dog. There is no jerking or twisting
involved in this process. It simply works
because of the annoyance factor created when
tension is applied in the head is turned around.

These special muzzle devices come in all sizes
to fit any size dog. Also, it's advised to use a
relatively short leash. In other words, do not
have a leash 6 to 8 feet long were the dog is
allowed to lead ahead before there is any
tension placed on the muzzle. You should strive
to only have a leash of about 3 feet long so
that the dog has very little leeway with
creating the tension. In this way the dog learns
to maintain contact with the owner during the
walk very near to his or her side. That's the
ideal situation for going on a walk.

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