Training
Walking a dachshund on the lead
The nose goes to the ground, the body is low, and the walk is not a parade. That is fine. You teach rhythm; you do not switch the dog off.
Anyone expecting a dachshund to walk at heel like a sheepdog will be disappointed. This is an earth dog: the interesting world sits ten centimetres above the soil. A good walk is one in which the dog sniffs, moves, stops, starts again. What you ask is that every outing does not become a fight, and that the lead is not used as an argument.
Simple kit
- A harness that does not pull on the neck: the dachshund has a short neck and does not need pressure there.
- A lead of about a metre and a half, not a flexi. A flexi teaches pulling.
- No harsh “anti-pull” gear on a puppy: first you teach it to follow, then you refine.
- 01
Leave when it is already a little tired at home
Two minutes of play first, then you go out. A puppy that explodes at the door will always pull.
- 02
When it pulls, you stop
Do not run after it, do not scold. Become a tree. Move again when the lead is soft.
- 03
Let it sniff — you decide when
Three stops you have chosen are worth more than twenty minutes of “come on, come on”.
Written by LA BANDA BASSOTTO, dachshund breeder in Lodi (Lombardy, Italy), ENCI/FCI kennel affix Villa Quattro Zampe.
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