Walking your dog.
Here are a few of many, many easy to understand, on-line resources. Search for others if you want to learn more, but stay away from negative reinforcement techniques and equipment such as shock collars, choke chains, etc. They’ll only create stress in your dog, possibly dangerous levels of stress which risk causing explosions later. The overwhelming value and success rate of positive reinforcement training over negative reinforcement training has been well documented.
- The Online Dog Trainer’s walking video. This one is important to watch simply because it demonstrates the importance of preparing your dog for your walk by making sure it is calm leaving the house, and NOT overly excited: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxenZkvSkPc
Pair this with this simple Petco approach: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3aqF6eWo4U
- Here are Cesar Milan’s simple steps for dog walking: https://www.cesarsway.com/dog-training/walking/6-tips-for-mastering-the-dog-walk. This information is enough to know for most dog walkers. Milan has a reputation for sometimes using dominance techniques, but his website seems to contain only positive reinforcement techniques, and many of the articles are written by contemporary behaviorists.
- This article emphasizes the importance of walking your dog with other dogs: https://www.dogbreedinfo.com/articles/dogwalk.htm
- Here is a very good Zak George, all-around dog-walking instructional that includes handling distractions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mWwU3aWPIU
- And an additional Zak George video for a more excitable dog. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7P53AlqxWf4