This is the puppy training podcast, episode 185,

Tips for Successful Leash Walking.

This podcast is designed to help you on your journey of becoming best friends

through love and learning as you train your own dog from home.

And I'm here to help you every step of the way. This is the puppy

training podcast and I'm your host, Amy Jensen. Hello and welcome to the podcast. I am so excited

summer is here. Temps are warm and I really enjoy seeing people being active outdoors with their dogs.

It's just nice to see people again, right? Walking is one of those

activities people like to do with their dogs. People get a dog and they think, I want to go on a walk.

I want to take my dog on a walk. And that's a great goal. Doesn't a nice, relaxing walk around the block

sound lovely? It really does. If you have an older dog, hopefully you've done your homework on this and the two

of you are happily exploring the trails together. If you have a new puppy, don't worry. I know it can

be frustrating, but you'll get there. This is something that takes time and some maturity on

your dog's part, but we have lots of tips and tricks for you to help make it a better experience.

So that said, I do have some tips I want to share with you today about leash walking.

I want to talk about acclamation.

That's something that we often just skip right over and how acclamation can help improve your walks

together no matter the age or stage of your dog and their current leash walking abilities.

So let's talk about the importance of acclamation. I also want to talk about the benefits of

allowing your dog to sniff and relax on some of these walks and effective techniques for

maintaining a loose leash. We don't want our dogs dragging us around, right? Nobody likes that.

At least I don't. So today I want to help

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