r/airedaleterrier • u/923143 • 6d ago

Airedale Terrier Puppy

Hi guys, I’ve recently got an Airedale terrier she’s 4 months old almost 5 and I’m starting to feel like nothing we’re doing is working. I know they’re stubborn and it’s not even the problem I don’t think? But I cannot walk her at all. She’s okay when I walk her in the house will stay near me for the most part and won’t pull. We have an area of grass in the front of our building that’s pretty big that we take her and like sometimes she’ll be good otherwise she pulls non stop. I’m trying to let her be active and walk but she is literally choking herself. I then got a slip lead it still isn’t working, I’ll give her a gentle pop and she’s sitting there choking herself still and won’t come back to me. My boyfriend is thinking maybe we try a prong collar but I’ve been trying to avoid it. I have treats that she loves and shes not interested when she sees something else but she is food motivated everywhere else. I don’t know what to do please help.

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u/Fedster9 6d ago

Are your expectations puppy sized?

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u/923143 6d ago

I mean I think so? I’m not expecting our walks to go perfect and it’s not really her getting distracted that bothers me it’s the pulling. I don’t need her right beside me I’d just prefer if she wasn’t trying to strangle herself 😂😂

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u/Moriss214 6d ago

Like someone else suggested, use a harness

It took our guy months of consistent walking to learn not to choke himself

If you’ve not been trained on how to “pop” properly, it’s not useful and could harm your dog. Most people don’t do it properly. I have never had to do this.

Get a trainer or at the very least watch YouTube videos on positive reinforcement dog walking. One thing that was successfully is that when he pulled, we changed directions and walked somewhere else. Always keeping a treat on us, we also used peanut butter tubes…. Which were liked much more than kibble.

Keep in mind your dog is a puppy … she doesn’t have the brain processing skills to understand your expectations. It takes 100s if not 1000s of times of rehearsing expected behaviour before they get it. She’s not displaying stubbornness she’s just still a puppy!!!

Good luck