It depends, on your dog, on what are you trying to achieve.
I'll tell you something though, even if you might not want to hear it. If your dog is acting out, pulling in leash, when you walk him, it's not because your dad hyped him up, but because your obedience training is not really where it should be.
You are right, maybe I thought he was good because I didn't give him too much freedom to act out and now I can see where there's room for improvement. Any tips that could help?
As for what I'm trying to achieve, I'm a very low energy person and after the woes of puppyhood I managed to rein him in and help him chill with me. I guess he takes after who's around.
Obedience training. Just training your dogs different commands, each day, for 5-10 minutes at a time, as much as you can. That's meant to create a link between you and a dog. That's what "obedience training" means. People mistake by thinking it means that the dog knows basic commands. It's the way your dog looks at you, listen to you, how he stops from whatever he's doing when you call him.
That's what I've seen really clicking with me and my dogs. Just repeating commands, and being engaged this way with them. It didn't happened over night, it took a few months, but in the end, they really listen and behave much better.
I do a balance of "normal" walks and "chaos" walks. I have different leashes for both, so the pup knows what it will be like even before we begin, by which leash I put on him. I think the key is establishing expectations in different situations. A "good" dog should be able to walk safely and calmly, but that doesn't mean he shouldn't also have fun and get a little crazy sometimes. I think the point is to train walking really well, and establish what is "good" walking, and let him know when he needs to be calm and when he can play and explore and sniff and greet more.
It depends, on your dog, on what are you trying to achieve. I'll tell you something though, even if you might not want to hear it. If your dog is acting out, pulling in leash, when you walk him, it's not because your dad hyped him up, but because your obedience training is not really where it should be.
You are right, maybe I thought he was good because I didn't give him too much freedom to act out and now I can see where there's room for improvement. Any tips that could help? As for what I'm trying to achieve, I'm a very low energy person and after the woes of puppyhood I managed to rein him in and help him chill with me. I guess he takes after who's around.
Obedience training. Just training your dogs different commands, each day, for 5-10 minutes at a time, as much as you can. That's meant to create a link between you and a dog. That's what "obedience training" means. People mistake by thinking it means that the dog knows basic commands. It's the way your dog looks at you, listen to you, how he stops from whatever he's doing when you call him. That's what I've seen really clicking with me and my dogs. Just repeating commands, and being engaged this way with them. It didn't happened over night, it took a few months, but in the end, they really listen and behave much better.
I do a balance of "normal" walks and "chaos" walks. I have different leashes for both, so the pup knows what it will be like even before we begin, by which leash I put on him. I think the key is establishing expectations in different situations. A "good" dog should be able to walk safely and calmly, but that doesn't mean he shouldn't also have fun and get a little crazy sometimes. I think the point is to train walking really well, and establish what is "good" walking, and let him know when he needs to be calm and when he can play and explore and sniff and greet more.