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another behavioral situation question with hazel.

jaupro

Active Member
a couple more questions actuallly. Again she is 5 months english mastiff. There are 2 things she does besides the hand biting that we gotta put a stop to. When walking her if we pause fora while and sit there like waitin for mommy or maybe just sitting around the yard before/after the walk. She thinks its time to play tug of war with the leash. Like she chew it and not let go until you get it from her mouth. (I thought a trainer once told me to never let the dog win at tug of war if you can help it) so its generally a struggle I'm mainly concerned she will fray the leash. I don't know hot to stop her. I have tried snapping myfingers and kinda firmly telling her to sit and smetimes she will sit and let me pet her and calm down but still doesn't let go of the leash. Lol any tips on this? Maybe apple bitter on the leash? lastly she's always trying to eat rocks. Previous owner said she choked on one once. So I see her doing it and try to tug on herleash to say no sometiems works but if she really really wants the rock its futile then I have to dig in her mouth to get it. Any other suggestions? also I will be taking her to obedience school this week. So maybe they will teach me how to stop these things? Not sure. Regardless do you guys have any possible suggestions?
 
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Jasmine

Well-Known Member
Re: another vehavioral situation question with hazel.

You should look into a basic obedience class and go at least once and try to ask as many questions as you can and they work on leash training which would help. I would advise to at least start working on the "leave it" or "drop it" command with your dog because having your dog know it is alot easier for it to let go of things or stop chewing on something.