celesterosemary
Member
Hello all,
Ive recently adopted my family's french mastiff. Hes about a year and a half old. He lived at a house with a fenced in backyard and was never taken on walks because he would slink along the ground and pull on the leash too much and would sit and refuse to move. Now hes living in a place where he has to be on a leash when he goes outside. Naturally this causes problems. He quickly moves right up against the house and refuses to move, if you try to pull him too hard he freaks out and tries to slip out of his leash and gets aggressive, barking and jerking, etc.
How do I get him to not be so scared of being outside on the leash?
He needs to be taken on walks since our place is much smaller than the home he lived in and there's no backyard with a fence here. But Hewont even pretend to try to go on a walk. More slinking along the ground and refusal to move.
Im desperate for advice, he cant just not go on walks/ not go to the bathroom on a leash
Ive recently adopted my family's french mastiff. Hes about a year and a half old. He lived at a house with a fenced in backyard and was never taken on walks because he would slink along the ground and pull on the leash too much and would sit and refuse to move. Now hes living in a place where he has to be on a leash when he goes outside. Naturally this causes problems. He quickly moves right up against the house and refuses to move, if you try to pull him too hard he freaks out and tries to slip out of his leash and gets aggressive, barking and jerking, etc.
How do I get him to not be so scared of being outside on the leash?
He needs to be taken on walks since our place is much smaller than the home he lived in and there's no backyard with a fence here. But Hewont even pretend to try to go on a walk. More slinking along the ground and refusal to move.
Im desperate for advice, he cant just not go on walks/ not go to the bathroom on a leash