Hi I have a 19 week old Lhasa apso crossed with an italian greyhound puppy called Tori. When my partner and I got her at 11 weeks old the breeder hadn't implemented any training at all luckily for us she is very receptive to pretty much everything we've taught her. There's just two issues that we can't seem to get passed.
1. Tori and I go for a walk every morning around a lake/park near my house, at first she used to have a standard lead but she would not walk with it at all. Eventually I put her homeline on her, wrapped it around my hand several times until it was slightly longer than a normal lead and she was fine. The walk itself is a very fun time for the both of us but she pulls on the lead a lot and does like a bunny hop with her back legs, this puts a lot of pressure on her neck which i'm concerned about as she starts to pant. I've tried the stopping and calling her back to me method (for some reason she won't eat her treats outside not even her absolute favourites) I give her lots of praise and set off again. As soon as I start walking she's pulling me forwards so I repeat the process, i've been doing this for around 2 and a half weeks and i've seen absolutely no progress at all. Tori gets even worse with the pulling when she sees anything that moves especially if it's a dog or a human, she's very friendly but tends to fixate so I've also been working on getting her attention back onto me which has been working. I absolutely love our walks but her pulling the lead has actually caused my shoulder and arm to really hurt afterwards.
The second issue we're having if her aversion to rain. At first it was all rain but slowly I got her to walk in light rain and now she loves it. The problem is I live in England and during the winter we tend to have quite a bit of heavy rain that sometimes lasts for a couple of days if not for a week. We bought her a rain coat which protects her but still she won't go out if it's raining any harder than a drizzle. During winter I don't want her to lose out on her walks because of the rain but I'm at loss as what to do about it.
Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.
1. Tori and I go for a walk every morning around a lake/park near my house, at first she used to have a standard lead but she would not walk with it at all. Eventually I put her homeline on her, wrapped it around my hand several times until it was slightly longer than a normal lead and she was fine. The walk itself is a very fun time for the both of us but she pulls on the lead a lot and does like a bunny hop with her back legs, this puts a lot of pressure on her neck which i'm concerned about as she starts to pant. I've tried the stopping and calling her back to me method (for some reason she won't eat her treats outside not even her absolute favourites) I give her lots of praise and set off again. As soon as I start walking she's pulling me forwards so I repeat the process, i've been doing this for around 2 and a half weeks and i've seen absolutely no progress at all. Tori gets even worse with the pulling when she sees anything that moves especially if it's a dog or a human, she's very friendly but tends to fixate so I've also been working on getting her attention back onto me which has been working. I absolutely love our walks but her pulling the lead has actually caused my shoulder and arm to really hurt afterwards.
The second issue we're having if her aversion to rain. At first it was all rain but slowly I got her to walk in light rain and now she loves it. The problem is I live in England and during the winter we tend to have quite a bit of heavy rain that sometimes lasts for a couple of days if not for a week. We bought her a rain coat which protects her but still she won't go out if it's raining any harder than a drizzle. During winter I don't want her to lose out on her walks because of the rain but I'm at loss as what to do about it.
Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.