My partner and I have a 15 week old puppy, Tori is an italian greyhound with a Lhasa apso cross so she's smaller than our cats. Tori so far is very well behaved and I've trained her from scratch (the breeder did very little with her). Just this last week I took her for her first walk (the breeder hadn't had her vaccinated so we had to wait the typical 2 weeks after the first jab) and she was amazingly well behaved.
My partner has a lot of medical issues and is legally classified as disabled and relies upon me pushing her in a wheelchair to go on walks. What I'm hoping to do is train Tori to walk calmly beside the wheelchair so that my partner can come with us on our daily walks. I just don't know how to go about it because Tori shows no interest in treats when she's outside (even her absolute favourites) and obviously using the wheelchair could potentially be dangerous if she gets caught around the wheels.
I would really welcome any suggestions.
Thank you!
My partner has a lot of medical issues and is legally classified as disabled and relies upon me pushing her in a wheelchair to go on walks. What I'm hoping to do is train Tori to walk calmly beside the wheelchair so that my partner can come with us on our daily walks. I just don't know how to go about it because Tori shows no interest in treats when she's outside (even her absolute favourites) and obviously using the wheelchair could potentially be dangerous if she gets caught around the wheels.
I would really welcome any suggestions.
Thank you!