Your dog's leash can be a communication tool between you and your dog. Your emotions and your energy travel down the leash to your dog. Your nervousness, anxiety, fear, frustration, anger usually results in a tight leash. Your dog feels pressure on his neck (or body or head) and now he's on alert, looking around, reacting to your emotions. And then that travels back up the leash to you. And it just goes downhill from there. So the flip side looks like this: calm, relaxed, positive energy from you, traveling down the leash results in a loose leash. Your dog is calmer, paying attention to you, not stressing out. And that comes back up the leash to you. And you both have a great walk together. How can you accomplish this? Start out by tiring your dog out a little before the walk. Not too much or it can just rev him up. Then as you are leashing up, picture the calm walk in your mind. Then as you walk out the door with your dog, take a moment to just relax, a Zen moment if you will. Try it today!
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