Sunday, January 3, 2016

How To Do Good Dog Walking Huntersville

By Martha Price


A dog is considered a good human friend. Dog walking Huntersville NC helps you keep the dog fit and also maintains the relationship between it and its master. Walking dogs can be a way to kill time but one can also earn a living from the practice. It entails taking the dog from its usual residence and back.

A good and effective way to do this is to ensure that you as its master is always in front of it when taking it out for a walk, both when coming out of the house and returning back inside. Conversely, if you let your canine friend walk in front of you, it will perceive itself the leader. You should always ensure that it walks beside you if not behind you during the walk.

One should also walk the animal on a short leash rather than a longer one. A short leash maintains good proximity between the pet and its owner. This shows that you care about the safety and well being of your pet. A short leash allows for effective communication between both the master and the animal. You as the walker, walking your canine friend on a short leash will ensure good communication and you will have proper control over it.

Like humans, these animals are active before noon. It is advisable to dedicate at least half an hour or at most an hour or so to have a walk with the dog pet by either running, jogging, rollerblading or other ways you can use to have the animal moving. Hence keeping in mind of the most ideal time is very paramount.

Reward your canine animal after a good successful walk. However, reward time should always be shorter than that of the walking time. Knowing when to stop reward time is also important. Dogs are rewarded differently according to the way they behave. Rewards may include allowing it to sniff around and relieve itself. It may also include giving them a snack of their liking.

If your canine friend comes across a barking dog and this distracts its attention from the walk, the best thing to do is to give a tug in order to avert the attention of the pet back to the walk. If the tug does not work, one can use a foot, not to kick the animal, but to bring back attention to the walk. If this fails make it sit for a while till calm.

s have a sharp sense of tension and lack of confidence. Due to this, always maintain a good proper posture while walking. Walk at a good pace while keeping back your shoulders and your head held high. This exudes pride in leading. The animal will sense this and will appropriately respond as well.

Having the pet carry a small pack on it brings out meaning to the dog. Having a few bottles in the pack adds weight to the pet thereby maintaining the pace. This also keeps hyper activity of the canine ally at the lowest.




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