12/05/2026
How to use a slip leash properly part 2 - teaching leash pressure 😌🙏🏼
Too often I hear clients say they purchased a slip lead and it doesn’t work… i.e they don’t know how use it. 🤷🏻♂️
Of course it’s not going to work if you’ve been using it hideously incorrectly for the past umpteen number of days, months, years…
if your haven’t taught your fluffy pal to turn off leash pressure I can guarantee you are on a one way bus to downtown stranglesville! 😵💫🚌
Your dog has this wee thing called opposition reflex. Pull them one way, they want to go the other. So you are already fighting a losing battle against nature. SO you have to teach them that moving towards the pressure is what turns it off. 🤔💡
Dog anchors mid walk — hold the tension. Wait for a single step towards you. Bam - release the tension that moment. That’s it. 🙂↕️
Don’t release early - or they learn pulling works.
Don’t drag them along - or they aren’t learing to turn off the pressure.
Pressure on, one step, then release… be consistent 🫶🏼
