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nope. will give it a shot though. that vid was after 2-4mins worth of instruction. he picked it up quicker than i thought.

hi peeps. been awhile since i logged on. thought id share a vid with you guys with my 5mth old pup. its was his first day of hurdle training. hasnt been to puppy school yet as he seems to pick up alot of things just from myself.

hmm ok. but rocket doesnt chase cars. when a car passes by, he takes a few steps closer inland and stops immediately. he is still scared of cars. once they have passed, he continues to walk. he hates cars period, if a car is parked on the side of the road, he will walk away/around/walk distant from it - i dont get it. here are some unrelated vids.

quick update peeps rocket is still walking! thought him some lil more things. when i stop walking, he automatically sits and waits for my command. also, i have thought him to walk without a leash. he walks approx by my side up to 2m ahead worse case scenario (he constantly turns back to see where i am going). if i stop, he will automatically sit and wait for a command. but, once we get close to home, he speeds up (up to 3m). by the time i call him, he turns around and sees me not walking, he will automatically sit.... in the middle of the road! haha!

quick update guys, he now walks (with little fuss) things i have done to achieve this. all what was mentioned before. main things thats did help with the training was, new car harness/leash to indentfy this was he walking leash. walks in back yard with throwing treats on the ground to lure him and increasing the distance etc then moved onto heading towards the front yard doing the same thing, ie back yard to back gate, back yard to outside of back gate, back yard to driveway, backyard to letter box etc and increase to other houses within the street. now so far i have successfully walked him around the block twice with no treats. approx walking time of 15-20mins. (he gets one treat when we return home though) however, he is still little bit nervous when a car is passing by. when a car passes, he is really scared. stops and wont move. a quick 2 tugs on the leash after the car has gone and he knows to keep walking. also the first initial start of a walk he needs a few tugs to get going. only 3 houses worth roughly 2 tugs per house to get him going (excluding when a car passes by). after time i am guessing he wont be as scared with cars as ill be taking him on the same route for sometime to get his confedence up, then ill move onto creating a new route. oh few more things. he has learnt not to enter the house period when the door is (always) left open and now can go to the front yard without running away or going physco. so i can leave the gate open and he will follow me to check the mail and return. at no stage he disobeys. thanks all who have replied.

photos from when we first got him.

thanks everyone for their feedback. rocket is our first canine with my gf and i. i wanted a rotty or a gsd. but she complained they were too big. so we compromised. after 7mths of weekly visits to the rspca we fell in love with rocket. i have had a ridgeback x and a staffy x previously (when i was younger) and they didnt need to be trained on a leash. just attach and go with rocket, i found this weird as he wouldnt walk so i googled my way onto this forum. corvus- i cant walk too fast for him as i cant even take 1step. dyzney- i went through my rspca papers and his birth date is 27 aug 2010. quick update.... i had a friend over who had her puppy that walked on a leash... they played and got to know each other.... got her to walk her dog outside just before she left home and i got rocket to follow her. which he did. no treats. as long as he seen her dog, he wanted to follow. still bit scared when a car drives past though. on the way back, i made sure rocket was ahead of the other dog so he was no longer the follower. and guess what? he walked, then i got he to jog next to me on the way home. (80-100m each way) when her dog left, he kept pulling on the leash trying to chase after the puppy. will try tomorrow solo and see how he goes. btw, whats a Dol? and zoomie?

after many google and youtube searchs, i notice there are many ways to train your puppy. i have tried tugging on the lead, and not. i have pulled him a couple of times... and 70% of the time he comes eventually.. but i dont want to scare him off the leash. he is very stubborn. however he personality is rather.... baby-ish. just want pats, hugs and plenty of games of fetch and tug-o-war. sometimes he even cries at the back door seeking attention. if i just sit outside with him, that is enough to keep him quiet while he chews his toys. but once i leave him and walk inside he cries.

I am aware he is still young but we do not have intentions for him to last that long. my main goal is to walk him around the block which is approx 20mins and from that, i hope i can improve. I just bought a new harness and tried using that as a new "walking"... how can i say it... thing. I picked him up like a baby and put him in the front yard out of his comfort zone. threw smackos pieces in front of him and we are gaining 1m per smacko piece. however going closer to the backyard gate, we will go the whole way (12m). i will keep trying this and hopefully we may get somewhere....?

tried with treats all day yesterday. sooo fustrating. he either pulls the leash and think its a game of tug of war or sit downs and wont move. we have a busy active lifestyle and we were hoping to take him for lots of walks/runs as we currently excerise everyday 2-3hrs. but i cant even get him to walk in a sensible manner for more than 10m. he is still very young minded so i hope that is the case... tried to upload pics, but they are over the limit.

we have a 2-3mths old kelpie pup which we got from the rspca. so far he knows he to sit and play fetch. however he hates the leash. we have tried letting him walk around the yard with the leash just hanging from him. we have tried treats each time he gains distance when we hold it we have tried a choker chain to get him going. we have searched as much as possible online but to all fail ends. he will just sit down and wont move or he fights back pulling in the opposite direction... if we can not get him to walk, we are intending to take him to puppy school and hopefully we get somewhere. any tips would be helpful guys