Step Four
Introducing Off Leash
Now start to allow your dog to be in the yard off leash. Keep the sessions short and supervised at first, but if the dog observes the boundary then extend the sessions, and start to go inside for short periods and leave the dog unsupervised for a few minutes. Peak through your window and see what happens.
If you get any breakouts, then you will need to do some more training on step 2.
As the sessions get longer and longer, you are going to want to give your dog something to do to keep them from getting bored. We have a few ideas here on our section on curbing boredom.
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I have a walker hound. I am looking at the sd2100. Hounds are gentle
but stubborn. Is this a good choice or should I go with the stubborn
dog system?
ADMIN – Hi Michael,
It is not so much a matter of stubbornness as pain tolerance. Some dogs like pit bulls and german shepherd have been bred to not feel pain as intensely. Most dogs have not. So you can have dogs that owners think of as very stubborn, who will become very compliant with even a very mild correction (e.g. Alaskan Malamutes). And you can get dogs that are very obedient but will not pay any attention to the collar because they just don’t feel anything on the low settings (e.g. some German Shepherds)
I am not too familiar with the walker hound, but from experience with other hounds, I would guess that you would not need to go with something as strong as the stubborn dog. Start with something else like the SD-2100 and if it does become necessary to go to something stronger we can swap it out for you. Alternatively, get the stubborn dog and stick to the low and medium-low settings unless the dog proves unresponsive.