I had always used a Harness when training Shorty, and he was a breeze to train to walk, heel, etc.
His collar was just to hold his tags.
My little 'Rowdy' is proving to be more challenging than my Shorty was.
I wondered what the majority of corgi owners used? I am starting Rowdy on leash training, he is 9 weeks old. I have been getting him used to a harness the last several days, and he is 'tolerating' it.
I guess I always felt subconsciously that the harness was better, but wondered what others thoughts are specifically with the Corgi?
Thanks for your input!
*UPDATE*... sooooo, I put Rowdy in his 'beloved' Harness (note sarcasm...) last night and tried to put a leash on him for the first time. What a disaster.Aside from the frantic scratching and biting at the leash, him refusing to walk and just rolling on his back (cue to visual of me dragging him across carpet like I am pulling a sled... lol)... then him continuing to try and get out of his harness. AND him growling and throwing a fit. It was NOT a proud moment.
As much as I love puppies, I long for the days where he already knows how the world and all of its strange contraptions (ie: harness/leash) work.
Sooooo, I will try again tonight.... maybe I will just leave the harness on him for hours at a time for a few more days until he realized he cannot escape.
Times like these make me miss Shorty even more.
With Shorty, I put on the harness for the first time and he could care less. He tried to chew at it once or twice, but never fought it.
I literally took Shorty on one walk and he had the whole walking on a leash thing down pat!
I need prayers... lots of prayers... please!! lol
NEW UPDATE 8-17-09:
Thanks for all of the advice everyone. After buying a choke collar (the one that is half regular collar with a section of chain that tightens...) I finally have a puppy that will walk on a leash!!! Nevermind the three days of EXTREME protest and him screaming/whining bloody murder when we would be pulling him along to walk. Nevermind that we would not even be hardly moving and we were not hurting him in any manner.
well, I am already teaching him to heel, so pulling should not be a problem... ohhh, I better knock on some wood.