How to stop your Greyhound freezing on walks

in this video we cover the topic of greyhounds freezing on walks Scout gets a taste for some chicken stock and the pups go in a walk and there's some bridges [Music] be sure to click like And subscribe for more Magnus and Scout videos you may have heard that some Greyhounds can have a reputation for being stubborn and doing things like stopping and walks and refusing to move any further this behavior is sometimes called freezing or staturing a greyhound who does this is not being bad they're more likely distracted overwhelmed or scared rather than just being stubborn freezing is a common response when a greyhound is feeling overwhelmed or distracted it can happen immediately or develop over time this cycle of behavior is broken by overwriting the distraction slash cause for a concern with another distraction if your Greyhound is prone to freezing when you take them out for a walk choose someplace quiet use walks as an opportunity for the dog to sniff an Explorer and get comfortable with their new environment rather than worrying about distance of walk use the same one to two walking routes initially to build up from there going somewhere predictable and familiar helps your Greyhound feel safe and less likely to freeze on walks here's some things you can do to help your Greyhound or freezing one is to walk your Greyhound in tight circles this can break the cycle by causing distraction that's causing them to freeze another is to walk with a confident dog if your Greyhound gets nervous and walks see if you can walk with another confident dog as this will help with their confidence Magnus is a very confident dog so he used to use him to encourage Scout when she would get nervous on walks another thing you can do is to use treats to distract them and lure them away in the direction you want to walk with treats it's best to train get your dog's attention in a home environment or in a garden in advance of going on walks a good suggestion of a handy treat to take with you and walks if you have a dog that freezes and walks is a tube of cheese or pate we should take a tube out with Scout as she used to freeze a lot the tube of Patty is good as you can rub it in the inside of their mouth when they freeze as they may not take a treat from your hand if they're distracted slashed overwhelmed after they tasty treat they will focus their attention on you and look for more you can then use this to lure them away in the direction you want to walk another thing you can do is to try and anticipate when they will freeze and head off the problem by shortening the leash and walking quicker until you're past a spot where they usually freeze another is to take a slightly different route these are just a few of the things you can try with your Greyhound to help reduce the amount of freezing on walks it may not be a quick fix it took Scout a few months to go on walks without freezing it's not often that happens now but when it does we know what to do to be able to resolve the problem and continue with the walk Magnus was starting to molt again so it's time to get the shedding blade out and give Magnus a little bit of a tidy up initiative where you can get from Amazon very great tool for getting a lot of loose hair out and Magnus loves getting the ocean plate [Music] time to take that color off and give your neck a little bit of a trim [Music] and that's your done for nowhere that's well done goodbye yeah that's a good point about this well done nice and tidy now [Music] so we cooked an organic chicken in the crock pot the other day there and we had lots of chicken stock which magnets and Scout absolutely love so we're gonna give them a little taster you want like a spoon magnets yep that's it because it was lovely to say together Alfresco and get the pups there chicken stock outside wasn't happy with one serving and wanted some more later in the day didn't just go all right since you're a good girl we'll give you some okay yeah there you go bon appetit [Music] thank you [Music] foreign [Music] so the other evening there we took the pups down to South Queensbury for a little walk near the bridges [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] [Music] Magnus and Scout videos [Music] thank you [Music] foreign [Music] be sure to click like And subscribe for more magnets and Scout videos If you're looking for more magnets and skirt videos why not check out these ones here [Music]

Channel: Magnus Greyhound

Views: 1,831

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Id: KLd5Gu1Uxq8

Length: 10min 39sec (639 seconds)

Published: Tue Jun 13 2023