Thread: cart pullin
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Old 02-28-2008, 10:51 AM
Shelby427 Shelby427 is offline
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Re: cart pullin

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Originally Posted by Carol Burke View Post
You can start by getting a harness and letting him get used to that, then attach lines to the harness and get him used to you walking behind him holding the lines. Teach him to move forward, stop, turn right and left. There is a great book, Travel at the Speed of Dog, you can get at PWDpoocher@aol.com. Also if you google dog carting you will come up with lots of sites that can help you get started. Are you doing obedience training with your dog? If you have a dog who is already in training it makes it much easier.
I agree that having a good basis of training is ideal. Having a dog that is reliably trained will help immensely with other types of training, whether it be cart pulling, agility, etc.
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