Puppy Tips
Are Retractable Leashes Helpful or Harmful?
Hopefully by now, you are well aware of Baxter and Bella’s wonderful blog posts! This online training website offers a variety of helpful and productive tips as you care for and train your four legged friend. At Colonial Village Labradoodles, we love telling our friends about Baxter and Bella!
Their most recent blog post is one that I have found super helpful as I have wondered and read about the negatives and positives of retractable leashes. In the blog, which you can find here, Baxter and Bella explain how retractable leashes allow puppies and dogs to go quite a distance away from their owner. It is important, especially when leash training, that your pup learns to stay close to you and not have the freedom to go wherever. Due to the long lead with these leashes, your dog will actually learn to pull when walking.
“Puppy handlers can easily lose control of their dogs when using this type of leash. Since these leashes actually encourage pulling, your dog will consider pulling normal and the correct way to get somewhere. This is the opposite of loose-leash walking!”
Be on the lookout for our next baxter and Bella blog as we will discuss what leashes we should use with our four legged friends, and if there is an effective way to use a retractable leash. Be sure to visit Baxter and Bella’s page, check out this blog for more tips, and don’t forget that here at Colonial Village Labradoodles we offer a 25% off promo code when you shop with Baxter and Bella: CVL25.
About CVL
Colonial Village Labradoodles is Indiana’s premier labradoodle breeder. We raise multi-generational Australian Labradoodle and Australian Bernedoodle puppies with a purpose. Our dogs are bred for their therapy-oriented temperaments and allergy-friendly coats.
What is a multi-generational Australian Labradoodle?
Multi-generational Australian Labradoodles are a cross between many different parent breeds. The breed originated in Australia in the 1980s with the intent of creating an allergy-friendly service dog for the blind. Australian Labradoodles are a combination of a Poodle, Labrador Retriever, English Cocker Spaniel, American Cocker Spaniel, and Irish Water dogs. These breeds were hand-selected for specific breed qualities to create the ideal service dog for those with allergies. Since then, the breed has continued on and spread across the world. Australian Labradoodles are now considered their own breed with its own breed clubs (ALAA and WALA).