Loose-leash walking (Notes from VT part 2)

CONTD from Part 1

I don't have a dog right now so I wasn't paying as much attention to this presentation at first. But then on the next day in Brattleboro, we all saw Kiki Yablon walking with Hope the sheep (no leash) using "Good" and "Go" cues and I am now curious if this will work with a cat....

Walking on a loose leash is not ONE BEHAVIOR. It is a back and forth series of interlocking human and dog skills, that both parties need to learn to do. The key takeaway from this presentation is that we don't have to teach everything at once. We (animal or human) can learn component skills and then combine them in real life.

Kiki Yablon: Loose Leash Walking