I'm brand new to the breed, and adopted an unknown breed dog from a rescue, that we believe is a vizsa - need a bit of advice.
We got her five days ago. She walked on a leash great. We did several 20, 30min walks a day to start. I took her to a local lake, on an extension leash, and it disintegrated on me, the spring loaded mechanism flew out and she bolted. I caught up to her, but she was pretty spooked. Obviously never using one of those again.
Today I took her back to the lake for the first time, on a regular leash, and she froze. Wouldn't budge. Would stand and shake, or just sit. She's done that on every walk for the remainder of the day - it's been hellish to get her to go to the bathroom. I don't have a fenced in yard (yet), so I can't let her off leash yet.
What tips do people have for helping her over whatever fear she's got, and getting her back to enjoying some walks? Frankly, I need the exercise too!
We got her five days ago. She walked on a leash great. We did several 20, 30min walks a day to start. I took her to a local lake, on an extension leash, and it disintegrated on me, the spring loaded mechanism flew out and she bolted. I caught up to her, but she was pretty spooked. Obviously never using one of those again.
Today I took her back to the lake for the first time, on a regular leash, and she froze. Wouldn't budge. Would stand and shake, or just sit. She's done that on every walk for the remainder of the day - it's been hellish to get her to go to the bathroom. I don't have a fenced in yard (yet), so I can't let her off leash yet.
What tips do people have for helping her over whatever fear she's got, and getting her back to enjoying some walks? Frankly, I need the exercise too!