Loose leash walking can feel like a battle fast—your dog gets frustrated, you get frustrated, and suddenly you’re seeing more pulling, less attention, and big emotions on both ends of the leash. In this video, I break down what leash frustration actually looks like (lunging, ignoring cues they normally know, fixating on smells/people/dogs) and why it happens so often: our expectations change, the environment gets harder, and we don’t always build skills systematically. I walk you through the most common “frustration moments” I see with clients and what to do right then to keep training productive. That includes proactively creating space from distractions, prompting attention (name cues, little secondary noises), and reinforcing heavily with truly high-value rewards when the environment calls for it. I also share how I structure greetings with a “go say hi” routine for people, why I usually decline on-leash dog greetings in public, and how to balance your dog’s need to sniff with your loose leash criteria by using sniffing as a reinforcer. Finally, I cover the human side: walking too slowly, training too long, using the wrong reinforcer value (too low—or even too high and causing frantic treat-taking), and not meeting your dog’s exercise and enrichment needs before training. If things spiral, it’s okay to stop, reset, and go back to an easier step so you and your dog can succeed.