New walking on leash issue

[mmclean]

Now this is a major first for me. I have a friend with a Boston Terrier and she drops him off at my place when she goes to work so he and Radar can have play time in the mornings. When I come home for lunch I take the two on a walk and drop the BT off back at his home. Now, the BT is a major jerk around other people and dogs. He's really aggressive and once got away from me to attack the gardener. My issue is, Radar refuses to go for a walk with the BT (not that I blame him, either he doesn't was to be associated with such bad behavior or he doesn't want to be around me disciplining the BT because he doesn't want to get in trouble, he is a bit sensitive). I have gotten to the point of taking Radar off leash and having him follow, but that only works midday when no one is around, in the evenings it's too dangerous and even the afternoon walk is a pain in the butt. I'm sure everyone is sick of hearing me say "come on Radar" and "good boy" every other second. My only option is two walks, of course I could use the additional exercise, but really?! Has anyone else had this experience? This is my first Frenchie and boy is he stubborn and I mean digs in his heels and the only way to move him is to drag him stubborn.


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[Alice Kable]

I'd walk the dogs separately if you have the time. I do that with my 2 dogs because Ruggles (EB) really take advantage when my attention is divided.

When Buster wants to sniff something, or check out something and I want to continue walking he just flops down and won't move. I give him about 10 seconds like that then tell him to come, which he does slowly. Then I pick up the pace until we get past what he was distracted by. You might want to reward Radar with treats when he minds.

 

[davidh]

I would walk separate too, because I don't like walking them off lead, too dangerous.

 

[2bullymama]

agree -- separate walks

 

[MaplesMommy]

Until Radar is 100% on his recall,I would walk two walks as well. Just because there is a risk that the BT will do something and you focus on him and the same moment Radar does something or wanders off etc but you dont see it because your focus is on the BT. I would walk twice and when you're walking Radar you can work on his recall/off-leash behaviour. Once that is settled you may give it another try to walk them both.
However when you work on recall ,make sure its a safe environment (not on a street/close to a busy road). A field would be awesome for now since you will be far away from traffic and you can always have an eye on him (whereas in the woods he could just take off and you could loose sight of him).