Fighting against the leash

The dog orients its muzzle toward his leash, or touches it with his muzzle, then grabs it with his mouth and bites it, or else hits the leash with his legs or rests one or both forelegs on it.
(Ogburn et al., 1998; Capra, 2011)

This mixed breed has grabbed his leash with his teeth and is trying to hit it with his forelegs.

The Rottweiler puppy has grabbed his leash and is holding it in his teeth.

This mixed breed has grabbed his leash with his teeth. Chain link leashes are often used by the owners of dogs that tend to fight against their leashes, to discourage this behaviour.

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This female Czech Wolf Dog was filmed during an evaluation. She averts her gaze and avoids eye contact, and when the evaluator approaches, she barks and exhibits a frontal attack. She then barks again and lunges forward and upward, before glancing to the side towards an escape route, and turning brusquely before turning her muzzle towards the leash and biting at it. Her ears are back, and she lowers her head, staring at her owner and then sniffing the air and orienting towards the exit.

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This Dobermann was adopted as an adult. He stiffens, staring his owner in the face, then lowers his head and pulls on his leash. He hurtles against his owner twice, then grabs her arm in his teeth, lands, and fights his harness, biting and shaking it. He grabs and fights his leash, biting it, then again grabs his harness. He stops, stiffens and again stares at his owner's face, then hurtles against her.

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This mixed breed male was filmed during a behavioural evaluation. The dog tries to use his paw to strike the leash on the ground, then jumps backward and up and tries to fight the leash, hitting it with his paw, then lands, turns around and places a paw on the leash.

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