RANT: Leashes!!!!

[mimitabby]

I have been alerted by people screaming at their out of control dogs.... "GET BACK HERE! HEY!!" and then i hear the dog running towards me......

If you don't have a electric collar on your dog, no matter how well trained he is, it's naive to think you are always in control. Your dog, after all, has its own brain.

[Trek420]

I have been alerted by people screaming at their out of control dogs.... "GET BACK HERE! HEY!!" and then i hear the dog running towards me......

"GET BACK HERE! HEY!!" is not a verbal command. Most dogs (unless their Mall's mutts super smart seeing eye pups) do not understand sentences. My mutt has a pretty reasonable "Mae come" response once I discovered it's not the words but a particular tone.

I could yell "beige HUM" or "cage YUM" with the same inflection and tone, she'd come.

But how well do you know your dog? If she saw a squirrel or another dog or a delicious bit of ewwwww to roll in would she run to you? I'm not sure so that's another reason Mae stays on leash.

[tulip]

My mutt has a pretty reasonable "Mae come" response once I discovered it's not the words but a particular tone.

I could yell "beige HUM" or "cage YUM" with the same inflection and tone, she'd come.

My mom had a dog named Honey Lamb. She had to give her away, and the lady who took her just couldn't stand the way-too-sweet name, so changed it to Cunningham. The dog never knew the difference.