posted 03-15-2004 12:25 PM         

I was reading something..ummm I believe its call canine safety talk or something, I found the magazine at Petsmart...

...anyhow
This lady was using the "hands Free" lead, its belt like that attaches to your waste with a 4' lead to the dog. Its to be used with Harnesses only. (supposively) well she was walking her 55lb rottie, when the dog darted into thestreet and she couldn't pull away,nor undo the belt....she was hit by a car and survived but has severe wounds.

Then the article went on to say how a younger man went hiking with his dog, and the dog slipped down the side of the hill pulling the owner who couldn't undo the belt down with him. He suffered major lacerations at the waist, broken pelvis and other bones.

And a little girl was injured really bad from one. the 4 1/2 month old lab mix pup decided to chase something and severly cut her abdomen.

posted 03-15-2004 09:17 PM         

Great accomplishment!!!

You must be proud.

Our dog Cairo does not have dog aggression, actually he is a submissive male.

The problem is he does not know how to approach another dog without getting the other dog in a tizzy.
His hackles go up and his tail and he gets all nervous when he sees another dog.

He will drag me miles if he sees another dog in the park mainly for curiosity reasons.

Anyway, we always have our hands full when we take him anywhere with us.

People are afraid of him because of the way he approaches their dogs. He is a huge a$$ on a leash!!

I have tried the no hands leash and had NO luck!!!

I'm with Sam on this one!!

Even wearing the prong collar, we still have trouble walking him.
A friend suggested that I just learn to deal with the fact that one of Cairo's bad habbits is he will never to learn to walk politely on a leash. I did not want to throw away the towel on the subject so I decided to buy recently
a 26 ft. flexi leash that can hold the weight of 110 lb dog We go in the park where it is wooded and not many people are known to take their dogs.

Believe it or not, Cairo is now a joy to take!
It gives him the freedom he needs without pulling me down to the ground. You might want to give that a try.
If you are not ready for 26 ft. Flexi also sells 16 and 13 ft. leashes.

It did the trick for me.
At least now I enjoy our walks!! I taught him to turn around when we are hitting the end of the line and he turns when I say "Come"

Then I say "GO "and he runs the other way as fast as he can.

Its funny watching him. Its the best $20.00 I ever spent.

I liked it so much, I switched all my dogs over to the flexi leash!

Susan