02-26-2007, 07:02 PM
[quote BigGuynRusty]
I could sit here and type till I am blue in the face, and link to thousands of lines of data from experts that will refute your methods, but I will boil it down to one question.:
How do you "walk" your dog?
1. On a lead, being relaxed, not allowing the pack to wander in front of me, and not allowing the pack to choose what it wants to do.
2. Scampering around, no lead, no guidance, allowing the pack to dominate and mark territory.
3. My dog is on a lead and he walks in front of me, free to choose what he wants to do, guiding me along.
BGnR
One of those answers, and only one makes you a calm assertive pack leader, the other two makes you the pack, not the leader.
Answer if you dare.
Easy. None of the above. It depends on the situation (how many cars, dogs or pedestrians, how big an area) how I walk my dog...sometimes I take him running and he's on a flexileash, free to wander within the confines of the leash, sometimes he's off leash (but always under my control, never "running with the pack"). If your dog needs to be on a leash, how assertive of a "pack leader" are you? Like I said, your one size fits all response seems to fit a very rigid and limited concept of dog parks, dogs and owners. Your perceived universe does not include mine.
I could sit here and type till I am blue in the face, and link to thousands of lines of data from experts that will refute your methods, but I will boil it down to one question.:
How do you "walk" your dog?
1. On a lead, being relaxed, not allowing the pack to wander in front of me, and not allowing the pack to choose what it wants to do.
2. Scampering around, no lead, no guidance, allowing the pack to dominate and mark territory.
3. My dog is on a lead and he walks in front of me, free to choose what he wants to do, guiding me along.
BGnR
One of those answers, and only one makes you a calm assertive pack leader, the other two makes you the pack, not the leader.
Answer if you dare.
Easy. None of the above. It depends on the situation (how many cars, dogs or pedestrians, how big an area) how I walk my dog...sometimes I take him running and he's on a flexileash, free to wander within the confines of the leash, sometimes he's off leash (but always under my control, never "running with the pack"). If your dog needs to be on a leash, how assertive of a "pack leader" are you? Like I said, your one size fits all response seems to fit a very rigid and limited concept of dog parks, dogs and owners. Your perceived universe does not include mine.