When I leash and unleash Harriet, I have her come and sit near me.
I put my hand out, as a marker for where I want her to park it.
Apparently, she's taken that as a cue to poke my hand with her nose.
I wasn't really conscious of it, until last night, when I got
distracted and raised my hand in the air. The next thing I knew, I
had a boinging dog. WTF?! And then she finally managed to boink
her nose into my hand, after which she sat quietly and waited to be
leashed.

And, I swear, she was smiling in a very-pleased-with-herself way.
Smug little brat. But she did well and got told so in no uncertain
terms. The laughing didn't hurt, either, I'm sure.

--
Shelly
http://www.cat-sidh.net (the Mother Ship)
http://esther.cat-sidh.net (Letters to Esther)

In article ,
Shelly wrote:


And, I swear, she was smiling in a very-pleased-with-herself way.
Smug little brat. But she did well and got told so in no uncertain
terms. The laughing didn't hurt, either, I'm sure.

Yes, they are indeed more astute than their owners many times. Good
girl Harriet.

sit for leash. I'm always amazed how many people DON'T ask a dog to
sit and be leashed/unleashed. It's always seemed like such a natural
thing to ask for IMO.

--
Janet Boss
www.bestfriendsdogobedience.com

Janet Boss wrote:

Yes, they are indeed more astute than their owners many times. Good
girl Harriet.

She really does surprise me sometimes with her big brane.

sit for leash. I'm always amazed how many people DON'T ask a dog to
sit and be leashed/unleashed. It's always seemed like such a natural
thing to ask for IMO.

Aieee! That's a pet peeve of mine. I can't stand frantic milling
about[1], so I've always had the sit-to-be-leashed rule.

1. I mean, really. It drives me crazy enough when the cat makes
like a swarm of shark at meal times. We don't need that crap at
every dog outing, as well.

--
Shelly
http://www.cat-sidh.net (the Mother Ship)
http://esther.cat-sidh.net (Letters to Esther)

"Janet Boss" wrote in message:

sit for leash. I'm always amazed how many people DON'T ask a dog to
sit and be leashed/unleashed. It's always seemed like such a natural
thing to ask for IMO.

I don't ask for sit to be leashed/unleashed. The dogs usually get leashed
right before they exit the car, so Khan downs (he wears a harness, so
sitting won't do me any good), and Pan stands (because there isn't enough
head clearance for her if she were to sit). When the dogs do get leashed up
straight from home, we usually do it as we go past the mailbox and down the
driveway. The dogs kinda know that's where they get leashed up, so they
stand and wait.

FWIW, I can't stand being swarmed either, so visiting dogs must sit and wait
to be leashed up before exiting doors. Also, I've always had the dogs sit
and wait before being unleashed and let into the dog park.

Suja

Janet Boss said in
rec.pets.dogs.behavior:

sit for leash. I'm always amazed how many people DON'T
ask a dog to sit and be leashed/unleashed. It's always
seemed like such a natural thing to ask for IMO.

Here, it's sit for collar - all 3 dogs push to be the first to
be collared because collar == "something good is going to
happen." Maybe's sit involves acrobatics.

--
--Matt. Rocky's a Dog.

Shelly wrote in news:fgspbs$bgu$1
@registered.motzarella.org:

And, I swear, she was smiling in a very-pleased-with-herself way.


And who could blame her? She's been WAITING for you to stick your hand up
in the air when you want her to "sit" up there!

--
Catherine
& Zoe, Queenie, & Max, 3 black dogs of varying sizes
& Rosalie the calico cat
www.ourladyofperfection.blogspot.com

Yes, I ask for sits before leash. And then don't let them bolt out the
door. I ask for a sit, stay as I open the door, and then I make them sit,
stay as I turn back to lock the door. I live on a very busy thoroughfare,
and I hope to always maintain the sit, leash routine.
Tinker's sit involves antics, acrobatics also...
Perry

perrylep wrote:
Yes, I ask for sits before leash. And then don't let them bolt out the
door. I ask for a sit, stay as I open the door, and then I make them sit,
stay as I turn back to lock the door. I live on a very busy thoroughfare,
and I hope to always maintain the sit, leash routine.

Oh yeah. There is no crossing of thresholds without permission, so
sitting and waiting at doors is her default behavior (in-to-out, but
she's somewhat generalized it to out-to-in, too). Harriet has tried
to bend the rules a couple of times (if I jump really high over the
threshold, does that count? what if I lean waaaaaay over but my
feet are still inside?). She's pretty rock solid, though, and has
only ever pushed the limit while I'm standing right there and she's
looking right at me, waiting for feedback.

Tinker's sit involves antics, acrobatics also...

Harriet has been known to have an antic or two (she *is* a Boxer,
after all), but she also knows that she doesn't get leashed until
she's quiet, and since getting leashed means Really Good Things,
she's motivated to mind her manners. Mostly.

--
Shelly
http://www.cat-sidh.net (the Mother Ship)
http://esther.cat-sidh.net (Letters to Esther)

ceb wrote:

And who could blame her? She's been WAITING for you to stick your hand up
in the air when you want her to "sit" up there!

Ha! And, bless her heart, she'd try, too! I swear, there are many
times when she's in a sit or down position before she ever hits the
floor.

--
Shelly
http://www.cat-sidh.net (the Mother Ship)
http://esther.cat-sidh.net (Letters to Esther)

"perrylep" wrote in message
.. .
Yes, I ask for sits before leash. And then don't let them bolt out the
door. I ask for a sit, stay as I open the door, and then I make them sit,
stay as I turn back to lock the door. I live on a very busy thoroughfare,
and I hope to always maintain the sit, leash routine.
Tinker's sit involves antics, acrobatics also...
Perry


Hi Perry, long time no see. I do exactly the same here, sit to be leashed,
sit and wait while I open the door. Me out first, and again, sit and stay
while I lock up behind me.

I've been laid up for awhile with some ruptured discs, so for the first time
since spring, I took the dogs for a *short* walk. They were so excited to
be going for a real walk again, finally. Considering their lengthy period
of being relagated to the back yard, they did remarkably well. Of course
they wanted a nice brisk walk, but were content to toddle along beside me,
at my slow pace.

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