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Old June 13th 12, 09:52 PM posted to rec.pets.dogs.behavior
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Jo Wolf expressed precisely :
Now..... If the dog is on a leash when being introduced to or greeting
another dog it doesn't know well, you are making a HUGE MISTAKE if you
hold your dog back by the leash or allow the leash to become tight at
all and so is the other owner!!!!!!!!!! When dogs are trained to
attack/act aggressively toward other dogs, the most common method is a
tight leash on approach to another dog.


Another good point. He normally walks on a full length and very slack
lead. He never pulls, but I do certainly take in the slack near other
dogs - which might sometimes be the trigger for his action.

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Old June 14th 12, 05:35 AM posted to rec.pets.dogs.behavior
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Another dog-language thing, Harry.... A dog walking out in front of the
owner is the one that is in charge of the situation.... To the dog's
way of thinking. So unless we are alone in that landscape, my dog will
be on a shortened leash... but still slack.... at my side. Not on a
formal "heel" command necessarily, but certainly with the leash loose
between the two of us. The two leashes I use most often are 4 feet (48
inches) and 31 inches, respectively. Of course, I am totally unable to
convert those to the metric system (I took the minimum number of maths
courses.... {grin}), except to comment that 1 meter is 39 or 39.5
inches. The most commonly used leash length used in the US is 6 feet
(72 inches)....FWIW....

Jo Wolf
Martinez, Georgia, USA

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Old June 14th 12, 12:02 PM posted to rec.pets.dogs.behavior
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On 13 jun, 19:47, (Jo Wolf) wrote:
Don't confuse Collies (rough or smooth) with Border Collies. *Very
different personalities and temperaments.... *Very different
intelligence levels (but Collies aren't dumb.... just not quite as
mentally quick as the BC).


We are divided by a common language. In the UK, border collies are
common as muck. When a Brit says 'collie', we mean border collie. When
an American says collie, you mean rough collie, (unless you are Donald
McCaig, who is a collie specialist, and has no time for rough
collies). When I write for a Brit, I use British usage. When I write
for an American, I use American usage, unless it's for Donald. This
dog was described as part border collie at the start. It is easier to
write collie than border collie. Writing across cultures can be
fraught with difficulties, and this is one of them!

Alison, with two part collies (border) in Spain
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Old June 14th 12, 03:51 PM posted to rec.pets.dogs.behavior
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On 13 jun, 22:05, Harry Bloomfield
wrote:

I am able to interact with him very rarely, he normally doesn't want to know - he just ignores my best attempts most of the time.

That may be frustrating. My late Rug, half collie and half spitz,
would sometimes hide under the table when husband wanted to take him
for a walk, maybe because husband had gout, so walking with him was
less relaxing than walking with me. They were pretty much bonded in
the house tho', Rug would gaze at him with total adoration when he
came back from the pub and recited Gaelic poetry. The hiding under the
table peeved husband a fair bit. I used to totally ignore dog in order
to get him to come out from under the table. Just pretend I didn't
know he was there and do something interesting to dogs like play with
a ball, and then look really surprised when he came out to
investigate. Some dogs can be manipulative and play hard to get, so it
is a question of out-manipulating them.

Rug sometimes used to attract attacks, because he was quite big, his
hair stood out and his tail stood erect and curly, so dogs that
couldn't understand spitz body language, especially smallish dogs,
sometimes found him threatening. So it was a risk to let him go up in
a friendly way to other dogs, especially if they were on the leash or
in an enclosed space, in case they panicked and responded
aggressively. Generally it was OK in the middle of a field, because a
spooked dog could take evasive action, but I'd have to keep my eyes
peeled for signs of possible conflict. Rug's nephew, Conor, now 12,
has never been attacked in his life. He is less threatening, being
smaller, having a more standardised body shape. So some of the
defensive dog walking tactics I used with Rug aren't necessary with
Conor. He is very sociable and a very easy dog to walk. Sometimes the
dog culture of a walking place opines that all dogs should always get
on with all other dogs, or they aren't 'normal', but that is expecting
an awful lot of them, given that dogs vary so much in body type, size
and temperament.

Alison, in the middle of Spain
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Old June 14th 12, 09:18 PM posted to rec.pets.dogs.behavior
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Jo Wolf has brought this to us :
Another dog-language thing, Harry.... A dog walking out in front of the
owner is the one that is in charge of the situation.... To the dog's
way of thinking. So unless we are alone in that landscape, my dog will
be on a shortened leash... but still slack.... at my side. Not on a
formal "heel" command necessarily, but certainly with the leash loose
between the two of us. The two leashes I use most often are 4 feet (48
inches) and 31 inches, respectively. Of course, I am totally unable to
convert those to the metric system (I took the minimum number of maths
courses.... {grin}), except to comment that 1 meter is 39 or 39.5
inches. The most commonly used leash length used in the US is 6 feet
(72 inches)....FWIW....

Jo Wolf
Martinez, Georgia, USA


Here the only choice seems to be the 48 inches (which is what we use)
or the spring loaded ones which run out to 15 feet. He does walk out in
front and I guide him verbally with commands he has picked up. Such as
'wait' if I'm stopping, 'this way' if he is going the wrong way, or
'off the road' if he wanders to far out, or 'over' to tell him we are
crossing a road - never needs any leading, he just follows from the
front. The same commands also work off the lead, but then he is usually
way out in front.

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Regards,
Harry (M1BYT) (L)
http://www.ukradioamateur.co.uk


 




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