Comments on: Bloody Saturday at White Rock (Dog Park) http://www.ohmidog.com/2009/02/04/bloody-saturday-at-white-rock-dog-park/ a site for dog lovers Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:21:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Anne-n-Spencer http://www.ohmidog.com/2009/02/04/bloody-saturday-at-white-rock-dog-park/comment-page-1/#comment-754 Anne-n-Spencer Wed, 04 Feb 2009 19:23:09 +0000 http://www.ohmidog.com/?p=5467#comment-754 K, you're exactly right! Being on a leash while other dogs are unleashed puts a dog at a great psychological disadvantage. Their etiquette demands that the meeting-and-greeting formalities be taken care of, and they'll also attempt to establish who's more dominant. A dog on a leash can't observe these rituals properly, and his reaction may be to become more aggressive. Furthermore, if this woman was allowing herself to be dragged across the park by her dog on a leash, he wasn't under her control anyway. If the poor dog survives this without being taken away and put to death, she needs to get obedience training, pronto! K, you’re exactly right! Being on a leash while other dogs are unleashed puts a dog at a great psychological disadvantage. Their etiquette demands that the meeting-and-greeting formalities be taken care of, and they’ll also attempt to establish who’s more dominant. A dog on a leash can’t observe these rituals properly, and his reaction may be to become more aggressive.

Furthermore, if this woman was allowing herself to be dragged across the park by her dog on a leash, he wasn’t under her control anyway. If the poor dog survives this without being taken away and put to death, she needs to get obedience training, pronto!

]]> By: Kaseyisagooddog http://www.ohmidog.com/2009/02/04/bloody-saturday-at-white-rock-dog-park/comment-page-1/#comment-751 Kaseyisagooddog Wed, 04 Feb 2009 14:59:56 +0000 http://www.ohmidog.com/?p=5467#comment-751 Isn't it a bad idea to have a dog on a leash in an area where the rest of the dogs are unleashed? I'm thinking (and think I've read) that would create more stress. When I take Kasey to the dog park I always take his leash off in the "neutral zone" between the two gates. Isn’t it a bad idea to have a dog on a leash in an area where the rest of the dogs are unleashed? I’m thinking (and think I’ve read) that would create more stress.

When I take Kasey to the dog park I always take his leash off in the “neutral zone” between the two gates.

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