Author Topic: One man and his dog. (Read 2117 times)

Castle Farm · « **on:** March 29, 2014, 05:31:12 pm »

http://blog.petflow.com/this-is-why-every-kid-should-grow-up-with-a-dog-this-is-so-great/

john and helen · « **Reply #1 on:** March 29, 2014, 06:15:53 pm »

excellent

when i go to pick helen up from work…you just know the kids will go through that puddle

kelly58 · « **Reply #2 on:** March 29, 2014, 06:21:14 pm »

Love it

SallyintNorth · « **Reply #3 on:** March 30, 2014, 07:49:16 am »

I'd say the dog has been trained to be 'ground-tied' - people do this with horses, so I guess you can do it with dogs too. Great idea if you have a we'un going to take the dog for a walk - if the lead hits the ground, the dog will stand still until someone 'unties' him

doganjo · « **Reply #4 on:** March 30, 2014, 11:06:18 am »

Never heard of 'ground tying' - how do you train that?

SallyintNorth · « **Reply #5 on:** March 30, 2014, 09:12:24 pm »

It's something they do with horses in cowboy country, Annie. The horse is taught that when the rein is on the ground it is fixed there; eventually just dropping the rein to the ground is sufficient to 'tie' the horse in place.

The technique is written up in Kelly Marks' Perfect Manners; if I knew where my copy of that book was I could look it up and tell you a bit more!

The way the boy carefully placed the handle of the lead on the ground, and the way the dog stood and how it behaved while the lead was on the ground just looked to me as though the dog was 'under control' rather than making its own decisions.