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Community => Coffee Lounge => Topic started by: Castle Farm on March 29, 2014, 05:31:12 pm

Title: One man and his dog.
Post by: 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/ (http://blog.petflow.com/this-is-why-every-kid-should-grow-up-with-a-dog-this-is-so-great/)

Title: Re: One man and his dog.
Post by: john and helen on March 29, 2014, 06:15:53 pm

 :thumbsup: excellent  :roflanim:

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

Title: Re: One man and his dog.
Post by: kelly58 on March 29, 2014, 06:21:14 pm

Love it  :)

Title: Re: One man and his dog.
Post by: SallyintNorth 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 ;)

Title: Re: One man and his dog.
Post by: doganjo on March 30, 2014, 11:06:18 am

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

Title: Re: One man and his dog.
Post by: SallyintNorth 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.

Title: Re: One man and his dog.
Post by: goosepimple on April 04, 2014, 09:43:29 pm

Our border collie would tell the kids to naff off I'm afraid, but I don't think border collies are dogs, they're just border collies  :D