Dogs and Leashes
I’m sitting out on the front porch this morning and notice several of our neighbors walking their dogs. Rather, allowing their dogs to walk them. You see, my neighbors must think that those retractable ‘dog leashes’, you know the kind, roundish plastic part at the hand, 15-20 feet of small black cord, are humane or are cool. They are nothing of the sort. If you are walking the dog, why is your arm horizontal to the ground and you are trying to keep up? One of my neighbors, a man of Asian descent, knows how to walk his dog. You see, he walks the dogs. He has two dogs, one little white number and another bassethound/beagle? mix. Why is it that his dogs walk beside him at the pace he sets? If the dog strays ahead or behind, he gives a short, quick jerk to a traditional leash (~5 feet in length,not stretchy) and utters the word ‘heal’. After repeated instances of that, the dogs have learned what healing means. It’s beautiful. I’m glad my neighbor hasn’t been corrupted by the influences of PETA. After all, the dog is your pet. By the way, that is the correct way to train a dog to heal, and no, it isn’t cruel. Hey, I should know, I watched my neighbor this morning and I remember seeing it on a PBS show when I was about 12. So, begone with the wimpy, good for nothing ‘leashes’..
Taken on “Big Leash”. I hope the lobbyists of such excellent leash companies, like Heal No and Walk like a Mammal don’t get wind of this.
that story makes me miss dingo. keep it real brother!