bit off a worry

[Simoman 110]

Pinch collars can be usefull for gaining attention

[Kay 3,709]

If your not strong enough to hold the dog in question then you should be in control of that dog.

A good quality greyhound collar and lead will hold ANY greyhound or lurcher as long as the other end is held tightly.

 

Thats the point , i need to be in control if she gets over stimulated & for a few mins again today i wasnt , i dont want to learn the hard way , i will do what ever it takes to get it right , i need a teacher , please

[Neil Cooney. 1]

One way of letting a potential problem pass is to hold the dog tightly by it's lions between your legs and you then have two hands to hold the dog close to it's colar.

Obviously you'll be static whilst doing this but it will let ie. someone walking a small dog or a cat, pass by.

If you want to keep moving you have to be strong and firm. With a collar on tight (but not to tight) and a good grip on the lead you will be in control. When putting on a collar it takes 2 seconds to see will it come over the dogs head.

[Missie 1]

I cannot reccommend the halti highly enough to give a bit of piece of mind and control over a dog. I'm not sure how they work with a muzzle though or if you can use them with muzzles as Griff doesn't wear one.

[Kay 3,709]

One way of letting a potential problem pass is to hold the dog tightly by it's lions between your legs and you then have two hands to hold the dog close to it's colar.

Obviously you'll be static whilst doing this but it will let ie. someone walking a small dog or a cat, pass by.

If you want to keep moving you have to be strong and firm. With a collar on tight (but not to tight) and a good grip on the lead you will be in control. When putting on a collar it takes 2 seconds to see will it come over the dogs head.

 

I am pretty much having to get behind her to stop her backing away from me on the lead , so if she does it tomorrow i will try what you say

 

Thanks

[lurcher-lass 1]

Good luck, let us no how you get on.

[sandymere 8,263]

Stick a halti on and see a trainer to learn how to alter the behavior in the long tem.

Reminds me of back along in the 's when i was walking a group of racers, fella comes by with a rat on a rope type dog that starts yapping a the greys. Well as you can imagine they started to lunge, one then another etc. The fella shouted ere mate what would you do if all them dogs pulled at once? I answered about 40 miles an hour so f%ck off out of it with that little sh$t lol.

[Missie 1]

I always get the 'rat on a rope' types that you describe sandymere! They always come bounding up to my bitch who hates them. I rarely muzzle her now if she is on lead as I always have her under close control but they just seem to insist on trying to get in her mouth! Normally they are off lead and under no control whatsoever. I always tell the owners that she doesn't like small dogs, could they please get them under control and they don't seem to comprehend it!

[lurchergrrl 1,441]

I always get the 'rat on a rope' types that you describe sandymere!

 

I call them 'snack sized' dogs I only give folks so much warning before I make the move to shoo the four legged morsels myself - better that than ending up an h'orderve

 

Deffo try a head collar Kaye. Good luck!

[Missie 1]

Paris' favourites are yorkies and westies for some reason and they always have suicidal thoughts around her!

 

I bought Griff a control lead today, not because I wanted it but only leads that were the length I wanted had stupid diamante crap on them and his other lead has been chewed by my greyhound so I needed one like now!

[Kay 3,709]

i am finding a lot of people are a bit warey off us when were out walking with her , even folks with big dogs on leads, i dont put the muzzle on her all the time but i take it with me every walk incase

 

Then if i go to the shops with her everyones fussing her especially women & teenage lads , she had 2 fusses today

[dogman541 0]

This greyhound i have gets wound up when she sees another dog racing avout , naturally she wants to run , what i want to know is can i use a centre harness on a greyhound as she backs away from me while i hold the lead up tight & i am worried she will slip her collar & the other dog will be history, the collars done up tight bujt i am still worried she will slip it

 

Thanks in advance

I PUT THE USUAL COLLAR ON THE HOUND AND THEN RAP THE LEAD AROUND THE NECK IN A NOOSE SORT OF FASHION.

I,VE HANDLED HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF GREYS AS I TRANSPORT THEM BACK AND FORTH FROM IRELAND AND THEY WILL SLIPP THEIR COLLAR AT WILL WHEN EXCITED OR SPOOKED.SOME CUSTOMERS PULL A FACE WHEN I HAND THEM THEIR NEW DOG WITH THE LEAD RAPPED AS A NOOSE BUT PLENTY HAVE LEARN,T AFTER UNWRAPPING IT AND WATCHING THEIR EXPENSIVE DOG RUN BACKWARDS OUT OF THE COLLAR AND AWAY.

[dogman541 0]

If your not strong enough to hold the dog in question then you should be in control of that dog.

A good quality greyhound collar and lead will hold ANY greyhound or lurcher as long as the other end is held tightly.

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:nea: Greyhounds heads are small as u know,sometimes the neck can be just as wide ,and in this case they will slip their head out with ease if they get spooked or excited enough.a slipp lead with a noose stops this from happening.

 

you can hold the lead as tight as u like but u may not have a dog on the end of it,no matter how tight it was or expensive.

Edited May 22, 2008 by dogman541

[threbb 0]

This greyhound i have gets wound up when she sees another dog racing avout , naturally she wants to run , what i want to know is can i use a centre harness on a greyhound as she backs away from me while i hold the lead up tight & i am worried she will slip her collar & the other dog will be history, the collars done up tight bujt i am still worried she will slip it

 

Thanks in advance

If the collars done up tight just behind the ears it shouldnt come over.I have had some real big greys going for it but i was always taught to give a little slack now and then.It stops the dog from working it over and wares him out a bit like playing a salmon. Eventually she will realise she cant win.Also it prevents neck injury

[Kay 3,709]

This greyhound i have gets wound up when she sees another dog racing avout , naturally she wants to run , what i want to know is can i use a centre harness on a greyhound as she backs away from me while i hold the lead up tight & i am worried she will slip her collar & the other dog will be history, the collars done up tight bujt i am still worried she will slip it

 

Thanks in advance

I PUT THE USUAL COLLAR ON THE HOUND AND THEN RAP THE LEAD AROUND THE NECK IN A NOOSE SORT OF FASHION.

I,VE HANDLED HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF GREYS AS I TRANSPORT THEM BACK AND FORTH FROM IRELAND AND THEY WILL SLIPP THEIR COLLAR AT WILL WHEN EXCITED OR SPOOKED.SOME CUSTOMERS PULL A FACE WHEN I HAND THEM THEIR NEW DOG WITH THE LEAD RAPPED AS A NOOSE BUT PLENTY HAVE LEARN,T AFTER UNWRAPPING IT AND WATCHING THEIR EXPENSIVE DOG RUN BACKWARDS OUT OF THE COLLAR AND AWAY.

 

Thanks for that i really thought it was just me & the running backwards is exactly what she does , i have never had this problem with any other dog before so thought it was me being a drama queen

 

Thanks very much for that i will learn how to do the noose with the lead today indoors so i can do it quickly when i need to