Rant...
So this is one of my pet peeves in general, but mostly with Pug people.
Since when is it okay to have your dog pull your arm socket out just because it's on a harness?
I get slaughtered by die hard pug people (and a lot of small dog owners in general) because i walk Izzie on a collar. Somehow just by attaching a leash to her collar her trachea is going to collapse despite the fact she NEVER pulls and is a master at loose leash walking.
But that's the thing... She's TRAINED to walk nicely, just like i believe all dogs should be... But a lot of Pug people i meet and even some small dog owners in general use the excuse of pulling collapsing the trachea to use a harness and not bother training "because they can't collapse their trachea in a harness".
Is it that they don't know how to train them?
Do they just think it's cute because the "tiny dog wants to be a sled dog!"?
Do they just not care enough to bother training their dog at all?
It bothers me to have a member of the breed that's highly trained (and two that at least have manners) and then having reputations tarnished by other members of the breed that just don't give a crap enough to train their dog to even walk properly "coz it's cute and they can't do anything".
... End Rant.
So this is one of my pet peeves in general, but mostly with Pug people.
Since when is it okay to have your dog pull your arm socket out just because it's on a harness?
I get slaughtered by die hard pug people (and a lot of small dog owners in general) because i walk Izzie on a collar. Somehow just by attaching a leash to her collar her trachea is going to collapse despite the fact she NEVER pulls and is a master at loose leash walking.
But that's the thing... She's TRAINED to walk nicely, just like i believe all dogs should be... But a lot of Pug people i meet and even some small dog owners in general use the excuse of pulling collapsing the trachea to use a harness and not bother training "because they can't collapse their trachea in a harness".
Is it that they don't know how to train them?
Do they just think it's cute because the "tiny dog wants to be a sled dog!"?
Do they just not care enough to bother training their dog at all?
It bothers me to have a member of the breed that's highly trained (and two that at least have manners) and then having reputations tarnished by other members of the breed that just don't give a crap enough to train their dog to even walk properly "coz it's cute and they can't do anything".
... End Rant.