If I cared enough to spell check I would have, thanks.
A dog pulling on the leash means it's taking you where it wants to go. It may not be a big deal to you, but it's a big deal to them (the dog). It means that you (the leash holder) are submissive to your dog and subject to it's whims. Letting a dog have this kind of attitude causes lots of other problems. Whether the dog is large or small is irrelevant. But small dogs get away with it because they are " so cute" and this is not immediately obvious to a lot of people. You need to be the boss, you need to take your dog for a walk, not let it take you for a walk. watch the dog whisperer (Cesar Millan) and the crap he fixes just by teaching people how to properly walk their pets.
Someone letting their dog pull them says "Hi I'm a weak, lazy, submissive person and this dog owns me" IMO. :rofl1:
Edit: No offense to the person who "trains" their dog to pull in a harness. Completely different situation and NOT to be confused with my point of "letting" their dog pull them around. Some of the best trained hunting dogs do the exact same thing. But IMO it's very easy to spot the difference. Hopefully I'm not misquoted, hehe.
lol for the record, my chihuahua walks perfectly on a lead. and even if he didn't, it certainly wouldn't be because of any "be the pack leader" non sense lol
I let my dog on the bed, he eats before I do, if I tell him its ok..he walks in front of me on walks, I babytalk..
and *gasp* Hes a very well behaved dog, and I trained him to do a perfect heel without yanking on his lead or making strange *PSHHHH* noises at him lol
I trained him using common sense lol and I didn't have to look like a moron on the street snapping at my dog and making ***PSHH*** noises :rofl1:
What I was saying in my post is that it doesn't bother me if somebody has a small dog that pulls. they arent going to pull their owner towards me or my dog..
Like it or not, there is a difference between that and a 80 pound dog wanting to pull their owner... because they very well COULD pull him/her into the street or to me and my dog.
it has nothing to do with how cute they are, and everything to do with the fact that they physically CANNOT pull their owners where they want to go (across the street, to another dog, etc..)
I dont just judge people whose dogs are pulling them. Maybe they are in training, maybe they just adopted the dog, maybe they are the dog walker.. who knows?
but who the heck am I to sit up on my high horse and look down on them like they are "weak, lazy people" just because the dog whose leash they are holding is pulling them?
You don't even know them or the dog, so how can you already decide what kind of person they are?