Choke, Does Not Choke |
|||||||
V. K. Joshi (Bijji) |
![]() |
||||||
Pet dogs can sometimes lead to an embarrassing and painful situation. Imagine walking your hefty Labrador, usually most docile and friendly dog. They have a powerful nose and love to sniff. While on a walk, he is as usual playful and sniffing all the way. You have the end of the leash tightly held in your left hand and he is walking by you left like a gentleman. You are busy trying to figure out the person coming towards from a distance. The morning mist makes vision slightly blurred. As you are trying to concentrate on that person, your dog finds something more interesting. His nose sniffing he makes a lunge all of a sudden. It all happened in a flash and before you gather your wits, you find yourself lying prostrate of the ground, with lots of dust in your eyes and face. Your right wrist hurts, you find it badly bruised. And lo, even the knees are bruised and you feel blood trickling out of your nose.
This was just an imagination but believe me it can happen with any one. Dog is not a human being. He is an animal guided by instincts. The smell is one of the powerful senses he has and he uses it for everything-right from hunting a prey to identify the person on the other side of the closed the door. In his life walking in the open and making sudden lunges at an imaginary prey or some attractive smell is quite normal.
Many people feel that it is cruelty to use such a device. But believe me that the neck muscles of any dog are extremely powerful. Ever watched two dogs fighting? They lunge at each other’s necks and the way they try to grab it and jerk it shows that the neck muscles are really strong. The professionals use a choke collar to control breeds of all sizes. But novices should never take chances with large breeds.
In either type it has to be put on the neck of the dog in such a way that the ring attached to the leash is always on the right side of the dog and while walking dog should always be on the left of the owner. In this position the collar will tighten around the neck of the dog if he pulls. Thus it remains a safe bet for walking a dog and he cannot pull you down all of a sudden.
They hold the dog by keeping the collar tightly around-this does the choke the dog a bit. But it is better than having broken wrists! Personally, I do not favor the last situation. It is better to train such dog to not to pull under any circumstance.
Image-I How to use a Choke Chain |
|||||||
Share This: | |||||||
|
|||||||
Views: 3998 Comments: 0 | |||||||
|