DAVE'S LEGACY
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As I'm a rather small framed person and weighing in at not much more than Dave himself my battles with him on the leash often ended in a great upset, with Dave winning.
These battles always involved him choking himself on a collar and this caused me great distress, I knew he was hurting but his instincts were greater than his pain. As you can imagine, I started dreading walk time however, at that stage in our lives we lived in a suburban area and our backyard was not adequate for Dave, a working dog, to get the exercise he needed.
I should mention here that we already had Nugget, another Australian Blue Cattle Dog. Having not had any problems providing for his needs, such as; daily walking, we felt confident of being able to offer Dynamic Dave a good home as well.
All we knew of Dog Personality, Dog Temperament and Dog Characteristics from Nugget had gone out the door when we welcomed Dave into our home. He challenged us at every move but, by this time he had won our hearts!
It was now up to us to meet Dave's needs and to make it work for all of us as a family, with the benefit of hindsight, we can honestly say we don't regret one minute of that journey - Dog Personality aside, you can't have a more loyal friend than an Aussie Blue.
Getting back to the main lesson I want to share with you...
His energy and enthusiasm for his walks were infectious, unfortunately it had become unsafe and too distressing to take him out.
As the walks started to become less frequent, his behaviour started to change from being confined to the house and backyard. We knew it was absolutely necessary for us to solve this problem so, we employed a well known Dog Trainer to come in and work with us. To cut a long story short, it didn't work....
OUR HORROR STORY
I'll share one of our very bad experiences to give you an idea of how dangerous this situation had become.
Surrounding our home we had access to a great area with walking tracks for dogs, which also included a disused water canal. One day as we were crossing one of the bridges over this canal, Dave started to run and pull with all his weight while, jumping in the air - one of his favourite tricks. Probably, trying to free himself from whatever device it was that he would be wearing. Anyway, this particular day, he launched himself into the air and went straight over the edge of the bridge that we were crossing. My 46Kilos couldn't hold him, the leash slid through my grasped fingers. My heart sank, thinking that I had killed my beloved dog.... I looked over the edge of the bridge, expecting the worse, to my utter suprise there was Dynamic staring back at me - thankfully, with no serious injuries.
That was the day my husband, Stephen, went to work on the Walk-Me Slip Harness.
I'm happy to report that; our story has a very happy ending. After years of trial and error, we finally got it right, a comfy, kind and humane walking harness that gives excellent control while, conveying a clear and consistent message to your dog, allowing them to learn easily and quickly.
Dave learned and we went on to enjoy many years of happy walking together before he passed away in 2007.
Kate and Dynamic Dave
DOG PERSONALITY, DOG TEMPERAMENT and DOG CHARACTERISTICS all need to be lovingly taken into consideration by the DOG HANDLER if, DOG BEHAVIORAL PROBLEMS are to be avoided or at least minimised.
"Dave recommends his special walking harness to your dog".
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