tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837788668443543592.post396859017683065303..comments2024-02-05T13:39:43.501+01:00Comments on Kenzo the Hovawart: Off Leash: The Careless, The Clueless and The JudgesTeam Kenzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06113604410676702370noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837788668443543592.post-1575673113117798522013-03-01T21:31:32.954+01:002013-03-01T21:31:32.954+01:00It's wonderful how Kenzo acts as a buffer for ...It's wonderful how Kenzo acts as a buffer for Viva - what a good doggy brother he is! And as for those Judges, we do the same and avoid them. Remember Leo, you're not the asshole whisperer. ;-)Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04451132815804002971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837788668443543592.post-72663009095437202732013-02-24T21:43:21.771+01:002013-02-24T21:43:21.771+01:00This is such a smart post. I especially liked hari...This is such a smart post. I especially liked haring about how Kenzo helps mediate between Viva and other dogs.<br /><br />Our current foster dog has some strange body language around other dogs. Watching Honey has helped me understand Layla (our foster) much better. <br /><br />Dogs are such much smarter about body language than humans. If more humans were willing to learn from dogs, we'd have fewer clueless, careless, and judgmental dog people.Pamela | Something Wagging This Way Comeshttp://www.somethingwagging.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837788668443543592.post-86179428754612601122013-02-21T11:29:18.618+01:002013-02-21T11:29:18.618+01:00This is an excellent post. You are brilliant at re...This is an excellent post. You are brilliant at reading canine body language. Your dogs are so very lucky to have a great human in their lives. And isn't it amazing how, once we've learned to read dogs, we read people way better, too? Thanks so much for sharing your story.Dee the dog trainerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18325518971449257071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837788668443543592.post-7046390062592380812013-02-21T08:37:04.131+01:002013-02-21T08:37:04.131+01:00Summed up in a nutshell, that is why I do not visi...Summed up in a nutshell, that is why I do not visit dog parks. Most people use dogs parks as social time with other humans instead of keeping an eye on their dogs.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18387561055021407254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837788668443543592.post-10074836957316737332013-02-21T08:14:16.038+01:002013-02-21T08:14:16.038+01:00Very well said. So glad Viva is doing better and ...Very well said. So glad Viva is doing better and Kenzo is there to help her out. We mostly have dogs that zoom in, loose in their own yards and clueless who tell me their dog wants to be friends with mine while they are charging my dog with teeth bared. Yeah, OK. So they never do a thing about it. 24 Paws of Lovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06574070591449171093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837788668443543592.post-2946401924277108562013-02-20T23:24:09.987+01:002013-02-20T23:24:09.987+01:00I meet a lot of clueless, mostly on leash (We than...I meet a lot of clueless, mostly on leash (We thankfully don't run into off leash dogs.....those owners have been clueless as well, typically). I see a lot of little dogs, straining at the ends of their leashes (also frequently flexi leads), barking madly and totally whale eyed. Their owners think it's great that their little dogs have so much pluck in the face of a "big huge" dog like mine. I think their dogs are terrified and those people are idiots. Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10562151546770315227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837788668443543592.post-89851559528502207542013-02-20T23:08:52.453+01:002013-02-20T23:08:52.453+01:00This is one of those things that drives me nuts - ...This is one of those things that drives me nuts - especially when they yell after their unleashed dog heading straight for us "Don't worry, he's friendly"...that's nice for you, but maybe mine isn't so friendly - or maybe I'm trying to instill some much needed calmness in greeting other dogs - or maybe I just don't want to be bothered. Luckily we usually get our walks in early, early morning before most people are up, so it's pretty deserted!SlimDoggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10830198538573500213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837788668443543592.post-58768899264799339832013-02-20T23:06:30.053+01:002013-02-20T23:06:30.053+01:00We have trouble like this all the time. We have a ...We have trouble like this all the time. We have a ZERO visiting rule in public so that Lilly never has to worry about meeting this dog or maybe that dog. She knows and trusts me to keep ALL dogs away from her ... using whatever means I can. Around here, most off-leash dogs have NO business being off leash in public. So, we sometimes get chased down, if I cannot avoid them some other way. Generally, if the other dog minds its own business, then Lilly does too. Lilly has even become sensitized to the sound of a flexi-leash reeling out. She hears that sound and thinks, "That dog isn't under control," and she is often right ... where clueless / careless people let their dogs hog the entire trial or come right up on us, when everything about our body language says, "GO AWAY!"Roxanne @ Champion of My Hearthttp://championofmyheart.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837788668443543592.post-42154301859722124992013-02-20T21:44:11.758+01:002013-02-20T21:44:11.758+01:00Yes! That last line is something I have heard so m...Yes! That last line is something I have heard so much and it drives me crazy. I'm sorry, maybe sometimes in some very specific circumstances it is okay to let dogs sort it out themselves. However, these circumstances are not on a residential street on the side of a busy road while both dogs are on leash. <br /><br />I am glad most of the people in your area are much better and it's only the outliers you have to worry about. Kristinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08942859130560139570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837788668443543592.post-12378431753385294872013-02-20T15:21:54.141+01:002013-02-20T15:21:54.141+01:00Don't get us started on irresponsible dog owne...Don't get us started on irresponsible dog owners. We have plenty round here. Have a wonderful Wednesday.<br />Best wishes MollyAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13215335582021912308noreply@blogger.com