Convenience-anythi
ng that saves or simplifies work, adds to one's ease or comfort, etc., as an appliance, utensil, or the like. (Meriam-Webster)
Or an off-leash park for dogs.
Very convenient for any dog owner.
Open the gate, unhook the leash and let 'em run. Spend the next half hour communing with nature via checking messages on your PDA in the great outdoors or if there are other dog owners in there, pocket the blackberry and be social, excusing yourself only when you have to respond to a message.
Keeping one eye on your four-footed charge, attentive long enough to spy the selected spot, wander over, get the poop bag out, clean up and deposit it into the bin.
If there's a group of dogs 'playing' together let them 'work it out' by themselves. They'll have their own hierarchy down pat within the first three minutes.
Hmm...not my idea of exercising the dog!
The walk is the perfect time to bond with your dog. To mold and teach the dog what is acceptable and what won't be allowed. Everything you ever wanted to know about your dog or teach your dog can be accomplished while you are out on a walk or in a dog park with other dogs. Everything!! (what a concept) After all, it is the highlight of any dog's day!
We have a responsibility when there is more than one dog present to monitor their behavior. Just as we watch our kids in the playground and wouldn't allow bullying that can escalate to the point of physical injury, so it should be with a pack of playing dogs. The big difference is, in a playground, kids have bars and swings, a sandbox and all sorts of apparatus. Dogs have the other dogs, their owner and some wide-open space. Dogs need a job when they are out playing- a focus, whether it's retreiving a ball, playing tug-of-war with a favourite rope-toy with another dog or it may be as simple as calling the dog over every once in a while to reaffirm your leadership. (and hone the dogs training)
It shouldn't be a free-for-all in there. Being alert to the body language of an approaching dog or getting in there when there are three dogs on one and the low dog on the rung is obviously not enjoying it anymore is a necessity! This type of play (bullying) can cross the line from 'socializing' to the 'pack' mentality quickly. I've seen this many times in our off-leash area. The owner watching but oblivious to their dog's situation.
Monitor your dog's behavior when in an off-leash situation!!
There's a 'Code of Conduct' posted at the entrance of our off-leash parks in the city of Toronto.
http://www.toronto.ca/parks/ola_signsamples.htm,
ng that saves or simplifies work, adds to one's ease or comfort, etc., as an appliance, utensil, or the like. (Meriam-Webster)Or an off-leash park for dogs.
Very convenient for any dog owner.
Open the gate, unhook the leash and let 'em run. Spend the next half hour communing with nature via checking messages on your PDA in the great outdoors or if there are other dog owners in there, pocket the blackberry and be social, excusing yourself only when you have to respond to a message.
Keeping one eye on your four-footed charge, attentive long enough to spy the selected spot, wander over, get the poop bag out, clean up and deposit it into the bin.
If there's a group of dogs 'playing' together let them 'work it out' by themselves. They'll have their own hierarchy down pat within the first three minutes.
Hmm...not my idea of exercising the dog!
The walk is the perfect time to bond with your dog. To mold and teach the dog what is acceptable and what won't be allowed. Everything you ever wanted to know about your dog or teach your dog can be accomplished while you are out on a walk or in a dog park with other dogs. Everything!! (what a concept) After all, it is the highlight of any dog's day!
We have a responsibility when there is more than one dog present to monitor their behavior. Just as we watch our kids in the playground and wouldn't allow bullying that can escalate to the point of physical injury, so it should be with a pack of playing dogs. The big difference is, in a playground, kids have bars and swings, a sandbox and all sorts of apparatus. Dogs have the other dogs, their owner and some wide-open space. Dogs need a job when they are out playing- a focus, whether it's retreiving a ball, playing tug-of-war with a favourite rope-toy with another dog or it may be as simple as calling the dog over every once in a while to reaffirm your leadership. (and hone the dogs training)
It shouldn't be a free-for-all in there. Being alert to the body language of an approaching dog or getting in there when there are three dogs on one and the low dog on the rung is obviously not enjoying it anymore is a necessity! This type of play (bullying) can cross the line from 'socializing' to the 'pack' mentality quickly. I've seen this many times in our off-leash area. The owner watching but oblivious to their dog's situation.
Monitor your dog's behavior when in an off-leash situation!!
There's a 'Code of Conduct' posted at the entrance of our off-leash parks in the city of Toronto.
http://www.toronto.ca/parks/ola_signsamples.htm,
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