Harness Gone Wrong |
Is this your puppy ? if yes then you need a proper fitting harness to start with. Secondly, pulling on the dog to get it to walk is not the proper way to leash train a dog. |
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Learn to relax. Obviously it didnt fit and it wasnt a hard tug. |
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That joural was written for what exactly? Lol!!!! |
I understand that you were trying to be cutesie with the video. Unfortunately you failed miserably. Nothing funny about dragging a pup across a floor wearing an ill fitting harness. It ranks right up there with pics of yorkies in teacups. :thumbdown You are a newbie at YT and perhaps you don't understand the mindset of the majority of members here. We take our yorkies very seriously and your video sent "bad owner/abuse" red flags to many of us. My immediate reaction was the anger I feel when I see parents dragging their kids by an arm through the grocery store. Yes, you didn't ask for advice or opinions, but this is an open forum where you will get plenty of both. So, please stay and put on your big girl panties and be prepared for lots of opinions -- the good (what you want to hear), the bad (what you don't want to hear) and the ugly (that which is uncalled for). |
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I heard some faint laughter in the video |
When I first got my yorkie and was trying to teach him to walk, I thought it was okay to drag him to teach him it was okay to be walked on a leash but found when I got home that his pads had been scratched by the tugging because they had bled all over the carpet. I felt awful and never tried to 'teach' him in this way again. So, I guess members here are painfully aware of the issues we bring on our dogs when we attempt to walk them without the proper techniques and equipment. As such, they like to ensure that people who post videos like these on this site are aware and are not sending a message to others that potentially harmful acts done out of ignorance or cruelty are acceptable. However, the puppy in this video seems well cared for and didn't appear to be in any distress so I do get the humor especially since the puppy also looked at you like, "Duh," when the harness slipped off. :p We're all on the same team, I'm sure! |
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Womp it up, yo. I certainly hope you're a better owner than the video portrayed, and I'm not usually this riled up. If you weren't doing anything wrong, methinks thou does protest too much. |
I actually didn't see anything to harsh, heck I roughhouse with Duchess all the time and I can tell you it would look like I am hurting Duchess but I am not. She loves it and instigates it every time. When she is ready to play, she will run up to me, start barking with her butt in the air, then we play a game of tag.......then the rough housing starts. To me it just looks like a little tug, nothing abusive. I didn't see her dragging her yorkie.......just a little tug. In fact I thought it was hilarious because I went through the exact same thing when I was trying to trained my rescue how to walk on leash. I don't think a gentle tug should be considered abusive. It was hilarious......by the way your little one is adorable and my rescue baby did the same exact thing. I bought like 3 harnesses trying to find the perfect one. |
It may or may not been a hard tug and she may thought it was funny but what I am see is very rude comments to established member who started off give friendly advise. |
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