Specialty Gardening: What's a Cottage Garden Without a Dog?, 0 by dryad57

dryad57 wrote:
LOL - our little mutt (13# cross of spaniel and we don't know what else) is a definite sled dog! She would LOVE to pull us everywhere but I cured her of that with one short lesson on a choke chain. We went out for a walk, I let her pull for a while, then gave her one of those real quick "choke-release" things and told her very sternly to HEAL. To this day, whenever she sees the leash and choke chain she sits at my feet, drops her nose so I can slide the chain over her head, and sits right next to me, wagging her tail furiously, knowing we're going out. And she stays right by my side! She is far too food-driven for treats to work, she gets all focused on the food and completely forgets what else is going on. Thank heavens she likes to obey and is happy with us loving all over her - I don't know how we'd control her if that didn't work.

This is her at a Small Dog Party, trying to be cool....(her name is Choo Choo)