Scenario: (2) Wear Pants ?

hehehehe, when I track I use plow lines each about 12 foot long. At the end of my track my dog plotz then eats jackpot. Then I whip out the ball & throw it. I am now super concious of where the lines are ever since I ended up on my a$$ after getting tangled up in them. I swore like a M#$%$^ F#@*%ing sailor.

Yes, I have a nice scar on my right-front ankle from rope burn. This was AFTER a trainer warned me about that and even showed me his scar

I was wearing jeans when it happened but it was the no socks that got me. So BEWARE, it can still happen.

I learned my lesson.
Lisa

I am limping right now after being stupid and wearing Crocs while working with my pup on Tuesday. I usually wear 3/4 high hiking shoes when I work with her, but it was so hot I wore my crocs. I got a NASTY 30 ft. leash burn on my left ankle. It's the last time I don't wear my training shoes!

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I am limping right now after being stupid and wearing Crocs while working with my pup on Tuesday. I usually wear 3/4 high hiking shoes when I work with her, but it was so hot I wore my crocs. I got a NASTY 30 ft. leash burn on my left ankle. It's the last time I don't wear my training shoes!

Well, dang.

I loooove my Crocs. I was thinking (if I was thinking at all) that jeans and Crocs would be good enough.

I feel like such a klutz! A few days ago, I was working with my 80 pound lab on the long leash. I put the dog in the sit command, told her to wait and threw a ball. Then I sent her out to get the ball. The leash was behind me, but I guess not good enough. Somehow, the leash sent me tumbling backwards and, well, you can imagine the landing was not very graceful! I'm just glad I didn't break anything.

Then today, back at it again. Thinking I'd learned my lesson. This time, when I threw the ball, the dog lunged forward after the ball before I told her it was okay. I grabbed the leash and jerked to correct her. The leash ripped out a swath of skin on the back of one of my fingers - very painful. To my dog's credit, when she heard me shriek (not at her), she stopped and looked back at me before she proceeded to get the ball.

But really, what am I missing here? I'm finding that working with the long leash is really quite ackward. I seem to spend about as much time messing around with the leash, getting it into position, as I do actually running my dog through her paces. And now that I've been "burned" by it, I'm a bit nervous about using the long leash.

Please, give me some tips....

Thanks

Instead of picking it up, step on it.

I learned my lesson working with horses.

Rope + Fast moving animal = Don't hold onto the rope

With an 80 pound dog, you "might" get away with leather gloves.

Just make sure you NEVER wrap the line around you hand or arm.

Stepping on the line should work, just don't have all your weight on the line or you might pull a looney toons when he janks you off your feet again.

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I learned my lesson working with horses.
Rope + Fast moving animal = Don't hold onto the rope
With an 80 pound dog, you "might" get away with leather gloves.
Just make sure you NEVER wrap the line around you hand or arm.

Stepping on the line should work, just don't have all your weight on the line or you might pull a looney toons when he janks you off your feet again.

You got that right! I've tried stepping on the leash. It doesn't always stop the dog, but still preferable to falling down or getting a finger ripped off! I may try the leather gloves for exercises that don't involve the "fast moving animal" part of the equation.

I've trained smaller dogs before and thought I knew what I was doing. But with smaller dogs I can pretty much make the animal do what I want it to do. But I'm finding with this larger dog, it's not quite so easy. The lab is really a great dog and really wants to please me, but when she is in a high drive state (chasing a ball) it's a whole different story.

Thanks for the suggestions,

julie