It's finally cooled down enough to take Tanner to the park for longer than 5 minutes so we went this morning and found a nice open space to walk in. I took Tanners long line and e-collar along and he's used to wearing both of them.

He was a total velcro dog! I appreciate his attentiveness but I wanted him to be able to goof off some. He's not a high energy boy at all but he wouldn't get further than about 5 feet from me. I tried using my normal release word and running around some to get him moving. He would follow me and then immediately stop when I stopped. He wasn't shut down or anything. He was his normal happy boy self. Just not even moving even to investigate stuff which he normally would.

So what do you guys think? Just continue taking him until he realizes that I've really released him to go sniff and run around? No training on park trips for a bit?

I also managed to walk around with the ASP I carry clipped to my pocket fully extended for about 20 minutes before I realized that it had fallen open. Wonder what people thought of that?

is there any wilderness nearby ?

i'm thinking that a totally new unstructured environment without any of the usual smells , sounds , infrastructure , other animals , which tend to put the same patterns of behaviour ( both you and the dog ) into play all over again .

and make it a point to vary those locales as much as possible .

something we do is go for long walks / bushwacks ( 2 - 8 hours ) and barely say any words the whole time .



what an ASP ?

I have banned myself from threads that have the word e-collar in so I will leave the training out and say it seems you have based your concern on 1 walk in the park, yr dog might have just not been feeling great that day for whatever unknown reason, simple as that.

you need a few more trips to see if there is a trend.

have you ever had days where you don't bounce out of bed like a spring and bound around like a insane person on a pogo stick.


geez since about age 46 I have had a lot of those days.

well I might jump out of bed with good intentions then the knee says hey man chill the frik out you are not 24 anymore.

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is there any wilderness nearby ?

i'm thinking that a totally new unstructured environment without any of the usual smells , sounds , infrastructure , other animals , which tend to put the same patterns of behaviour ( both you and the dog ) into play all over again .

what an ASP ?

An ASP is an expandable metal baton. I carry it any time I'm walking my dog due to all the loose dogs in my area. Packs a punch. The most I've had to do is extend it to get a loose dog to head the other way. It looks like a flashlight at first glance when retracted but extended it's clearly a weapon.

We do mostly go to that park for training stuff so I guess that's the association he might have with it. I have a large regional park with a bunch of hiking trails near me. We'll have to try that.

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In some cities the ASP can be considered a weapon. Possible not in AZ but I think I'd check on that if I were you.

A good hardwood walking stick could easily be carried/walked with if you feel the need for that sort of protection.

We're good up to and including the open or concealed carry of a firearm with no license/registration here. Some other states/cities would sure have a problem with it though.

I find walking sticks to be a PITA.

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We're good up to and including the open or concealed carry of a firearm with no license/registration here. Some other states/cities would sure have a problem with it though.

I find walking sticks to be a PITA.

(Ps-s-s-st, I actually wear a Stun-Bat for that exact purpose, which IS "street legal" here in California)