In this clip, Amber the Golden
Retriever is telling crawler Cedric that
his advances are just not welcome! Amber
does her best to politely ignore the baby,
and as he begins to handle her about the
head and face, you can see Amber show us
some eye-shifting behaviors, a pretty good
signal that she’s not comfortable
with this. View and read more ....
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63% of the dogs examined had
neck and spinal injuries.
78% of the dogs with aggression
or over activity problems had neck and spinal
injuries.
Of the dogs with neck injuries,
91% had experienced hard jerks on a leash or
had strained against their leashes.
The study concludes that leash corrections, the dog
forging ahead or a tethered pet hitting the end of
a solid line may inflict spinal injury.
Excerpts from the above mentioned survey:
“During 1992 several Chiropractors, my students
and I conducted a study of 400 dogs from different
dog clubs in Sweden. Dog owners were offered a free
examination of their dog by a chiropractor in return
for their voluntary participation. Those who volunteered
to participate in the study had mostly ordinary dogs,
in that owners presented them to us without any suspicion
of spinal anomalies…Canine
back problems are common. The result of our study showed
that the chiropractors found back anomalies in 63%
of the 400 dogs…dogs that “acted out” in
other words, that exhibited over activity and aggression,
78% had spinal anomalies. Spinal anomalies seem to
constitute an irritation that often results in stress
reactions, aggression or fear. This is also in accordance
with my own and my students’ experience with
problematic dogs... In our study there were some factors
that correlated with spinal anomalies. These were:
Accidents.
Pulling on leash (see explanation
below).
Limping during adolescence.
Pulling on leash:
Of those dogs that had cervical (neck) anomalies, 91%
(!) had been exposed to harsh jerks on the leash, or
they had a long history of pulling or straining at
the end of a leash. There is a risk of "whip-lash" from
jerking the leash that probably increases if the dog
wears a choke chain. Choke chains are constructed such
that pulling it results in pressure distributed around
the dog's neck, but the muscles that absorb the pressure
are situated mostly at the sides of the neck. The neck
and throat are almost unprotected.
Choke chains can be dangerous. For many years I and
others have criticized the use of choke chains and
training methods that use jerking and pulling on a
leash as a means of controlling behavior. Unfortunately,
most dog trainers use just this technique. There is
probably a relationship between the force of the jerk
and the risk of injury. I believe dog owners should
be warned that chaining a dog to anything firm, that
isn't elastic, without surveillance may increase the
risk of a spinal injury. A dog can easily forget the
boundaries of the chain or rope, accelerate, and suddenly
come to a halt, with all the stopping power concentrated
around the dog's neck.
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