QUOTE (mountain4greys @ May 23 2008, 07:53 PM)
| QUOTE (Redstripe @ May 23 2008, 08:19 PM) |
| awesome pics! looks like Pats an expert on the hip hug! |
I learned something new that day. She told me that when a dog is getting it's collar and leash on, which is the scary part, because it can get away easily at this point, if you hold the dogs back legs about an inch off the ground, they'll never try to get away. And not one dog even tried.
The secret is because the dog knows it doesn't have it's hind feet on the ground to catapult itself far away from you.
yup! i call it a hip hug...
Liz
23rd May 2008 - 10:56 PM
Thank you for sharing Jimmy !
Dragonmom
24th May 2008 - 02:09 AM
do you know which canadian group? we got some new pups and just wondering if they are from that gur?
xracers
25th May 2008 - 06:12 PM
When I started in the dog business I weighed 300 lbs., I dropped to 140 within 6 months because there's never time to stop and eat. The work is real physical too. I stayed at 140 for the ten years I was in the business and as soon as I closed the kennel I started pigging out again and I'm fixing to hit that 300 again!
D2P- John and Mary are such nice people! I had talked with John for many hours when I was up there on another run but I never really got a chance to talk with Mary. She called us several times to make sure we were doing ok and to tell us how her new boy was. They are real good people.
Dragonmom- I think the group is AAG but I'm not sure of that. It's Lynda Seed's group.
The hip hug is how we hold the dogs when we're morning schooling- they really can't get away if their back paws can't touch the ground.
I had a great time talking with Jimmy that day! I would have never been able to do that run without his help. Thanks again for that Jimmy!
mountain4greys
25th May 2008 - 06:29 PM
Thanks Pat! I hope I get to ride with you again. I do know I'll get to see you during your Fredericksburg run when we get dogs.
Beryl
25th May 2008 - 07:13 PM
Love the information and the pictures will have to try that hip hug on Hershey our escape artist.