Gentle Leaders - a Rant

[heinz57_79]

i used one on my boy (a dane) when he was a pup and i got stupid commets too wherever we went "Why do you put a muzzle on your horse" .."look at the mean pit bull"... "stay away from that dog, he must bite"..im sorry but people are stupid... plain and simple

ETA: LOVE your hair by the way!!!!

Wow... people really ARE stupid... especially since Danes look NOTHING like pitties. That would be like someone looking at Chica and saying, Ohh! What a nice poodle!

Thanks, btw. (about the hair)

[Danegirl2208]

Wow... people really ARE stupid... especially since Danes look NOTHING like pitties. That would be like someone looking at Chica and saying, Ohh! What a nice poodle!

Thanks, btw. (about the hair)

lol, i know, a lot of people think he is, especially when he was a little pup..ive never seen a 33" pittie

[sparks19]

I have had a few comments about Teddy's Halti. People always ask me if it is because he barks or because he bites and I say neither. it's because if he sees a squirrel I don't lose my arm when he tries to chase it. See he has full use of his mouth but I have control of his head.


OOOOOOh they say. lol

[Suki Wingy]

I used one with Niño for a while and people didn't even ask if it was a muzzle, just, "Why did you take your dog to the park if he needs to be muzzled?!" In snappy tones.

[LuvGold00]

When we used a GL with Starr, I even had people think she had a muzzle on and she's a Golden Retriever. I had people ask me if she was friendly, and that they hadn't seen a mean golden before...

[cyber-sibes]

I used a GL with my rotti-mix, Rosie, only because trying to walk her was like trying to control a taank! she was the sweetest girl in the world, but people always asked if she was mean, and why I put a muzzle on her. Probably didn't help that she was one of those "big black dogs". People were afraid of her.

[Heather1031]

Ok so I know that this is an old thread but I had to say that you have to understand that people without dogs don't know what a Gentle Leader is or what it’s for. It looks like a muzzle to those that don't know. There have been many, many dogs that bit; no one wants to be bitten or to have one of their children bitten.

I had a Lab that we put a Gentle Leader on she was the sweetest dog; she just pulled on the leash. People would ask I would explain it and that was that. I don't think there’s anything to get upset or frustrated about.

Now having said that the lady in the book store was over the top. But in general who cares they don't know and we can educate them.

[Canis-Lupess]

Stupid people!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes, you get that over here too with haltis and gentle leaders. Thick people think they are muzzles, lol. They are nothing to do with biting, they are to stop the dog from pulling. Gah, so many people were abscent when the brains were handed out.

I'd have said a few choice words to that stupid woman.