A question for those with more than one dog

[Husky_mom]

"Tangled, Sprinting, and still able to Holler" "STOP, or I'm Gonna KILL You!!"
displays world-class Dawg Walkin Talent!

aww, thank you Phred!!..... you just made me smile.......LOL

[pessimisaurus]

Wow Im amazed so many of you can walk your dogs together!!

First off, I usually dont walk my dogs, Alki gets most of her exercise by running in the yard and Brock at the dog park. But when I do it is rarely at the same time. The reason is because Brock & Alki are both reactive on leash, meaning if they see another dog when they are leashed they whine/bark/etc, become very anxious, and would aggress if the dog came near- however when they are leashed next to each other often redirect their anxiety on each other! I have walked them together a number of times though, usually at night with less chance of running into another dog, and have done well. Ive become good at hearing/spotting on coming dogs before them and will move aside, or duck behind a car until the dogs pass. That was when I lived downtown though, now that Im in the suburbs more it would prob be more challenging since there are tons of dogs left in front yards that bark and fence fight, etc (why I never leave my dogs out back unattended....).

However there are some places I can take the 2 of them together. Ive been to a number of parks where I can have Alki off leash playing fetch so shes completely disinterested in the other dogs, and just keep Brock distracted and that works perfectly. Or I only take them out with a friend so we each have a dog. I imagine Ill be able to walk Brock and Royal together though because Royal wont be reactive. Brock & Alki were rescues and essentially came that way. lol My dogs are a lot of work!