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Attention all dog walkers . . .

  • 04-07-2020 9:37am
    #1
    Hamsterchops
    Registered Users Posts: 3,133 ✭✭✭


    When did a dog lead become a leash?

    Everybody now talks about their dog leash, but why (and when) did the humble dog lead become a leash? In our local park you can still see some "please keep your dog on a lead" signs, but these are slowly being replaced by dog on a leash signage :cool:

    Americanisation or what?


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  • #2
    Rodney Bathgate
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,445 ✭✭✭Rodney Bathgate


    I’d be more concerned about the dog walkers who are not cleaning up after their dogs.

    Bin the poo!


  • #3
    PhilOssophy
    Registered Users Posts: 2,114 ✭✭✭PhilOssophy


    Hang on there while I pretend to care.


  • #4
    Tilikum17
    Registered Users Posts: 1,316 ✭✭✭Tilikum17


    Or the people that think it’s ok to have their dog bombing around off lead. One of my dogs HATES other dogs he doesn’t know.

    If your dog came running at mine, & mine bit yours out of fear. It’s my dog that gets pts. Who’s fault is that.

    Get that into your head!


  • #5
    is_that_so
    Registered Users Posts: 32,136 ✭✭✭✭is_that_so


    Leash is a very old word, goes back to the 15th century or so. You can often find older words in American English in the same way that Quebecois is more like 18th century French. We just prefer lead in this part of the world so let it go OP.


  • #6
    KiKi III
    Registered Users Posts: 2,653 ✭✭✭KiKi III


    Tilikum17 wrote: »
    Or the people that think it’s ok to have their dog bombing around off lead. One of my dogs HATES other dogs he doesn’t know.

    If your dog came running at mine, & mine bit yours out of fear. It’s my dog that gets pts. Who’s fault is that.

    Get that into your head!

    If your dog is that likely to bite it should be muzzled when out and about.


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  • #7
    Mrcaramelchoc
    Registered Users Posts: 1,795 ✭✭✭Mrcaramelchoc


    KiKi III wrote: »
    If your dog is that likely to bite it should be muzzled when out and about.

    All dogs should still be on a lead when they are out no exceptions.


  • #8
    Cee-Jay-Cee
    Registered Users Posts: 12,235 ✭✭✭✭Cee-Jay-Cee


    Rodney Bathgate wrote: »
    I’d be more concerned about the dog walkers who are not cleaning up after their dogs.

    Bin the poo!

    Yes, take the easy bio-degradable poo, put it in a non bio-degradable plastic bag and into a bin from which it will be dumped into a landfill site and lie there for hundreds of years.


  • #9
    Rodney Bathgate
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,445 ✭✭✭Rodney Bathgate


    Cee-Jay-Cee wrote: »
    Yes, take the easy bio-degradable poo, put it in a non bio-degradable plastic bag and into a bin from which it will be dumped into a landfill site and lie there for hundreds of years.

    Better than leaving it on the footpath like so many currently do.


  • #10
    KiKi III
    Registered Users Posts: 2,653 ✭✭✭KiKi III


    Mrcaramelchoc wrote: »
    All dogs should still be on a lead when they are out no exceptions.

    There’s lots of places where dogs are allowed off leash. It’s how they get exercise and socialise.


  • #11
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Attention dog walkers.....leash your dogs! Not everyone is cool with your fashion accessory bounding up to them


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  • #12
    Hamsterchops
    Registered Users Posts: 3,133 ✭✭✭Hamsterchops


    KiKi III wrote: »
    There’s lots of places where dogs are allowed off leash. It’s how they get exercise and socialise.

    There, you said leash - why?


  • #13
    KiKi III
    Registered Users Posts: 2,653 ✭✭✭KiKi III


    Hamsterchops wrote: »
    There, you said leash - why?

    Because I don’t get overly hung up on the origins of my word choices.


  • #14
    SouthWesterly
    Registered Users Posts: 6,454 ✭✭✭SouthWesterly


    Dont care what you all it once it's under control


  • #15
    Hoboo
    Registered Users Posts: 3,517 ✭✭✭Hoboo


    SouthWesterly wrote: »
    Dont care what you all it once it's under control

    Never seen an out of control lead or leash.


  • #16
    Mr Meanor
    Registered Users Posts: 197 ✭✭Mr Meanor


    Hoboo wrote: »
    Never seen an out of control lead or leash.

    Some call that fun!


  • #17
    begbysback
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,910 ✭✭✭begbysback


    Are these walking on the driveway, or the sidewalk?


  • #18
    Wanderer78
    Registered Users Posts: 28,797 ✭✭✭✭Wanderer78


    Hamsterchops wrote:
    Everybody now talks about their dog leash, but why (and when) did the humble dog lead become a leash? In our local park you can still see some "please keep your dog on a lead" signs, but these are slowly being replaced by dog on a leash signage


    I'm so angry right now , this is the most, oh I don't even have the words of how angry I am about this........


  • #19
    whisky_galore
    Registered Users Posts: 15,729 ✭✭✭✭whisky_galore


    Don't care if it's lead or leash just pick up its fcuking sh1t afterwards ok?


  • #20
    PhilOssophy
    Registered Users Posts: 2,114 ✭✭✭PhilOssophy


    Wanderer78 wrote: »
    I'm so angry right now , this is the most, oh I don't even have the words of how angry I am about this........

    Deep breaths there, I am sure you can get through it....


  • #21
    arybvtcw0eolkf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24,878 ✭✭✭✭arybvtcw0eolkf


    Tilikum17 wrote: »
    Or the people that think it’s ok to have their dog bombing around off lead. One of my dogs HATES other dogs he doesn’t know.

    If your dog came running at mine, & mine bit yours out of fear. It’s my dog that gets pts. Who’s fault is that.

    Get that into your head!

    Your dog is afraid of other dogs, so everyone else has to keep their dogs on a leash just to keep you and your dog happy?, get lost. You should have socialized your dog properly and you wouldn't be having a problem dog.


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  • #22
    Hamsterchops
    Registered Users Posts: 3,133 ✭✭✭Hamsterchops


    KiKi III wrote: »
    Because I don’t get overly hung up on the origins of my word choices.

    Just curious.

    After using the word 'lead' for fifty years of my life, and now leash has taken over as the word... everywhere you go now in Ireland it's the dog leash instead of dog lead :cool:

    I also get hung up when people say movie theatre instead of cinema, or chips when referring to crisps!


  • #23
    Dravokivich
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Music Moderators, Politics Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 22,360 CMod ✭✭✭✭Dravokivich


    Casey Chilly Suspicion wrote: »
    Your dog is afraid of other dogs, so everyone else has to keep their dogs on a leash just to keep you and your dog happy?, get lost. You should have socialized your dog properly and you wouldn't be having a problem dog.

    Its a bit hard to do that when you've old farm dogs. Outside everywhere is there's. I only bring them where others should be on leads, because they can't go further than the reach of my arm and the lead.

    Its a bit foolhardy to think "I know my own dog" so feel they can run around off the lead. That's how they tend to get hit by cars, or picked up and stolen by others. Not to mention, you don't know the other dogs about, and how yours will respond or interact with it.


  • #24
    Zebra3
    Registered Users Posts: 13,848 ✭✭✭✭Zebra3


    Casey Chilly Suspicion wrote: »
    Your dog is afraid of other dogs, so everyone else has to keep their dogs on a leash just to keep you and your dog happy?, get lost. You should have socialized your dog properly and you wouldn't be having a problem dog.

    You keep your animal on a leash because it's the law. :rolleyes:


  • #25
    JohnnyFlash
    Registered Users Posts: 7,055 ✭✭✭JohnnyFlash


    Casey Chilly Suspicion wrote: »
    Your dog is afraid of other dogs, so everyone else has to keep their dogs on a leash just to keep you and your dog happy?, get lost. You should have socialized your dog properly and you wouldn't be having a problem dog.

    Don’t you have one of those meathead dogs like a pit bull or mastiff?


  • #26
    Wanderer78
    Registered Users Posts: 28,797 ✭✭✭✭Wanderer78


    PhilOssophy wrote: »
    Deep breaths there, I am sure you can get through it....

    i just cant, I JUST CANT! this is just too much, i need to break ****!


  • #27
    EmmetSpiceland
    Registered Users Posts: 10,526 ✭✭✭✭EmmetSpiceland


    My dog is a great dog, I let her off the lead when there’s no one around. If I see people, or another dog, I put her back on the lead.

    I could probably leave her off because she got decent “recall” and is, generally, friendly to others but, at the end of the day she’s a dog and I’m in charge of her.

    I, also, pick up her shít when she goes. Seeing the amount of dog fouling on both the grass and footpath is always disheartening. It’s really not that hard to pick up and it’s not too much hassle to carry the bag to a bin, or to your home bin if there are no council ones.

    The thing that really gets me is people tying their “poop bags” to trees. If you ever try to engage with them they give some lame excuse about how they’ll be ‘coming back for it’, which they never do.

    The tide is turning…



  • #28
    Yester
    Registered Users Posts: 1,496 ✭✭✭Yester


    I tried keeping mine on a lease but he has yet to pay.


  • #29
    I Am Nobody
    Closed Accounts Posts: 726 ✭✭✭I Am Nobody


    JohnnyFlash wrote: »
    Don’t you have one of those meathead dogs like a pit bull or mastiff?

    What does it matter what breed they are if they are well trained and socialized?I have 2 rotties who are well trained and big babies.But they won't tolerate another dog trying to be dominant.My dogs are always on leads and muzzled by law.But you always get muppets with borders,boxers,off lead and running for a confrontation.

    The law states dog owners have full control of thier dogs on or off lead.Since mine is on the restricted list I conform to that.But others do not and I shouldn't be at fault if their dog gets a scratch while running up to mine.

    If you own a dog and take it to public areas,be in control of it.


  • #30
    Kylta
    Registered Users Posts: 15,457 ✭✭✭✭Kylta


    Is lead or leash from laois?


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  • #31
    Tilikum17
    Registered Users Posts: 1,316 ✭✭✭Tilikum17


    KiKi III wrote: »
    There’s lots of places where dogs are allowed off leash. It’s how they get exercise and socialise.

    My dog has been socialised since he was a pup - doggy day care. He lives in a house with 3 cats & another dog & he adores all of them. He goes to work with his mum everyday to a rescue where his job is to check the temperament of the other dogs. But he needs to meet the dogs in a certain way. Like all dogs should meet. Not dragged by their owner face to face and certainly not sprinting at one that’s on lead.


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