Five benefits to keeping your child on a leash.

Really, you have to carry your own? Dude, you’ve got to work on training that dog of yours!
Also, I don’t recommend letting your dog read this blog — they get all kinds of bad ideas…

Choke chains…yeah, that’s a controvercial one. A lot of those things are made in China by child laborers. I don’t think it would be ethical to put one on my kid.

Yikes! I never understood what real terror was until I had a kid and thought, even briefly, that I may have lost him.

You know, maybe you can take care of both issues: Let the hyperactive toddler take the 2-month old on walks. that way the toddler burns off some energy and they get some good bonding time while you have a much-needed cup of coffee and a good book. Seriously, I don’t see why I’m not rich and famous, what with all my brilliant advice and stuff.

That’s a nice, healthy treat. So…no. The time to give your child healthy treats is when they’re laying around playing video games–that’s when the healthy stuff does the most good. Snausages are a good alternative; they have cartoons of smiling dogs on the bags and kids love that.

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Yeah, a leash is way more convenient than bubble-wrapping everything.

It depends a bit on where the neighbor’s kid is tied up. you want them just out of reach of each other so the lines don’t get tangled up.

You know, my wife has been using shock collars on me now for a number of years. Of course, she uses them to keep me OFF the property rather than on it. I say it’s worth a try. There’s a guy named GOF that hangs out here on ocassion–he’s got a lot of experience using technology to aid in child-rearing. We’re going into business together on an IBMP branded cattle prod. He might have some thoughts on the shock collar thingy…

Well, I’d probably stick with the harness until your kid can do a consistent sit/stay. Seems a bit inhumane to use a collar until they can do that…

Hey there, Hajra! How you been? Yeah, probably a good time to get them used to the leash before they think they can just have the run of the house every time they come visit…

Thanks for coming by!

You really can’t win. People kinda don’t like when your kid runs in front of busses, but they don’t like screaming kids on leashes either. I say people who give other parents looks of disgust for parenting the way the see most appropriate should have whatever it is removed from their backside, framed, and posted on their wall as a reminder of their dickishness.

I would have died laughing!

Hahaha! Poor city planning. A real shame 😉

Could you be just a bit more clear? Are you saying “maybe” or “possibly”?

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I hear ya! As much as WTF Wednesday is about snarky crappy advice, it should not be taken as an actual endorsement or condemnation of any of the techniques discussed. To be honest, I can’t actually quite figure out how people do manage more toddlers than they have available hands…

Yup. We’ve heard a few folks say their kid was/is unsafe in those situations and the leash was the best option. My son was always lazy enough to be quite happy in a stroller. For that matter, he’d still be in one if they made them his size. 😉

I’ve learned people will judge you no matter what you do as a parent. Bottom line is you kept your girl safe and something tells me she’s not going to judge you badly for that–and hers is the only opinion that really matters. 🙂

Thanks for the kind feedback, Alicia. You might want to get one of those retractable thingies for your 8 year-old. That way you can extend it so he can pee in private without having to take him off the leash. You just reel it back in when you want him to heel or when those sources of endless entertainment are within arms reach.

Thanks for reading!

And money on running shoes, too, I bet.