• If slip's the way forward, definitely get some practice in at home... you'll need the muscle memory to work regardless of stress/adrenaline.

  • I don't get your meaning, it's probably just me, but all my dogs have slip leads and I have never felt the need for anything else.

    Putting a slip lead on Barry the diminutive psychopathic furball might be a little challenging. My approach to the owner might be less than LFGSS approved, nor would it be appropriate for the peaceable @owl, but it would stop the nonsense and save me from having to stamp on Barry (who isn't to blame, he's a dog not a human).

  • If you are going to throw a slip line on someone else’s dog, whilst trying to catch it, whilst it may be fully aggressing another dog…. Good luck.

    That’s a lot of speed and movement while you are under stress.

    Any stress situation relies on muscle memory. The more practice at catching the dog, getting a loop over a moving head, the more chance of success in the moment.

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