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LordRegalia:
That's great then. Thank you. My comments here are based on what I can see from the photos of you walking Shadow. I could be wrong in my assumptions though, as it is very possible that you normally do the walk differently, so again, the comments are purely based on what the photos show.

The two aspects that caught my attention are, Shadow's place / position during the walk and, the leash / style with which you walk him. I will elaborate on these observations.

From the photos, Shadow is on your right hand side. Ideally, your dog should be on your left hand and both of you should walk against the direction of vehicular traffic. That way, you get to see and anticipate any vehicles coming your way as well as quickly evade any erratic driving. You cannot effectively do this while walking along the same direction of vehicular traffic unless you want to keep looking behind you all the time. Also, remember that you and your dog's reactions to sudden surprises (like a truck or bike suddenly blaring it's horn right behind you) may not always be in sync and you want to avoid a situation where the dog is so freaked out by a surprise that in shock or while instinctively attempting to avoid it, makes a bad judgment call and right into the path of another vehicle coming from behind. It does happen. Which is why it is best to walk against the direction of vehicular traffic, because that way you have visual access to whatever is coming your way and can make the best judgment call in time for both you and your dog.

In addition to this, while walking with your dog on your left hand side and both of you against the direction of vehicles, try to ensure that you keep to the most extreme left of the path / walkway as you can so that whenever other pedestrians pass you from either front or behind, you are always between them and your dog. Remember dogs react differently to different people and also people sometimes may consciously or unconsciously do things that draw the dog's attention to them. So with you in between your dog and pedestrians, you are the first line of defense against any untoward reactions between dog and human, ie, the dog has to cross you to reach a person and in the time it takes to do that, you can always shush or correct it. This also applies with people who have strong scents emanating from their person or anything they may be carrying. Remember dogs have a keen sense of smell. Try to imagine Shadow's reaction to a person carrying a bag with something in it that smells like his favourite meal (and of course the bag would most likely be carried at the same level as his height).

Secondly, the leash you use and the style of use. From the photo, I can see why you sometimes get shoulder pain while walking Shadow. It is because you are holding the leash with one hand and that same hand is outstretched in front of you. What you need is a longer, more comfortable leash and also to change your style of holding the leash with the dog tethered to it. I will explain further below. The way it is in the photo is better suited for small breed dogs like the Lhasa Apso and not for large breeds like the GSD.

Picture this scenario; you are enjoying a nice lovely walk with Shadow and suddenly from nowhere a goat or ram appears and Shadow decides to pounce on or chase it. You are going to have a very hard time maintaining your balance let alone controlling the dog. And that is if you were lucky enough to see the goat / ram on time. If Shadow sees it before you do and takes action with you still unawares, you would most likely lose grip of the leash and Shadow is off unbridled in full prey drive mode. Or if you have a tight grip on the leash but still caught unawares, you would be dragged off like a rag-doll and probably fall flat on your face.

The style I am about to describe is actually the proper way to walk a dog, any dog. You need to get a longer leash; the type that is about 2 or 2 and half yards long, has a circular profile along it's length (it's easier on the hand and more comfortable to hold) and also has a loop at the opposite end. It affords you a two handed hold on the leash and better control of the dog and by extension, your balance at all times. How do you use it? With the dog on your left hand side, you wear the looped end of the leash on your right wrist, let the length of the leash hang lose in front and across your body and hook the latch on the opposite end on Shadow's collar. And then you have your left hand holding the body of the leash at some point anywhere between a third and half of the entire length of the leash (regulating the tension or slack you grant the dog on the leash). That is, dog on the left hooked to leash, left hand holding a portion of the leash, the rest of the leash hanging loose in front of you all the way across to your right wrist where the end of the leash is looped. You may also choose to twine the middle portion of the leash once or twice around your left hand in addition to it's hold on it as well as grip the portion of the leash just after the loop with your right hand in addition to having it looped over your right wrist. (I hope the description is not confusing). With this, you have a 2 - 4 step secure grip and better control over your dog at all times. It is also a lot more comfortable for your posture and you can hardly be caught so unawares as to lose your balance. The great thing about this 2-handed style is that if you and your dog perfect the usage, you can actually walk for hours with your dog without having to say a word to control it throughout because your left hand is regulating the dog's position at all times. In fact, the leash becomes the only means of communication between you and your dog because the tension and / or slack would say a lot and instinctively either of you would adjust your positions accordingly depending on what message one sends to the other via the leash. And if your dog is a natural that stays by your side at all times, you would find that you would only need loop the opposite end around your right wrist and not even need to grip the leash with either hand, thus freeing up both hands for other things like gesturing, carrying stuff or simply doing nothing at all.

You can give it a try. I am certain that you would love it.

Sorry to say this. The whole explanation is too long and confusing. You are making it sound like there are special tools (leash) to walk a dog. In the absence of all that, it means someone shouldn't bother walking a dog. IMO, all I see as the problem here is she not being the alpha dog. She's not assertive enough. A very easy way to make him heel is to walk him on a short but loose leash. Your leash-hand by your side. As soon as the dog goes ahead of you, you stop and make him sit. Then you move again. If you start walking again and he pulls, you stop. But when he heels, you reward him (with a treat or praise). That way you are indirectly telling him that he won't get to walk if he doesn't walk by your side. He'll catch the drift after 2 or 3 outings. GSDs are smart and learn fast. Making the leash short doesn't give him room to run around or to lag. With time, he'll heel even on a long leash or a thread.

blasiangurl85:
It's really been a challenge finding the perfect toy for shadow. Most of them he's destroyed in a day. Even tug ropes. He finds a way to unravel everything. The only one that lasted a bit longer was a large tennis ball I found at shoprite. I have bought about 6 of them so far. Someone suggested I get him a wooden ball another person said iron ball he really lives up to his name as the DESTROYER

Have you tried getting coconuts with the husk intact? I mean coconuts that weren't pealed after it was harvested. Let your dog do something constructive with it's teeth. I get those for Bullet and he peals it clean for me. If you leave the coconut long enough, he might crack it for you.

blasiangurl85:
Shadow's Temperament

I believe anyone who has a German Shepherd will agree that they are one of the most hyper dogs. His nickname is Shadow the Destroyer. He has destroyed clothes,umbrellas, plants, shoes. We used to plant a few things in our garden but he destroyed them all. His energy level is so much, i would take him out for an hour long walk sometimes and he would still come home and run around. What I do like about Shadow is his confidence. He isn't scared of anything(so far). His confidence is always mistaken for aggression and I think he's beginning to enjoy scaring people though. He has learned that when he barks someone screams and runs away and is beginning to test himself. I never want my dog to be aggressive because i don't want a dog i cannot control. Dogs generally will protect their space if they feel threatened and that is how shadow is. If you are confident he will test you but back down if you don't flinch. But the moment you scream or run he will chase after you. Shadow has never really attacked anyone but I can say he has come close. I don't know if he would have really attacked the person because I held him down.
There's one thing I see often here, people wanting an aggressive dog. Now this is just my opinion, most times people want dogs that are aggressive but aren't ready to invest the time to train and bond with the dog properly. I see no point in someone having a dog so aggressive that they can't even control the dog. I'm going to derail a bit here but i remember growing up I had this neighbour who had this dog so aggressive that once it was released from it's cage no one could come out of the house. I don't see why one would put themselves in such a situation. So what if there was an emergency and they all needed to rush out? At the time I had a little lhasa called baby and she was so protective over me that if anyone yelled at me or even playfully tapped me she would immediately try to protect me. Even anyone in my family. To me that is the true form of protection. Not a vicious dog that won't differentiate between friend or foe. For me i don't believe an aggressive dog equals a good guard dog. I've read so many stories of dogs risking their lives to protect their owners and none of these dogs where guard dogs. They were all family owned pets. If you really want your dog to protect you, let the dog become part of the family. Just like a wolf pack they will always protect their own.

I agree with you on this. I have a male Rott. People around here say he's the largest they've seen around even at 2 years old. He lives with me in the house, I don't have a cage for it. When he needs to poo-poo, he goes outside the compound to do it, plays for a while and comes back in. He doesn't disturb anyone on the street. People go around their normal biz except for those who are strangers and don't know him. In the house though, he's something else. People also say Rotts can't be kept with kids. There are 5 kids in my house and there haven't been any serious incident with them. When am going out, I lock it up with crates of eggs and day old chicks and nothing happens to both. It all boils down to how we train and socialize our dogs. A dog should be sensibly aggressive. It should be able to know who is a friend or a foe. Those who don't control their dog aggression are just looking for trouble in the form of police case and huge hospital bills.
A nice job you are doing with Shadow (and this write-up).

DEXTROVERT:
oga sir,

How
does
driver's
license
prevent
ACCIDENT

Help me axe them o. Maybe having the Driver's license would scare the tyres from bursting. If they don't have anything better to say, they should just shut up. How many people with valid driver's license were even tested before they were issued one? As long as your 15k is complete, you get your driver's license even if you are crippled, blind, deaf and dumb.

excellentmomma:
Which cave did you crawl out from abeg, I only heard of that hand going to your ear from my parents and I'm pursuing 40. All the smart pple I know left the uni b4 28. That's the truth.
If you read well you will pass, you don't need brown envelopes. I'm from a poor home, my parents never paid anyone and I graduated from a Federal Uni @ 24 from a 5yr discipline. I had so many younger pple in my class from poor to average homes too.

All the young chaps I see everywhere, relations, church members none has stayed that long, only in exceptional spiritual cases, then after deliverance God still makes a way for them even in employment.

So don't make it seem like it's normal to graduate late.
The companies weren't established for a "father Christmas" show, they have to employ top notch for better productivity so they go for the best.

I trust when your mates were running and reading, you were busy abusing people like you are doing in your posts so don't take it out on any one, you hear.

Or better still let your parents carry another round of brown envelopes to them for employment.

Smart Madam, what exactly are you looking for in the job section then? #JustAsking

strongtech2:
Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success.
Swami Vivekananda

Mods, please is this thread for job vacancies or for useless quotes? Please do the needful. It's so annoying going through the thread. Cc:1forall, Lalasticlala, seun or whoever is in charge. I'll be happy if these quote posters could be arrested and locked away in a solitary prison facility somewhere in the Antartic after they have been banned here. Yes. That's how angry I am right now.

KingEli:
mehn nigga I pity u,,,no jokes.....Trying desperately to get noticed by a female on NL..........u need to get out of ur current state bro....

SMH. Babanla Ode, I've got 2487 problems; trust me, a female aint among of them.

Charmerbeautylooks:
Nice one Peter! God bless d okoye's family, amen! I knw Peter's wife is behind dis, she is so calm.if na lola, hell will let lose. She will give Paul reasons nt to apologize.

TF!! Your confusion no be here. Who be Peter wife and who be Lola?

KingEli:
a birdie?...u r a woman,,u shouldn't say things like dat cuz one day u will get married too....besides if u know anything about d psquare business then u will know that Paul n Jude have always disrespected Peter for reasons best known to them......n FYI,,Dbanj is d most recognized artiste Africa ,, d nigga has truck loads of endorsement deals n even though he hasn't had a hit song in a while, is still headlining shows....so what do u mean by 'end up like Dbanj'?

Look who we've got here!! PSquare records Historian or probably their new manager. How do you mean disrespect?
About DBanj, oh please; everyone knows he's history. The endorsement deals are just the only things left (and they'll peter out very soon).
IamMissMarvel is a woman and so what? All what she said is true.

IamMissMarvel:
Well.

With all that money and his English is still whack.

But all these years of branding Psquare, shooting their videos, he still manages them, which must be a lot to handle.

Why is it now that Peter is insisting he doesn't want Jude anymore?

Something tells me there is a little birdie whispering ideas to Peter. I pray he doesn't end up like Dbanj.

If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

E taya me too o. The guy English no good. And e go jump on social media to yarn the slightest issue.
He has to get himself together. I don't like the way he broadcasts everything on social media. It'll do more harm to him than good.
If anyone wants to rant like this, I think it should be Paul cos he's the singer. He has an upper hand than Peter (the dancer). Why is Peter always feeling like a Don Gorgon? I'll like them to split. That way, we'll know who's using another person's glory.

SirWere:
Lalasticlala, will we beg? And if this is a tiwa savage thread, it will hit fp faster than you can say "mumu".




Wait sef, who is the Science and Technology mod The nigga is always on ghost mode!







I have said my piece, now you can ban me.

I hereby inform you that you've been banned.

Dalyjay:
Excuse me! So u mean if a rapist want to rape you naw.... D below conversation will occur. Lady: please dont rape me. Rapist: you are mad, i am high naw. Lady: okay put on dis condom if you must do it.. ..... Dont you think dats stupid. The wise ones shul work it out

Don't mind them. How will a girl know when she's gonna be raped? Or is she gonna be wearing the stuff 36 hours a day after attaining age of puberty?
The condom will just be used by girls to get back at the lovers they had a grudge with.

easrael:
I know that we all love to use our phones everywhere we go and for some of us, we have found an excuse to take the device to church: e-Bible.

I use a TECNO L5 mobile smartphone and as much as I can be called an heavy user of my phone because it lasts long, I have ensured the phone doesn't go with me to church and here's the scriptural reason!

Habakkuk 2:20King James Version (KJV)

20 But the Lord is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.

The day I had a spiritual understanding of this verse was when I changed my mind about this act.

God wants silence in his presence thereby all agents or appearances of distraction must be kept at bay.

I pray that as we read this, the Holy Spirit would teach is more about it.

OP, if you really want to do it well, you should be taking scrolls and those early manuscripts to church. Your post is for lastma, am afraid.

Sunday Terror, died on Monday. Why didn't they kill him on Sunday? NPF no just dey try.

Sunday Terror, died on Monday. Why didn't they kill him on Sunday?

It wasn't funny that day. I was the only one driving along the Osara - Lokoja axis. No vehicles in sight. I was quietly praying that Fulani boys won't come out ask for their 'roger' too. That road get as e be. You are dodging careless drivers, dangerous potholes, inebriated trigger-happy policemen and ruthless armed robbers. God help us.

kissval1388:
hello nairalanders.
I have been using this Glo blackberry subscription for androidand am enjoying it.
the reason why I opened this post is to ask my nairalaners if this act is sin.
someone told me that it is cheating because Glo mobile thinks the user is using BlackBerry.
so my fellow nairalanders and christian friends. what do you have to say about this?
is it a sin or not?
is Glo mobile aware that android users are doing this?
thanks. I expect matured replys

Guy, is agreeing to End-User License Agreements (EULA) when installing an app also a sin? Cos nobody reads thru the long turanci before clicking the 'Yes, I have read and agreed to the EULA' option.

dave4rella:
I had a very stingy roomate from mbaisenwho will drink all ur provisions and but his own in his bag and take it to lecturenhe doesn't. Contribute money for cooking or clean d hauz,

In my second year,I met d worst roomie evernhe doesn't. Cook or clean d hauz,all he does is to come bk at night and sleep,wen u cook and call him he will not join u and eat,only to steal it when u must hv left for lectures.
Now in my final year,I hv dbest roomate ever,we. Do everything together,n we r in d same dept,such a nice experience

I concur. I had a roommate from Mbaise too in my year 1. The guy was everything you described above and worse. After him, I vowed not to share a room ever again with anyone.

Addicted2Women:
This is an aardvark.

Correct! That animal that is always after an ant in Pink Panther cartoons.

hungryboy:
11)Contractors:this set of guys are always cheating either their clients or their workers or both,

Na so we go do gateman work for one contractor,
The company were give the contract dey put our salary for book as 40k,
The contractor come dey pay us 15k,
The day were we discover wetin the man dey do us,
We break bottle for him head resign leave the work,
Now sef i don dey regret my decision,
Because since then,
I never see another gateman work do,
Abeg in case una need gateman, abeg pm me,
Make una boy no die of hunger abeg

I hear you. Thank you. Make I give you work make you burst bottle for my head too, I think?

Slumdog Millionaire Hotel Rwanda

funmijoyb:
keep quoting me but i insist that Ado-ekiti looks way better than Akure in terms of beauty.

My ranking goes:
1.Lagos
2.Ilorin
3.parts of Ibadan
4.Ado-ekiti
5.Akure
6. Abeokuta
7.Osogbo
8.Benin

have been to all d above

I'll believe your Ado and Akure comparisons ONLY if you add that you were drunk when you passed through the towns. Your case is that of: Beauty is in the eyes of the Beerholder.

LyfeJennings:
Beautiful
Solidstar and 2face shot their video here.
One in a million
Infact Kelechi Amadi Obi was on that set. Very lovely place to be

That was where Adekunle Gold went to his Orente when that jeep guy showed up.

Estharfabian:
No1 Or anything lesser than that...


Those things attract flies, Virus, bacteria and lice...

Can't imagine trying To peck/kiss someone with The No6 Osama binladin's Type of beard...Sheesh!! I'd die from suffocation!

Truth is, men with numbers 5 and 6 give more attention to their beards and take good care of it than the other numbers. Hence their beards is well shampooed, conditioned and groomed. The beards are soft and well oiled. Without proper grooming, it wouldn't reach that length. It's just like the hair ladies carry too. We all know that ladies with longer natural hair give better treatment to their hair that's why it's long and healthy.

Has anyone gotten the e-book? Cos I haven't gotten any mail from anyone relating to the e-book. OP, I hope you are not just gathering our emails for something else. If you can't keep up, tell us the name of the damn book and we'll search for it online.

All of you just thinking she's rushing to the wedding. She might be running away from the wedding venue to meet that guy she truely loves. You know the Hollywood thingy where she leaves the groom @ the altar and rushes out to board an Okada. Then she is taken to the airport (abi na Ojota). Then calls out the name of the guy, who is about boarding a plane to overseas (or a bus leaving to one rural area like that in Nigeria). He hears his name and turns around. Then they both start running towards each other in slow motion (dat kind thing). You can put the appropriate soundtrack there because I can't think of any now. End of movie comment.

LordMecuzy:
Valar Morghulis

Valar Dohaeris

db10dtruth:
Fellows I need help.

During my early uni days I got carried away by extra activities which pretty much cost me academically and even if I am among the best in my dept my result suffered, as a result my CGPA was embarrassing to say the least.

Upon resuming 300 Level, a good friend of mine did not resume, after a few weeks I was worried as you would expect so I traveled down to his family's house to inquire since his number was not going through and was told about his sad demise. He had an accident which cost him his life. I was saddened by what had happened because he was really good and was most probably the 4 best student in the dept, strong CGPA, a 2.1, he was really good not just academically but he had pure natural talent and the way I see it was the hope of his family.

On my way back so many thoughts were running through my mind....my result is poor and there's absolutely no way I can improve on that and still graduate with a 2.1 or even a 2.2 so I made a resolution.

On getting to the hostel I reflected on the whole thing and decided not to tell anyone but our course adviser. My friend was not the type that socialize, some persons in the dept don't even know him that well. He does all his things low-key, he's a very private person so I made an arrangement with our course adviser where I managed to convince him that it will be a shame if he's hard work is allowed to go to waste and amount to nothing, as usual with financial persuasion he allowed me to write his exams, I wrote both our exams until graduation where I graduated with a 3rd class and him a 2.1.

To cut a long story short, I did a change of name and began using his result; all this without anybody's knowledge but me and our course adviser.

It was very complicated but somehow I managed to use his result and even studied abroad with it, got my masters and other professional certificate before I got a 6 figure job in Lagos and came back home.
Ever since I got back I have been doing really well for myself and I have gone as far as taking good care of his family financially as well as training his siblings in school and presently sponsoring 2 in the university. I rented an apartment and bought his dad a car, I know it will never suffice for what their son may have done but I'm only trying the little I can to compensate for their loss as well as for pretending to be their son without their knowledge.

About 8 months ago I met a girl and we fell in love, we've been dating and 2 months ago I pooped the question and she accepted. We've been making our wedding arrangements but ever since I feel I have been hiding my real self from her and decided to tell her what I did many years ago. Initially there was no reaction but then this week she came to me and said she cannot get married to a fraud and gave me back the ring.
I'm scared and confuse she may ruin everything, she may reveal my secret which obviously will get me fired and most definitely a jail time. I don't know what to do, I have tried to reason with her and have done way too many explanations but she's not bulging. I don't want to go to jail and I don't want to lose my job. I'm really confuse. What can I do to change her mind or make her not to tell on me or get me fired or even worse go to jail?

Please I need help, real help please....you guys should share your wise words. I can't tell any of my friends, I can't tell anyone about my secret, this is the only place I can pour our my heart and seek advice.

I am dying inside. I have gone through a lot living this life of lie and its so hard but I cannot come clean, not now maybe not ever.


Cc: Lalasticlala

Bae has watched too many Nollywood movies. So she's afraid the ghost of the dead will start haunting her later in life. What you need to do is to talk senses into her head. If you weren't good intellectually, you wouldn't have maintained the good result.
But talking to her won't be a permanent solution. She would be unstable and change later. A permanent solution is to get rid of the problem....forever. She's your problem now so you can make her sleep with the fishes. You've done bad things before (by stealing from a dead man) so sending someone to the great beyond shouldn't be a problem. After all is done, make sure you don't Bleep up again. Or you'll continue cleaning your mess.

petbell@live.com

7, 10,22,23 tho