Anybody that rides around town with two Heelers off leash is a fugking moron.
Don't know Birdie or his dogs. But I have known a few heelers where a heel or stay command was as good as any leash.
I wish my granddaughter's old english bulldog bitch had a bit better obedience training. I was holding her, out here at the fish pond behind the house last week. I told her to sit, but she jumped up to run to my granddaughter. I snapped the leash when she hit the end of it, and she sat back down.
But about two minutes later she was up and going again. Man, I really hit the leash hard the second time. It was a darned substantial leash, 1 inch nylon webbing. I was surprised as hell when it broke right in the middle. I ended up on my ass, and the dog ended up free to run to her "Momma". Momma thumped her pretty good when she got there so it was not a complete positive enforcement of a bad behavior.
I see the kids have a horse's lead rope on the bull dog now. She isn't going to break this one.
