Adam Spivey, from Southend Dog Training, has been teaching owners how to correct or manage their pet’s behaviour through in-person training alongside his ‘non-nonsense’ videos
A dog trainer issued an urgent warning to keep your distance if you come across animals being walked with a certain colour, as they may be ‘unpredictable’. Adam Spivey, from Southend Dog Training, has been instructing owners on how to address or manage their pet’s behaviour through face-to-face sessions alongside his “non-nonsense” videos on social media.
As part of his work, he cautioned people to steer clear of dogs being exercised on yellow leads while out in public – regardless of whether you’re accompanied by your own dog or not. In a video, he said: “If you see a dog with a yellow lead, this normally represents they’re nervous.
“Please do not make your dog approach them. Allowing your dog to run over to them does them no favours. Simply calling you dog back will make a massive difference.”
Building on this message, Sarah, from My Anxious Dog, explained how her animal, Bella, began to show progress in all areas after she started outfitting her in yellow.
She subsequently launched her own enterprise selling a range of dog accessories in yellow in a bid to help owners better control their anxious pets while out and about.
On her website, she said: “The more people know that a dog wearing yellow needs space, the less stressful life becomes for anxious dogs and their humans.
“A dog might be wearing yellow for a number of reasons. They could be reactive, fearful, elderly, recovering from an accident, illness or an operation.
“The last thing they need is to be approached or jumped on by other dogs who wants to play.”
Alongside other animal enthusiasts, Adam and Sarah have independently been working to promote awareness about ‘dogs in yellow’ while recognising some owners may employ different colours to indicate their dog’s anxieties or other behavioural issues.
Responding to this, one user said: “Didn’t know about this. Are there any other colours we should know about?”
Another user added: “Thank you for posting this, more people need to know. I have so much trouble walking my rescue around Canvey, feel like I am getting no where.”
A third user said: “I have a yellow lead that says nervous down it and people never listen it’s so disrespectful especially when my dog barks and the other owner has a go.”
Someone else added: “We have a red one for no dogs along with a matching harness and it says it across it but people still let their dogs come up to him.”
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