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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We went to many dog training classes.  [b]The standard is to walk the dog on your left.  [/b]Just like you mount the horse on it's left side.  So when I used to take a leashed dog to a park I would walk on the left side on a path or trail.

I stopped going to such places due to problems with off leash dogs.  I also stopped going to the parks.  No need to be approached by an off leash pitbull again.[/quote]

I don't have a dog and have never trained one, but can someone explain the rational behind walking your dog on your left? This goes against any common sense I can think of. Walking/jogging/cycling is a lot like driving - stay on the right, pass on the left. With a dog on your left, or you walking on the left side, it makes it much more difficult to pass. [/quote]

It has become a rules of the road beginning with the fact that most people are right handed and for military etc that is important. Guide dogs are trained on the left.  We had a dog who knew heel meant left and side meant right. On the left she sat when I stopped on the right she just halted unless we told her to sit.  On sidewalks the dog was on the curbside while the stroller was in front and any child not in the stroller was to the right.

Right. Another reason why it makes sense to walk your dog on the right. So why train on the left? The standard is to pass on your left, and thus better to be further away from a dog - with an owner in between a jogging stranger and dog. 
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