This is what I was thinking. Not a trapping demo, as I don't have sufficient knowledge to do that. But to give them a demo showing that....
1. Traps don't have teeth, not do they maim, injure, or otherwise permanently harm their beloved fido in any way.
2. That the traps are designed to HOLD the animal, not break bones, puncture the skin, etc.
3. It is easy to remove their pet from the foothold trap, and demonstrate the proper way to do that.....
I would even be willing to snap a 1.5 on myself to prove they aren't harmful....
Anyone have any negatives that could come of this? I could be persuaded to do this for every obedience class. I'm sure the KKC has thousands of dogs go through their classes every year. Think of all the voters we could show the truth of our sport......
Chris
OSXer said:
You need to approach this idea from the stand point of "why would dog owners be intereseted in learning more?" They aren't going to want to just attend a demonstration of how to trap. The marketed focus should be on how to safely remove dogs from traps, education on the fact that dogs won't die if they end up in a trap, and where traps are likely to be (aka which places to avoid or exercise caution (and during which months in particular)).
I think that you meant to type "uneducated".