Teaching a dog to belay

[olyclimber]

I got this belaying harness for my dog but wondering how the hell I teach him to belay me.  Normally he just runs ahead and sniffs out things and then occasionally checks in with me to make sure I haven’t died yet. I’m not convinced that he will give me an attentive belay if there are squirrels in the area.  Please help.

[astrov]

dogs are aid.

[Bronco]

Probably better than a cat, they're jerks.