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to keep the dog on a short leash

French translation: tenir le chien court

16:56 Jan 7, 2009
English to French translations [PRO]
Livestock / Animal Husbandry / Dogs
English term or phrase: to keep the dog on a short leash
Comment dit-on ? Il s'agit de ne pas donner du mou au chien sur sa laisse... Merci !
Axelle531
Local time: 13:53
French translation:tenir le chien court
Explanation:
LA SORTIE du refuge :
- Si promenade à plusieurs chiens, s'éloigner les uns des autres lors de la sortie du box (risque de bagarre lors de
l'excitation de la sortie).
- **Toujours tenir le chien très court (au pied) **dans l'enceinte du refuge. La sortie doit se faire dans le plus grand
calme, sans courir, sans stationner devant les autres boxes (cela excite les autres).
Il faut éviter à tout prix que le chien fasse l’association « on me met la laisse=je peux tirer comme un fou »
(c’est un véritable travail d’éducation qui commence dès la sortie du box).
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FBrisson
France
Local time: 13:53
Grading comment
Merci !
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +2tenir un chien en laisse courte
Vanessa Di Franco
3 +2tenir le chien court
FBrisson
4tenir le chien à la laisse courte
wolfheart
3Tenir la bride haute [ou la bride courte] à un cheval.
Claire Chapman
3tenir le chien en laisse raccourcie
Aitor Aizpuru


  

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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
tenir un chien en laisse courte


Explanation:
Juste une idée...

Vanessa Di Franco
Local time: 13:53
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in ItalianItalian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Lingua 5B
1 hr
  -> Merci!
agree  mattranslate
1 hr
  -> Merci!
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31 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
tenir le chien à la laisse courte


Explanation:
http://www.google.fr/search?q=en laisse courte&lr=lang_fr&so...

wolfheart
United States
Local time: 07:53
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 4
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45 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
tenir le chien court


Explanation:
LA SORTIE du refuge :
- Si promenade à plusieurs chiens, s'éloigner les uns des autres lors de la sortie du box (risque de bagarre lors de
l'excitation de la sortie).
- **Toujours tenir le chien très court (au pied) **dans l'enceinte du refuge. La sortie doit se faire dans le plus grand
calme, sans courir, sans stationner devant les autres boxes (cela excite les autres).
Il faut éviter à tout prix que le chien fasse l’association « on me met la laisse=je peux tirer comme un fou »
(c’est un véritable travail d’éducation qui commence dès la sortie du box).


    Reference: http://apanimaux63.org/nouveau_dossier/consignes_balades.pdf
    Reference: http://www.accessoire-chien.net/accessoire-pour-chien/laisse...
FBrisson
France
Local time: 13:53
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Merci !

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Benoit HUPIN (X)
2 hrs
  -> Merci Benoit !
agree  roisin56: it's what you hear at dog shows in France
4 hrs
  -> Oui, tout à fait. Merci roisin!
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29 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Tenir la bride haute [ou la bride courte] à un cheval.


Explanation:
The comparable idiom in French refers to horses, not dogs. I don't know if you want to stay close to the standard French phrase or adapt it to your context.

One employee said: "Old Mister Cleveland always told us what to do. He kept people on a short leash. But the company did well."
What does a short leash mean?
A leash is a kind of rope. We use a leash to walk our pet dogs. The leash keeps the dog from running away or getting into trouble.
Keeping a person on a short leash means keeping him or her under close control. The person cannot make many decisions for himself or herself.
Word expert James Rogers found a similiar saying used more than four hundred years ago. In fifteen sixty, writer Thomas Becon said in a religious book: "For God hath them in leash. Yea, they are his slaves."
http://useit.vn/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=63...

have/keep someone on a short/tight leash
to have a lot of control over someone's behaviour and allow them very little freedom to do what they want. He doesn't go out with the lads so much these days. Michelle keeps him on a tight leash.
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/keep on a short leash

leash (n) laisse f; to keep sb on a tight leash - tenir la bride haute (Concise Oxford-Hachette)

# Tenir la bride haute, courte (à quelqu’un) : le diriger, le traiter sévèrement.
Il est bon de lui tenir un peu la bride haute. — (Molière, l'Av. I, 10.)
http://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/bride

TENIR signifie aussi Maintenir, conserver, entretenir; faire qu'une personne ou qu'une chose demeure dans un certain état, dans une certaine situation....
Tenir la bride haute, la bride courte à un cheval.
http://www.mediadico.com/dictionnaire/definition/Tenir/1

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Note added at 48 mins (2009-01-07 17:44:57 GMT)
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Dictionnaire de L'Académie française, 1st Edition (1694)
On dit fig. Tenir la bride haute à une personne, pour dire, La traiter fort imperieusement, la gourmander.
http://portail.atilf.fr/cgi-bin/dico1look.pl?strippedhw=haut

Additional note:
I looked at the French sites that used the phrase "tenir la laisse courte," and the majority of the sites were dog training sites (a few were on how to seduce women and I didn't look at those sites ;-). So, while you certainly could use the phrase, it doesn't appear to have the same figurative usage as "tenir la bride haute (ou courte) :-)

Claire Chapman
Local time: 07:53
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Lingua 5B: I believe it is not about idiomatic meaning here, because the translation category is " Animals and dogs", and i believe the image depicted here is literally a dog on a short leash.
47 mins
  -> It could very well be. These answers are used by others after the asker has closed the question and my answer about the comparable idioms may be of benefit to Axelle 531 and to those who come later :-)
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
tenir le chien en laisse raccourcie


Explanation:
Une possibilité


    Reference: http://www.bouvierbernois.qc.ca/educmain.htm
Aitor Aizpuru
Mexico
Local time: 05:53
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 16
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