My friend just lost her very, very obedient 9 yr old black lab, because he ran away in the woods darting after something. Searching for 4 days, still nothing..... :-(
That said, I let Banjo (8 months labradoodle) walk off-leash at the dog park (not fenced in, just acres of trails) since she was 5 months or so, and while at the beginning, she wasn't very good at coming when she was called, we've never had a problem. We've since worked on recall a lot and that helps. I still feel nervous that she'll run off with some other dog or people. At first, as we were walking into the park and others were leaving, she'd just go with them :-) Other dogs were much more interesting! G wrote: >Bah, my brother walks both of his dogs without leashes. Dogs can reach a >certain level of training where it becomes pretty much impossible for them >to behave any other way. > >But if you have even a scrap of doubt....leash em. > > > >>NEVER! >> >>They are still dogs. Should they see a rabbit or something like that they >>might just take off running. >> >>It is also for your personal liability. If you don't have the dog on a >>leash >>and it hurts somebody, then you are subject to legal ramifications. >> >>It is illegal here to have your dog off a leash unless it is in a specific >>area designed to such activity. >> >> >> >>>-----Original Message----- >>>From: Paul Ihrig [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 2:00 PM >>>To: CF-Community >>>Subject: Re: Got a Dog! woot! >>> >>>so when do you start to trust em with out a leash on a walk? >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:192041 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
