It pretty much depends on the dog and the circumstances. Our last dog (Goldern retriever? and something?) was very very bright and eager to please and would heel quite readily. However, more than once she jumped from a moving car to chase something, which was scary. One time she went after a herd of deer and never came back. However, we were on Bois Blanc Island at the time so I finally said well, it may be a big island, but it's an island, she can't go too far.... the bad thing was that we were at the time looking fr the cabin we were renting so she would not have known where home was... We backtracked and told the people at the general store that we had lost a dog and where we were staying. This did work, as it was the only store on the island and the people who found her asked there. But in most cicumstance this we=ould be a terrible situation and require a lot of visits to the pound.
Our current dog --- forget it. (Pyrenees? Golden retriever? mix?) Needs a leash when being walked. Will fetch a stick all day long in the park but needs close supervision when going from point A to point B. On the other hand, this one does not chase cats... Dana On 1/12/06, Robyn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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:5:192118 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
