In a message dated 1/27/2005 6:39:00 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: In regards to letting the hounds run in an unfenced area.....first of all, this is pretty much an Americam bias. Greyhound owners in the UK and Europe routinely walk their hounds offlead. The difference? They TRAIN their hounds to have a reliable recall. I respectfully disagree with this absolute. I've lived in Europe -- they have fewer cars and fewer dangerous roads. There are very few places in the US where we have access to large areas of land off road -- which is the problem with letting dogs -- trianed or untrained -- off leash. They get hit by cars. Sighthounds instinctively fly after things that move. At their own discretion. I have seen sighthounds trained to agility for years run after a random quick moving furball without an immediate response to the recall. It happens in England too. It doesn't matter if they fly if there's nothing to kill them, though. Training them does work, and will help -- you are right -- but it's not a failsafe. Even in England.
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