Do you let your dog off leash ever?

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Anonymous wrote:My dog (not a pit, a beagle) will absolutely attack an off leash dog that comes up to her, and she is not kidding around. If she hurts your dog it is your fault, OP. Your dog doesn’t deserve it, but you do. You will be found at fault, too, because you are the one with the off leash dog.

You shouldn’t have your dog around others then

I can take my dog for a walk minding our own business. If you leave us alone, she will leave you alone.

Your dog is dangerous and should be out in public.

That is not how the law works. My dog isn’t dangerous if your dog is in control. Therefore if you obey the law there won’t be an issue.

Your dog is dangerous! Read your post. You are blaming other dogs and people for your lack of training and your aggressive dog.

If your dog is illegally offleash, as in the case of this thread, you are the only one to blame. Just like if it gets run over by a car. You are the one blaming other people for your poor behavior having consequences.

Yes. It's astonishing how some of these posters seem to think they can just do whatever, consequence-free, even when they know it's against the law.

Uh, but it’s not actually against the law. So what do you say now? Still ok for toot aggressive dog to attack everything around it?

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Anonymous wrote:My dog (not a pit, a beagle) will absolutely attack an off leash dog that comes up to her, and she is not kidding around. If she hurts your dog it is your fault, OP. Your dog doesn’t deserve it, but you do. You will be found at fault, too, because you are the one with the off leash dog.

Your dog should not be out except on your fenced property. It’s your fault if your dog is aggressive.

It’s not. My dog is fine unless someone has a dog that is out of their control (off leash and not recallable). It has nothing to do with my dog. Are you willing to risk your dog’s safety on its recall? Because that is ALL ON YOU. My dog is fine with leashed dogs.

Your dog is aggressive and should not be around other dogs or people. You and your dog are the problem. Yes, it has to do with you and your dog. If your dog reacts to another dog off-leash you have a problem. Maybe it should be put down as you cannot control it and are saying its dangerous.

You are clearly operating at a sub-adult intellectual level. It is your job to keep your dog away from other dogs. Not everyone else's job to make sure their dogs won't bite your dog when you fail to do your job and let it run up into other people/animal's space.

Our dogs are perfectly safe if you're following the rules. If you're not willing to follow the rules, you may learn why they're necessary the hard way.

Play at your own risk.

No its not my job, my dog is friendly and sweet and not aggressive. The RULES are you keep your aggressive dog away from other dogs, muzzle them when out and train them. You are irresponsible and blaming others. You should not be a dog owner.

If your dog is offleash in a non-offleash area, you are not following the rules.

Turns out it’s legal to be off leash at certain times

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Anonymous wrote:When my DD was 6 years old, we were in a relatively empty park pretending to play baseball. She would bat the pretend ball and then run the bases for a home run. We were having fun. Then an off-leash dog decided that this looked like a fun game. It came tearing after her barking and lunging and she screamed and ran faster. Of course, this really made the dog want to chase her. She finally fell to the ground screaming and the dog bit her. It was a small dog but she was also small. The whole thing was really terrifying. The owner just said sorry my (little angel dog) has never done anything like that before. This is the problem.

Yes, exactly this. I also had an experience like this when my kid was young and it totally alerted me to the dangers if off leash dogs. Kids can be really unpredictable and loud, and a lot of the very normal things kids do will be interesting, exciting, or scary for a dog. No one should have to worry that if their kids darts behind a tree, calls out in excitement, or falls off the slide.

Also, a lot of common dog names and common kid names are the same or similar now. Please don't take your dog named Luna or Charlie to a local park unleashed as the odds some parent or kid will yell your dog's name is a really really high.

Yes. This also explains away the whole 'no one was using the playground' argument. The playground is for children, and good parents aren't going to let their kids play if there are unleashed dogs. We also don't take our kids to the dog park, because the dog park is for unleashed dogs.

A place for everything, and everything in its place.

I’ve never seen a kid or parent when I’ve taken my dog to the playground at 5:30 am during the summer. If they came, I’d leave.

This isn't the point. The law isn't "no leashes unless you see someone, then (try to) leash your dog". The law is clear, as is your stupidity.

But there’s no one around to enforce it, so…

The "it's only illegal if I get caught" mentality is such a disturbed way of living. Best of luck with it. On a long enough timeline, you'll understand why the law exists as written, and why you should follow it even when no one is around to force you.

Integrity is doing the right thing when "no one is around to enforce it" because YOU are around to manage yourself like a responsible adult.

Lol you idiots screaming about BREAKING THE LAW. I just looked and at least at my park, dogs are allowed off leash before 9AM
😂😂😂😂😂😂

Pics or it didn't happen, PP. Anyone can say anything they'd like on an anon board, and your level of glee at having pulled a "GOTCHA!!" suggests you're full of... something.

Yep. 9 pm to 9 AM. allowed off leash in parks where I live

Leash or no leash, they have to be under your control. If they aren’t you are risking injury.

This. And let's be real: the sort of people who believe in "unofficial dog runs" aren't the sort of owners with highly-trained dogs with excellent recall.

It’s actually legal. Someone looked it up

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Anonymous wrote:My dog (not a pit, a beagle) will absolutely attack an off leash dog that comes up to her, and she is not kidding around. If she hurts your dog it is your fault, OP. Your dog doesn’t deserve it, but you do. You will be found at fault, too, because you are the one with the off leash dog.

You shouldn’t have your dog around others then

I can take my dog for a walk minding our own business. If you leave us alone, she will leave you alone.

Your dog is dangerous and should be out in public.

That is not how the law works. My dog isn’t dangerous if your dog is in control. Therefore if you obey the law there won’t be an issue.

Your dog is dangerous! Read your post. You are blaming other dogs and people for your lack of training and your aggressive dog.

Any dog can be aggressive in certain circumstances. My dog is only aggressive in circumstances that will not occur if people are following the law, so it’s no problem. If idiots want to let their dogs loose, that is their problem and I will punt their mutts if they come up to my dog.

You are a fool. Dogs don’t deserve to be assaulted just because they “came up” to your dog. You are a psychopath.

Then make sure your dog doesn't come up to stranger's dogs!

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Anonymous wrote:My dog (not a pit, a beagle) will absolutely attack an off leash dog that comes up to her, and she is not kidding around. If she hurts your dog it is your fault, OP. Your dog doesn’t deserve it, but you do. You will be found at fault, too, because you are the one with the off leash dog.

You shouldn’t have your dog around others then

I can take my dog for a walk minding our own business. If you leave us alone, she will leave you alone.

Your dog is dangerous and should be out in public.

That is not how the law works. My dog isn’t dangerous if your dog is in control. Therefore if you obey the law there won’t be an issue.

Your dog is dangerous! Read your post. You are blaming other dogs and people for your lack of training and your aggressive dog.

Any dog can be aggressive in certain circumstances. My dog is only aggressive in circumstances that will not occur if people are following the law, so it’s no problem. If idiots want to let their dogs loose, that is their problem and I will punt their mutts if they come up to my dog.

You are a fool. Dogs don’t deserve to be assaulted just because they “came up” to your dog. You are a psychopath.

You are an ass. People don't deserve to be assaulted just because you don't leash your "friendly" dog and it entered their space. You are not entitled to safety while breaking the law. If you want to be safe, leash your dog and keep it away from other people and their pets w/o permission.

You are a psychopath for thinking anything less is acceptable, and that other people should do more to protect your dog than you do.

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Anonymous wrote:My dog (not a pit, a beagle) will absolutely attack an off leash dog that comes up to her, and she is not kidding around. If she hurts your dog it is your fault, OP. Your dog doesn’t deserve it, but you do. You will be found at fault, too, because you are the one with the off leash dog.

You shouldn’t have your dog around others then

I can take my dog for a walk minding our own business. If you leave us alone, she will leave you alone.

Your dog is dangerous and should be out in public.

That is not how the law works. My dog isn’t dangerous if your dog is in control. Therefore if you obey the law there won’t be an issue.

Your dog is dangerous! Read your post. You are blaming other dogs and people for your lack of training and your aggressive dog.

If your dog is illegally offleash, as in the case of this thread, you are the only one to blame. Just like if it gets run over by a car. You are the one blaming other people for your poor behavior having consequences.

Yes. It's astonishing how some of these posters seem to think they can just do whatever, consequence-free, even when they know it's against the law.

Uh, but it’s not actually against the law. So what do you say now? Still ok for toot aggressive dog to attack everything around it?

Where are these "aggressive dogs" that are just "attacking everything around it"? Only in your extraordinarily vivid imagination, honey. They are figments of your paranoid mind.

My dog and I are minding our business. It is your job to keep your animal(s) away from us. Since it is highly unlikely you'll be able to do that without a leash, leash your dog. If it's an off-leash park, you're still required to keep your dog away from me. Don't unleash your dog until/unless you're certain your dog has bombproof focus and recall (which, given your posts, is probably not the case). Your dog running up into my space, putting paws on me or my dog, is a violation of the law basically everywhere in the U.S. I've ever been. So yes, it is against the law, and against all decency and common sense, to let your animal invade other people's personal space.

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Anonymous wrote:My dog (not a pit, a beagle) will absolutely attack an off leash dog that comes up to her, and she is not kidding around. If she hurts your dog it is your fault, OP. Your dog doesn’t deserve it, but you do. You will be found at fault, too, because you are the one with the off leash dog.

Your dog should not be out except on your fenced property. It’s your fault if your dog is aggressive.

It’s not. My dog is fine unless someone has a dog that is out of their control (off leash and not recallable). It has nothing to do with my dog. Are you willing to risk your dog’s safety on its recall? Because that is ALL ON YOU. My dog is fine with leashed dogs.

Your dog is aggressive and should not be around other dogs or people. You and your dog are the problem. Yes, it has to do with you and your dog. If your dog reacts to another dog off-leash you have a problem. Maybe it should be put down as you cannot control it and are saying its dangerous.

You are clearly operating at a sub-adult intellectual level. It is your job to keep your dog away from other dogs. Not everyone else's job to make sure their dogs won't bite your dog when you fail to do your job and let it run up into other people/animal's space.

Our dogs are perfectly safe if you're following the rules. If you're not willing to follow the rules, you may learn why they're necessary the hard way.

Play at your own risk.

No its not my job, my dog is friendly and sweet and not aggressive. The RULES are you keep your aggressive dog away from other dogs, muzzle them when out and train them. You are irresponsible and blaming others. You should not be a dog owner.

If your dog is offleash in a non-offleash area, you are not following the rules.

Turns out it’s legal to be off leash at certain times

Your dog should be under your control at all times. Off-leash times do not exempt you from this. Your dog is not allowed to mow down a toddler just because it's off-leash time at the park. Your dog should have proper recall training and be reliably responsive to verbal commands before you even consider letting it off leash. Your dog is still expected to be in your space, not mine. If you aren't certain your dog can maintain that standard, your dog should be kept on-leash (or you should take them to a dog park, which is a "use at your own risk" environment where one might reasonably expect to be sharing space with off-leash dogs).

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Anonymous wrote:When my DD was 6 years old, we were in a relatively empty park pretending to play baseball. She would bat the pretend ball and then run the bases for a home run. We were having fun. Then an off-leash dog decided that this looked like a fun game. It came tearing after her barking and lunging and she screamed and ran faster. Of course, this really made the dog want to chase her. She finally fell to the ground screaming and the dog bit her. It was a small dog but she was also small. The whole thing was really terrifying. The owner just said sorry my (little angel dog) has never done anything like that before. This is the problem.

Yes, exactly this. I also had an experience like this when my kid was young and it totally alerted me to the dangers if off leash dogs. Kids can be really unpredictable and loud, and a lot of the very normal things kids do will be interesting, exciting, or scary for a dog. No one should have to worry that if their kids darts behind a tree, calls out in excitement, or falls off the slide.

Also, a lot of common dog names and common kid names are the same or similar now. Please don't take your dog named Luna or Charlie to a local park unleashed as the odds some parent or kid will yell your dog's name is a really really high.

Yes. This also explains away the whole 'no one was using the playground' argument. The playground is for children, and good parents aren't going to let their kids play if there are unleashed dogs. We also don't take our kids to the dog park, because the dog park is for unleashed dogs.

A place for everything, and everything in its place.

I’ve never seen a kid or parent when I’ve taken my dog to the playground at 5:30 am during the summer. If they came, I’d leave.

This isn't the point. The law isn't "no leashes unless you see someone, then (try to) leash your dog". The law is clear, as is your stupidity.

But there’s no one around to enforce it, so…

The "it's only illegal if I get caught" mentality is such a disturbed way of living. Best of luck with it. On a long enough timeline, you'll understand why the law exists as written, and why you should follow it even when no one is around to force you.

Integrity is doing the right thing when "no one is around to enforce it" because YOU are around to manage yourself like a responsible adult.

Lol you idiots screaming about BREAKING THE LAW. I just looked and at least at my park, dogs are allowed off leash before 9AM
😂😂😂😂😂😂

Pics or it didn't happen, PP. Anyone can say anything they'd like on an anon board, and your level of glee at having pulled a "GOTCHA!!" suggests you're full of... something.

Yep. 9 pm to 9 AM. allowed off leash in parks where I live

Leash or no leash, they have to be under your control. If they aren’t you are risking injury.

This. And let's be real: the sort of people who believe in "unofficial dog runs" aren't the sort of owners with highly-trained dogs with excellent recall.

It’s actually legal. Someone looked it up

Here? No, it's not. That it's legal during certain hours somewhere else doesn't mean it's legal in the DC area.

And even if it were legal to have off-leash hours somewhere here, off-leash hours do not exempt you from the requirement that you control your animal and keep them from unwanted contact with others.

It is NOT LEGAL to let your dog run up on a stranger or invade someone's personal space. It's dangerous, and stupid, and reveals that you're a terrible dog owner and don't know how to handle your animal. It's against the law for a reason, and you should not expect safety or special treatment just because you're (willfully) ignoring the law(s).

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Anonymous wrote:My dog (not a pit, a beagle) will absolutely attack an off leash dog that comes up to her, and she is not kidding around. If she hurts your dog it is your fault, OP. Your dog doesn’t deserve it, but you do. You will be found at fault, too, because you are the one with the off leash dog.

You shouldn’t have your dog around others then

I can take my dog for a walk minding our own business. If you leave us alone, she will leave you alone.

Your dog is dangerous and should be out in public.

That is not how the law works. My dog isn’t dangerous if your dog is in control. Therefore if you obey the law there won’t be an issue.

Your dog is dangerous! Read your post. You are blaming other dogs and people for your lack of training and your aggressive dog.

Any dog can be aggressive in certain circumstances. My dog is only aggressive in circumstances that will not occur if people are following the law, so it’s no problem. If idiots want to let their dogs loose, that is their problem and I will punt their mutts if they come up to my dog.

You are a fool. Dogs don’t deserve to be assaulted just because they “came up” to your dog. You are a psychopath.

Then make sure your dog doesn't come up to stranger's dogs!

Right?! I mean, these same people are like "nobody should own aggressive dogs or be aggressive! The world should be bubble-wrapped for me so I can be as stupid as I want without consequence!" It's fscking ridiculous...

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Anonymous wrote:My dog (not a pit, a beagle) will absolutely attack an off leash dog that comes up to her, and she is not kidding around. If she hurts your dog it is your fault, OP. Your dog doesn’t deserve it, but you do. You will be found at fault, too, because you are the one with the off leash dog.

You shouldn’t have your dog around others then

I can take my dog for a walk minding our own business. If you leave us alone, she will leave you alone.

Your dog is dangerous and should be out in public.

That is not how the law works. My dog isn’t dangerous if your dog is in control. Therefore if you obey the law there won’t be an issue.

Your dog is dangerous! Read your post. You are blaming other dogs and people for your lack of training and your aggressive dog.

If your dog is illegally offleash, as in the case of this thread, you are the only one to blame. Just like if it gets run over by a car. You are the one blaming other people for your poor behavior having consequences.

Yes. It's astonishing how some of these posters seem to think they can just do whatever, consequence-free, even when they know it's against the law.

Uh, but it’s not actually against the law. So what do you say now? Still ok for toot aggressive dog to attack everything around it?

Where are these "aggressive dogs" that are just "attacking everything around it"? :roll: Only in your extraordinarily vivid imagination, honey. They are figments of your paranoid mind.

My dog and I are minding our business. It is your job to keep your animal(s) away from us. Since it is highly unlikely you'll be able to do that without a leash, leash your dog. If it's an off-leash park, you're still required to keep your dog away from me. Don't unleash your dog until/unless you're certain your dog has bombproof focus and recall (which, given your posts, is probably not the case). Your dog running up into my space, putting paws on me or my dog, is a violation of the law basically everywhere in the U.S. I've ever been. So yes, it is against the law, and against all decency and common sense, to let your animal invade other people's personal space.

Please post the law that says a dog being ‘in your space’ at a dog park entitles you or your dog to attack it?

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Anonymous wrote:When my DD was 6 years old, we were in a relatively empty park pretending to play baseball. She would bat the pretend ball and then run the bases for a home run. We were having fun. Then an off-leash dog decided that this looked like a fun game. It came tearing after her barking and lunging and she screamed and ran faster. Of course, this really made the dog want to chase her. She finally fell to the ground screaming and the dog bit her. It was a small dog but she was also small. The whole thing was really terrifying. The owner just said sorry my (little angel dog) has never done anything like that before. This is the problem.

Yes, exactly this. I also had an experience like this when my kid was young and it totally alerted me to the dangers if off leash dogs. Kids can be really unpredictable and loud, and a lot of the very normal things kids do will be interesting, exciting, or scary for a dog. No one should have to worry that if their kids darts behind a tree, calls out in excitement, or falls off the slide.

Also, a lot of common dog names and common kid names are the same or similar now. Please don't take your dog named Luna or Charlie to a local park unleashed as the odds some parent or kid will yell your dog's name is a really really high.

Yes. This also explains away the whole 'no one was using the playground' argument. The playground is for children, and good parents aren't going to let their kids play if there are unleashed dogs. We also don't take our kids to the dog park, because the dog park is for unleashed dogs.

A place for everything, and everything in its place.

I’ve never seen a kid or parent when I’ve taken my dog to the playground at 5:30 am during the summer. If they came, I’d leave.

This isn't the point. The law isn't "no leashes unless you see someone, then (try to) leash your dog". The law is clear, as is your stupidity.

But there’s no one around to enforce it, so…

The "it's only illegal if I get caught" mentality is such a disturbed way of living. Best of luck with it. On a long enough timeline, you'll understand why the law exists as written, and why you should follow it even when no one is around to force you.

Integrity is doing the right thing when "no one is around to enforce it" because YOU are around to manage yourself like a responsible adult.

Lol you idiots screaming about BREAKING THE LAW. I just looked and at least at my park, dogs are allowed off leash before 9AM
😂😂😂😂😂😂

Pics or it didn't happen, PP. Anyone can say anything they'd like on an anon board, and your level of glee at having pulled a "GOTCHA!!" suggests you're full of... something.

Yep. 9 pm to 9 AM. allowed off leash in parks where I live

Leash or no leash, they have to be under your control. If they aren’t you are risking injury.

This. And let's be real: the sort of people who believe in "unofficial dog runs" aren't the sort of owners with highly-trained dogs with excellent recall.

It’s actually legal. Someone looked it up

Here? No, it's not. That it's legal during certain hours somewhere else doesn't mean it's legal in the DC area.

And even if it were legal to have off-leash hours somewhere here, off-leash hours do not exempt you from the requirement that you control your animal and keep them from unwanted contact with others.

It is NOT LEGAL to let your dog run up on a stranger or invade someone's personal space. It's dangerous, and stupid, and reveals that you're a terrible dog owner and don't know how to handle your animal. It's against the law for a reason, and you should not expect safety or special treatment just because you're (willfully) ignoring the law(s).

Please post the law that says it is NOT LEGAL to invade your ‘personal space’ in a dog park. I’ll wait.

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Anonymous wrote:My dog (not a pit, a beagle) will absolutely attack an off leash dog that comes up to her, and she is not kidding around. If she hurts your dog it is your fault, OP. Your dog doesn’t deserve it, but you do. You will be found at fault, too, because you are the one with the off leash dog.

You shouldn’t have your dog around others then

I can take my dog for a walk minding our own business. If you leave us alone, she will leave you alone.

Your dog is dangerous and should be out in public.

That is not how the law works. My dog isn’t dangerous if your dog is in control. Therefore if you obey the law there won’t be an issue.

Your dog is dangerous! Read your post. You are blaming other dogs and people for your lack of training and your aggressive dog.

If your dog is illegally offleash, as in the case of this thread, you are the only one to blame. Just like if it gets run over by a car. You are the one blaming other people for your poor behavior having consequences.

Yes. It's astonishing how some of these posters seem to think they can just do whatever, consequence-free, even when they know it's against the law.

Uh, but it’s not actually against the law. So what do you say now? Still ok for toot aggressive dog to attack everything around it?

Where are these "aggressive dogs" that are just "attacking everything around it"? Only in your extraordinarily vivid imagination, honey. They are figments of your paranoid mind.

My dog and I are minding our business. It is your job to keep your animal(s) away from us. Since it is highly unlikely you'll be able to do that without a leash, leash your dog. If it's an off-leash park, you're still required to keep your dog away from me. Don't unleash your dog until/unless you're certain your dog has bombproof focus and recall (which, given your posts, is probably not the case). Your dog running up into my space, putting paws on me or my dog, is a violation of the law basically everywhere in the U.S. I've ever been. So yes, it is against the law, and against all decency and common sense, to let your animal invade other people's personal space.

You keep ranting about the LAW and other people controlling their dogs, but if you can’t control your dog out in the world to not attack someone coming into it’s ‘personal space’ then you’re the one breaking the law. And just showing yourself to be a selfish sociopath.

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Anonymous wrote:My dog (not a pit, a beagle) will absolutely attack an off leash dog that comes up to her, and she is not kidding around. If she hurts your dog it is your fault, OP. Your dog doesn’t deserve it, but you do. You will be found at fault, too, because you are the one with the off leash dog.

Your dog should not be out except on your fenced property. It’s your fault if your dog is aggressive.

It’s not. My dog is fine unless someone has a dog that is out of their control (off leash and not recallable). It has nothing to do with my dog. Are you willing to risk your dog’s safety on its recall? Because that is ALL ON YOU. My dog is fine with leashed dogs.

Your dog is aggressive and should not be around other dogs or people. You and your dog are the problem. Yes, it has to do with you and your dog. If your dog reacts to another dog off-leash you have a problem. Maybe it should be put down as you cannot control it and are saying its dangerous.

You are clearly operating at a sub-adult intellectual level. It is your job to keep your dog away from other dogs. Not everyone else's job to make sure their dogs won't bite your dog when you fail to do your job and let it run up into other people/animal's space.

Our dogs are perfectly safe if you're following the rules. If you're not willing to follow the rules, you may learn why they're necessary the hard way.

Play at your own risk.

No its not my job, my dog is friendly and sweet and not aggressive. The RULES are you keep your aggressive dog away from other dogs, muzzle them when out and train them. You are irresponsible and blaming others. You should not be a dog owner.

If your dog is offleash in a non-offleash area, you are not following the rules.

Turns out it’s legal to be off leash at certain times

State the place and times.

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Anonymous wrote:When my DD was 6 years old, we were in a relatively empty park pretending to play baseball. She would bat the pretend ball and then run the bases for a home run. We were having fun. Then an off-leash dog decided that this looked like a fun game. It came tearing after her barking and lunging and she screamed and ran faster. Of course, this really made the dog want to chase her. She finally fell to the ground screaming and the dog bit her. It was a small dog but she was also small. The whole thing was really terrifying. The owner just said sorry my (little angel dog) has never done anything like that before. This is the problem.

Yes, exactly this. I also had an experience like this when my kid was young and it totally alerted me to the dangers if off leash dogs. Kids can be really unpredictable and loud, and a lot of the very normal things kids do will be interesting, exciting, or scary for a dog. No one should have to worry that if their kids darts behind a tree, calls out in excitement, or falls off the slide.

Also, a lot of common dog names and common kid names are the same or similar now. Please don't take your dog named Luna or Charlie to a local park unleashed as the odds some parent or kid will yell your dog's name is a really really high.

Yes. This also explains away the whole 'no one was using the playground' argument. The playground is for children, and good parents aren't going to let their kids play if there are unleashed dogs. We also don't take our kids to the dog park, because the dog park is for unleashed dogs.

A place for everything, and everything in its place.

I’ve never seen a kid or parent when I’ve taken my dog to the playground at 5:30 am during the summer. If they came, I’d leave.

This isn't the point. The law isn't "no leashes unless you see someone, then (try to) leash your dog". The law is clear, as is your stupidity.

But there’s no one around to enforce it, so…

The "it's only illegal if I get caught" mentality is such a disturbed way of living. Best of luck with it. On a long enough timeline, you'll understand why the law exists as written, and why you should follow it even when no one is around to force you.

Integrity is doing the right thing when "no one is around to enforce it" because YOU are around to manage yourself like a responsible adult.

Lol you idiots screaming about BREAKING THE LAW. I just looked and at least at my park, dogs are allowed off leash before 9AM
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Pics or it didn't happen, PP. Anyone can say anything they'd like on an anon board, and your level of glee at having pulled a "GOTCHA!!" suggests you're full of... something.

Yep. 9 pm to 9 AM. allowed off leash in parks where I live

Leash or no leash, they have to be under your control. If they aren’t you are risking injury.

This. And let's be real: the sort of people who believe in "unofficial dog runs" aren't the sort of owners with highly-trained dogs with excellent recall.

It’s actually legal. Someone looked it up

Here? No, it's not. That it's legal during certain hours somewhere else doesn't mean it's legal in the DC area.

And even if it were legal to have off-leash hours somewhere here, off-leash hours do not exempt you from the requirement that you control your animal and keep them from unwanted contact with others.

It is NOT LEGAL to let your dog run up on a stranger or invade someone's personal space. It's dangerous, and stupid, and reveals that you're a terrible dog owner and don't know how to handle your animal. It's against the law for a reason, and you should not expect safety or special treatment just because you're (willfully) ignoring the law(s).

Please post the law that says it is NOT LEGAL to invade your ‘personal space’ in a dog park. I’ll wait.

I don't think we are talking about dog parks. I'm talking about my neigborhood or the local parks, which have always stated 'keep your dogs onleash'

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Anonymous wrote:My dog (not a pit, a beagle) will absolutely attack an off leash dog that comes up to her, and she is not kidding around. If she hurts your dog it is your fault, OP. Your dog doesn’t deserve it, but you do. You will be found at fault, too, because you are the one with the off leash dog.

You shouldn’t have your dog around others then

I can take my dog for a walk minding our own business. If you leave us alone, she will leave you alone.

Your dog is dangerous and should be out in public.

That is not how the law works. My dog isn’t dangerous if your dog is in control. Therefore if you obey the law there won’t be an issue.

Your dog is dangerous! Read your post. You are blaming other dogs and people for your lack of training and your aggressive dog.

If your dog is illegally offleash, as in the case of this thread, you are the only one to blame. Just like if it gets run over by a car. You are the one blaming other people for your poor behavior having consequences.

Yes. It's astonishing how some of these posters seem to think they can just do whatever, consequence-free, even when they know it's against the law.

Uh, but it’s not actually against the law. So what do you say now? Still ok for toot aggressive dog to attack everything around it?

Where are these "aggressive dogs" that are just "attacking everything around it"? Only in your extraordinarily vivid imagination, honey. They are figments of your paranoid mind.

My dog and I are minding our business. It is your job to keep your animal(s) away from us. Since it is highly unlikely you'll be able to do that without a leash, leash your dog. If it's an off-leash park, you're still required to keep your dog away from me. Don't unleash your dog until/unless you're certain your dog has bombproof focus and recall (which, given your posts, is probably not the case). Your dog running up into my space, putting paws on me or my dog, is a violation of the law basically everywhere in the U.S. I've ever been. So yes, it is against the law, and against all decency and common sense, to let your animal invade other people's personal space.

You keep ranting about the LAW and other people controlling their dogs, but if you can’t control your dog out in the world to not attack someone coming into it’s ‘personal space’ then you’re the one breaking the law. And just showing yourself to be a selfish sociopath.

So you are cool if a stranger comes up and hugs you? Why do you think it is ok for dog to come up to my dog?