Letting dog off leash

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Anonymous wrote:It's illegal to walk your dog off leash on trails.

It's also incredibly, incredibly selfish of an owner to do so. If any strange animal approaches me, I will not hesitate to pepper spray or hit/kick it right away, and am not going to wait until a lazy owner comes along saying their dog is "friendly."

There was a case locally a few years ago, where a man shot someone's off leash dog, and he was cleared, because he had a right to protect himself and his family without waiting for the lazy owner to make some excuse.

Would you attack a dog that is walking along minding its own business?

Of course not. A dog running up to or towards other people is not "minding its own business" though.

A dog could run up and still not bother you

Holy crap are you truly so self absorbed to think that letting your dog go up to people, doesn't bother them??

Being merely “bothered” is not an ethical reason to assault or kill a dog. Inventing a bunch of excuses about being afraid for your safety is a transparent ploy. You are sitting here premeditating the assault that you plan to commit even though you have no specific knowledge of a real threat.

I've had a dog on a moronic retractable leash jump and clamp my arm, while I was running. I was a good 6-8 feet away from it and its owner, but retractable leashes are just the stupidest thing as far as safety goes. I'm not waiting for tha tto happen again, and it is not up to me to wait to find out if your dog is just "playing" or not.

Your dog, your responsibility.

Do not expect others to care more about your dog than you. If you don't want to be responsible with it, don't expect others to be psychic and put up with your poor handling over your "friendly" dog. Stop making excuses for your laziness.

No, if you attack my dog that didn’t pose a threat then it will be your responsibility. You are the one playing “psychic” by attacking before you are at any risk.

No one has to wait until your dog bites them. If your dog is off leash and charges at someone, they can reasonably view it as a threat. Period. And people who have been attacked or are with small children or otherwise vulnerable people are quite likely to be highly reactive. If you love your dog, keep it under your control at all times.

+1 the world of people who have been bitten by dogs is riddled with people who were bitten by dogs that were described as “friendly” by their owners. On this kind of thread, no owner ever wants to admit that their dog isn’t perfectly trained.

You have a dog. You have to live with that. Everyone else who does not have does should have the reasonable expectation of safety from loose dogs; that’s why we have leash laws in the first place!

It takes time and money to train a dog. No the adverage dog is not "perfect" and that is an unrealistic expectation. Are you perfect? I highly doubt it!

And most owners these days don’t put time and money into training their dogs. They don’t see the point. They think that anything their dog does is cute - running up and barking is fun and friendly! You can’t touch my dog even if it barks at you; you have to wait to get bit! - and they won’t deal with it.

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Anonymous wrote:I never had a problem unleashing my dog..when I last had a dog. She would be off sniffing everything in sight, but all I had to do was call her name, then pretend to walk off in the opposite direction and she would run after me.

I can't believe that some of you have dogs that have never been off leash.

You sound dumb. You can’t believe that other dogs might be different from yours?

Then you need to train your dog better.

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Anonymous wrote:It's illegal to walk your dog off leash on trails.

It's also incredibly, incredibly selfish of an owner to do so. If any strange animal approaches me, I will not hesitate to pepper spray or hit/kick it right away, and am not going to wait until a lazy owner comes along saying their dog is "friendly."

There was a case locally a few years ago, where a man shot someone's off leash dog, and he was cleared, because he had a right to protect himself and his family without waiting for the lazy owner to make some excuse.

Would you attack a dog that is walking along minding its own business?

Of course not. A dog running up to or towards other people is not "minding its own business" though.

A dog could run up and still not bother you

Holy crap are you truly so self absorbed to think that letting your dog go up to people, doesn't bother them??

Being merely “bothered” is not an ethical reason to assault or kill a dog. Inventing a bunch of excuses about being afraid for your safety is a transparent ploy. You are sitting here premeditating the assault that you plan to commit even though you have no specific knowledge of a real threat.

I've had a dog on a moronic retractable leash jump and clamp my arm, while I was running. I was a good 6-8 feet away from it and its owner, but retractable leashes are just the stupidest thing as far as safety goes. I'm not waiting for tha tto happen again, and it is not up to me to wait to find out if your dog is just "playing" or not.

Your dog, your responsibility.

Do not expect others to care more about your dog than you. If you don't want to be responsible with it, don't expect others to be psychic and put up with your poor handling over your "friendly" dog. Stop making excuses for your laziness.

No, if you attack my dog that didn’t pose a threat then it will be your responsibility. You are the one playing “psychic” by attacking before you are at any risk.

No one has to wait until your dog bites them. If your dog is off leash and charges at someone, they can reasonably view it as a threat. Period. And people who have been attacked or are with small children or otherwise vulnerable people are quite likely to be highly reactive. If you love your dog, keep it under your control at all times.

+1 the world of people who have been bitten by dogs is riddled with people who were bitten by dogs that were described as “friendly” by their owners. On this kind of thread, no owner ever wants to admit that their dog isn’t perfectly trained.

You have a dog. You have to live with that. Everyone else who does not have does should have the reasonable expectation of safety from loose dogs; that’s why we have leash laws in the first place!

It takes time and money to train a dog. No the adverage dog is not "perfect" and that is an unrealistic expectation. Are you perfect? I highly doubt it!

No one is perfect, but don't get a dog if you don't have the time and money to train it. Getting a dog is a responsibility, not a right.

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Anonymous wrote:It's illegal to walk your dog off leash on trails.

It's also incredibly, incredibly selfish of an owner to do so. If any strange animal approaches me, I will not hesitate to pepper spray or hit/kick it right away, and am not going to wait until a lazy owner comes along saying their dog is "friendly."

There was a case locally a few years ago, where a man shot someone's off leash dog, and he was cleared, because he had a right to protect himself and his family without waiting for the lazy owner to make some excuse.

Would you attack a dog that is walking along minding its own business?

Of course not. A dog running up to or towards other people is not "minding its own business" though.

A dog could run up and still not bother you

Holy crap are you truly so self absorbed to think that letting your dog go up to people, doesn't bother them??

Being merely “bothered” is not an ethical reason to assault or kill a dog. Inventing a bunch of excuses about being afraid for your safety is a transparent ploy. You are sitting here premeditating the assault that you plan to commit even though you have no specific knowledge of a real threat.

I've had a dog on a moronic retractable leash jump and clamp my arm, while I was running. I was a good 6-8 feet away from it and its owner, but retractable leashes are just the stupidest thing as far as safety goes. I'm not waiting for tha tto happen again, and it is not up to me to wait to find out if your dog is just "playing" or not.

Your dog, your responsibility.

Do not expect others to care more about your dog than you. If you don't want to be responsible with it, don't expect others to be psychic and put up with your poor handling over your "friendly" dog. Stop making excuses for your laziness.

No, if you attack my dog that didn’t pose a threat then it will be your responsibility. You are the one playing “psychic” by attacking before you are at any risk.

No one has to wait until your dog bites them. If your dog is off leash and charges at someone, they can reasonably view it as a threat. Period. And people who have been attacked or are with small children or otherwise vulnerable people are quite likely to be highly reactive. If you love your dog, keep it under your control at all times.

+1 the world of people who have been bitten by dogs is riddled with people who were bitten by dogs that were described as “friendly” by their owners. On this kind of thread, no owner ever wants to admit that their dog isn’t perfectly trained.

You have a dog. You have to live with that. Everyone else who does not have does should have the reasonable expectation of safety from loose dogs; that’s why we have leash laws in the first place!

It takes time and money to train a dog. No the adverage dog is not "perfect" and that is an unrealistic expectation. Are you perfect? I highly doubt it!

No one is perfect, but don't get a dog if you don't have the time and money to train it. Getting a dog is a responsibility, not a right.

I'm sorry but, getting a dog is both a responsibility and a right too! Unless you can't have dogs live where you live or have abused animals anyone can get a dog. And yes, I have a dog whom I have trained since 3 months old and continue to do so at age 2.

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Anonymous wrote:It's illegal to walk your dog off leash on trails.

It's also incredibly, incredibly selfish of an owner to do so. If any strange animal approaches me, I will not hesitate to pepper spray or hit/kick it right away, and am not going to wait until a lazy owner comes along saying their dog is "friendly."

There was a case locally a few years ago, where a man shot someone's off leash dog, and he was cleared, because he had a right to protect himself and his family without waiting for the lazy owner to make some excuse.

Would you attack a dog that is walking along minding its own business?

Of course not. A dog running up to or towards other people is not "minding its own business" though.

A dog could run up and still not bother you

Holy crap are you truly so self absorbed to think that letting your dog go up to people, doesn't bother them??

Being merely “bothered” is not an ethical reason to assault or kill a dog. Inventing a bunch of excuses about being afraid for your safety is a transparent ploy. You are sitting here premeditating the assault that you plan to commit even though you have no specific knowledge of a real threat.

I've had a dog on a moronic retractable leash jump and clamp my arm, while I was running. I was a good 6-8 feet away from it and its owner, but retractable leashes are just the stupidest thing as far as safety goes. I'm not waiting for tha tto happen again, and it is not up to me to wait to find out if your dog is just "playing" or not.

Your dog, your responsibility.

Do not expect others to care more about your dog than you. If you don't want to be responsible with it, don't expect others to be psychic and put up with your poor handling over your "friendly" dog. Stop making excuses for your laziness.

No, if you attack my dog that didn’t pose a threat then it will be your responsibility. You are the one playing “psychic” by attacking before you are at any risk.

No one has to wait until your dog bites them. If your dog is off leash and charges at someone, they can reasonably view it as a threat. Period. And people who have been attacked or are with small children or otherwise vulnerable people are quite likely to be highly reactive. If you love your dog, keep it under your control at all times.

+1 the world of people who have been bitten by dogs is riddled with people who were bitten by dogs that were described as “friendly” by their owners. On this kind of thread, no owner ever wants to admit that their dog isn’t perfectly trained.

You have a dog. You have to live with that. Everyone else who does not have does should have the reasonable expectation of safety from loose dogs; that’s why we have leash laws in the first place!

It takes time and money to train a dog. No the adverage dog is not "perfect" and that is an unrealistic expectation. Are you perfect? I highly doubt it!

No one is perfect, but don't get a dog if you don't have the time and money to train it. Getting a dog is a responsibility, not a right.

I'm sorry but, getting a dog is both a responsibility and a right too! Unless you can't have dogs live where you live or have abused animals anyone can get a dog. And yes, I have a dog whom I have trained since 3 months old and continue to do so at age 2.

I'm not sure you understand what a 'right' is.

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Anonymous wrote:It's illegal to walk your dog off leash on trails.

It's also incredibly, incredibly selfish of an owner to do so. If any strange animal approaches me, I will not hesitate to pepper spray or hit/kick it right away, and am not going to wait until a lazy owner comes along saying their dog is "friendly."

There was a case locally a few years ago, where a man shot someone's off leash dog, and he was cleared, because he had a right to protect himself and his family without waiting for the lazy owner to make some excuse.

Would you attack a dog that is walking along minding its own business?

Of course not. A dog running up to or towards other people is not "minding its own business" though.

A dog could run up and still not bother you

Holy crap are you truly so self absorbed to think that letting your dog go up to people, doesn't bother them??

Being merely “bothered” is not an ethical reason to assault or kill a dog. Inventing a bunch of excuses about being afraid for your safety is a transparent ploy. You are sitting here premeditating the assault that you plan to commit even though you have no specific knowledge of a real threat.

I've had a dog on a moronic retractable leash jump and clamp my arm, while I was running. I was a good 6-8 feet away from it and its owner, but retractable leashes are just the stupidest thing as far as safety goes. I'm not waiting for tha tto happen again, and it is not up to me to wait to find out if your dog is just "playing" or not.

Your dog, your responsibility.

Do not expect others to care more about your dog than you. If you don't want to be responsible with it, don't expect others to be psychic and put up with your poor handling over your "friendly" dog. Stop making excuses for your laziness.

No, if you attack my dog that didn’t pose a threat then it will be your responsibility. You are the one playing “psychic” by attacking before you are at any risk.

No one has to wait until your dog bites them. If your dog is off leash and charges at someone, they can reasonably view it as a threat. Period. And people who have been attacked or are with small children or otherwise vulnerable people are quite likely to be highly reactive. If you love your dog, keep it under your control at all times.

+1 the world of people who have been bitten by dogs is riddled with people who were bitten by dogs that were described as “friendly” by their owners. On this kind of thread, no owner ever wants to admit that their dog isn’t perfectly trained.

You have a dog. You have to live with that. Everyone else who does not have does should have the reasonable expectation of safety from loose dogs; that’s why we have leash laws in the first place!

It takes time and money to train a dog. No the adverage dog is not "perfect" and that is an unrealistic expectation. Are you perfect? I highly doubt it!

No one is perfect, but don't get a dog if you don't have the time and money to train it. Getting a dog is a responsibility, not a right.

I'm sorry but, getting a dog is both a responsibility and a right too! Unless you can't have dogs live where you live or have abused animals anyone can get a dog. And yes, I have a dog whom I have trained since 3 months old and continue to do so at age 2.

I'm not sure you understand what a 'right' is.

Why would you say that?

[Anonymous]

E-collar training.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Your dog needs to have excellent recall, not be near a road, not near unfamiliar dogs/animals, etc. Its really never a good idea to have your dog off leash unless you're completely fenced in. If my dog had an unleashed dog approach she is likely to be defensive and fight.

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Anonymous wrote:E-collar training.

That is not the answer and it was recently banned in the UK. Lazy owners use E-collars