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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I live in Brooklyn, and Prospect Park designates three off-leash areas before 9 am for dogs to run around. Sure, there are sometimes dog spats and once in a while dogs get bitten (my own included once), but I have never seen a "bloodbath." There are also runners, birders, and assorted random people in the park at that time, and we all somehow manage to rub along together. This is my dog's favorite part of the day and truly a godsend for me, since he is a very energetic 70 lb German Shepherd/Huskie mix, and I honestly don't think I could exercise him enough solely through my own efforts and my spouse's combined. I can't run around at top speed like he does with the other dogs![/quote]

I live in a city with a similar situation. It's been great for the dogs and by 9am, they are leashed. Works out well.[/quote]

Well, the reason it works well is because you are following the rules. Show up at 11 with your unleashed dog while the local sitters are there with 10 preschoolers, and you've got a problem.[/quote]

Sure, but some people seem to just be arguing that a dog should never be off leash outside their own home. [/quote]

No, people are saying a dog should always be leashed where leash laws exist. If the law says you have to leash your dog at the park, you have to leash your dog at the park, even if you and 10 other dog owners just really, really want to let the dogs off leash.

A big part of the problem here that hasn't been mentioned is that people adopt dogs without thinking through how they will exercise their dog. So many people get dogs in the city now. Which is fine, great even. But you don't wait until you have an 80 lb, energetic, 2 yr old to figure out how to exercise him. You do it before you get a dig and you get a dig that fits your lifestyle. People are getting dogs, realizing it would be really nice if they could run off leash, and colonizing city parks for this purpose.

Previously, this issue was solved by people in cities getting dogs who could be adequately exercised on leash or at local dog runs (and being responsible enough to make sure there was a dog run close enough). The big, energetic breeds you see everywhere now used to be suburban and small town dogs, the kind of dog you'd get if you had a big yard, lived near big open spaces where dogs can run off leash, and had the lifestyle to get that dig outside regularly.

This is a problem that newer dog owners created for themselves and now want to offload onto their neighbors. Nope.[/quote]

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