Anonymous wrote:I don't have a problem with unleashed dogs per se. If you have trained your dog with a strong and it generally is not interested in other people or dogs, fine. Let the pup roam a bit.

I have a problem with untrained unleashed dogs.

There is a difference.

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Anonymous wrote:I hate dogs and my son is allergic. I have mace on walks and will use it 100% if one jumps on me or my kids. Leash your stupid dogs

How do you know your son is allergic? If you hate a type of animal presumably it's never been in your house?

Because he has been tested by allergist. He is allergic to dogs and cats , and had reactions to both. Unfortunately, dog owners are usually pretty self centered and assume their dogs are supposed to be everywhere. They don’t have much concern for others

Gotcha. I'm not familiar with allergy testing. Good luck to you.

That said, I'm going to keep taking my leashed, trained dog to places she is allowed.

Yep, most dog owners are sociopaths. Allergic kid, who the f cares. But my doggooooo.

Places she is allowed = almost entirely outdoor places. That is not putting anyone's allergies at risk.

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Anonymous wrote:DC is the only city that I'm aware of that has no actual dog park. There are little fenced enclosures, but no place where it is legal to walk your dog off leash.

This is really difficult for those of us at the opposite end of the spectrum trying to raise HIGHLY trained dogs. My personal dog is a certified therapy dog and I have also raised puppies for the blind. To get them to a certain level of training, you need to off leash them. They need to learn to fixate on their handler and ignore all distractions to get to the point where the leash is decorative. It's hard to train this if you have a dog with perfect recall but is learning to say, relax on a bench in a place command when told to stay. The owner needs to walk away to proof that command and training, but even though we are talking about EXTREMELY well behaved dogs there is always some Karen is going to get her panties in a wad a Golden Retriever is chilling on a bench with the leash dropped and scream at you or call the police. My current dog is about as controlled as you could get, but I am trying to teach K9 drills for fun. This can't really be done on a lead. We go to empty places late at night to train but it would be nice to have a large space to practice during the day.

Boo effing hoo. Follow the law, which requires your dog to be on a leash. Best believe I will call you out if I see you.

+100. I don't give a crap about guide dogs or the bind. You want to engage in that crap hobby move to the country.

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Anonymous wrote:DC is the only city that I'm aware of that has no actual dog park. There are little fenced enclosures, but no place where it is legal to walk your dog off leash.

This is really difficult for those of us at the opposite end of the spectrum trying to raise HIGHLY trained dogs. My personal dog is a certified therapy dog and I have also raised puppies for the blind. To get them to a certain level of training, you need to off leash them. They need to learn to fixate on their handler and ignore all distractions to get to the point where the leash is decorative. It's hard to train this if you have a dog with perfect recall but is learning to say, relax on a bench in a place command when told to stay. The owner needs to walk away to proof that command and training, but even though we are talking about EXTREMELY well behaved dogs there is always some Karen is going to get her panties in a wad a Golden Retriever is chilling on a bench with the leash dropped and scream at you or call the police. My current dog is about as controlled as you could get, but I am trying to teach K9 drills for fun. This can't really be done on a lead. We go to empty places late at night to train but it would be nice to have a large space to practice during the day.

Boo effing hoo. Follow the law, which requires your dog to be on a leash. Best believe I will call you out if I see you.

+100. I don't give a crap about guide dogs or the bind. You want to engage in that crap hobby move to the country.

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Anonymous wrote:DC is the only city that I'm aware of that has no actual dog park. There are little fenced enclosures, but no place where it is legal to walk your dog off leash.

This is really difficult for those of us at the opposite end of the spectrum trying to raise HIGHLY trained dogs. My personal dog is a certified therapy dog and I have also raised puppies for the blind. To get them to a certain level of training, you need to off leash them. They need to learn to fixate on their handler and ignore all distractions to get to the point where the leash is decorative. It's hard to train this if you have a dog with perfect recall but is learning to say, relax on a bench in a place command when told to stay. The owner needs to walk away to proof that command and training, but even though we are talking about EXTREMELY well behaved dogs there is always some Karen is going to get her panties in a wad a Golden Retriever is chilling on a bench with the leash dropped and scream at you or call the police. My current dog is about as controlled as you could get, but I am trying to teach K9 drills for fun. This can't really be done on a lead. We go to empty places late at night to train but it would be nice to have a large space to practice during the day.

Boo effing hoo. Follow the law, which requires your dog to be on a leash. Best believe I will call you out if I see you.

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Anonymous wrote:DC is the only city that I'm aware of that has no actual dog park. There are little fenced enclosures, but no place where it is legal to walk your dog off leash.

This is really difficult for those of us at the opposite end of the spectrum trying to raise HIGHLY trained dogs. My personal dog is a certified therapy dog and I have also raised puppies for the blind. To get them to a certain level of training, you need to off leash them. They need to learn to fixate on their handler and ignore all distractions to get to the point where the leash is decorative. It's hard to train this if you have a dog with perfect recall but is learning to say, relax on a bench in a place command when told to stay. The owner needs to walk away to proof that command and training, but even though we are talking about EXTREMELY well behaved dogs there is always some Karen is going to get her panties in a wad a Golden Retriever is chilling on a bench with the leash dropped and scream at you or call the police. My current dog is about as controlled as you could get, but I am trying to teach K9 drills for fun. This can't really be done on a lead. We go to empty places late at night to train but it would be nice to have a large space to practice during the day.

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Anonymous wrote:Lincoln Park on Capitol Hill is such an example of this.

Lincoln park is not a great example because the community has been using it as a defacto dog park for at least 15 years.

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Anonymous wrote:DC is the only city that I'm aware of that has no actual dog park. There are little fenced enclosures, but no place where it is legal to walk your dog off leash.