ohhh Oakley, hahah!
- Thread starter Dreeza
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Let's all walk our dogs unleashed and see what happens! 
Now if you train them to be reliable enough off leash FIRST, and live in an area that barely has any traffic, then I would say go for it.
If Oakley was not 100% reliable to NOT cross streets, I wouldnt let him off leash. We've thrown toys into the street...he stops mid chase...sits and waits..without a single command. Food, same thing. He stops mid chase when he is running full speed after bunnies/squirrels without a single command, if they go into the street.
Every SINGLE time we set FOOT in the street he is told it is "okay". If we forget to give him that okay, and we walk into the street, he waits at the curb.
We hold kid's hands while they cross the street so they don't go willy-nilly running around in it. Dogs don't get any smarter than a 3 year old child at best. So unless you're in favor of letting 2 year olds run around with no restraint whatsoever, it's a bad analogy.
I'm glad we have leash laws in my city that most people in my neighborhood follow. There are only two loose dogs that I see with any regularity and both are small and seem to have enough sense to stay far away from me and my dogs. One I know is let out in an unfenced front yard with no supervision (keep in mind, I live in a city, front yards are small and the road is right there), the other I think is more a case of people with an unsecured fence who can't be bothered to fix it. I think the people with the tiiiiny yorkie and the fence with huge, gaping holes moved away. That dog did manage to find its way in to my securely fenced back yard one day (my yard is securely fenced for 55-100 lb. dogs, not 3 lb flullballs that can fit through cracks!).
OMG I'm so overprotective my dogs have no life they're so miserable they live in a sterile box!!!!
I'm glad we have leash laws in my city that most people in my neighborhood follow. There are only two loose dogs that I see with any regularity and both are small and seem to have enough sense to stay far away from me and my dogs. One I know is let out in an unfenced front yard with no supervision (keep in mind, I live in a city, front yards are small and the road is right there), the other I think is more a case of people with an unsecured fence who can't be bothered to fix it. I think the people with the tiiiiny yorkie and the fence with huge, gaping holes moved away. That dog did manage to find its way in to my securely fenced back yard one day (my yard is securely fenced for 55-100 lb. dogs, not 3 lb flullballs that can fit through cracks!).
OMG I'm so overprotective my dogs have no life they're so miserable they live in a sterile box!!!!
Well uhh, actually the situation would have been better if the squirrel had run into the street, cause then Oakley would have stopped chasing it and never would have ended up in the yard...
I didnt learn?? Yeah, okay, thats why I walked like 3 blocks outta my way to avoid that house...
And PUH-lease. Next time he jumps in someone's yard?? When the hell would that happen again??? ESPECIALLY now that we know to avoid high snowdrifts by fences..
SharkBait..my GOD ... ::shudders:: NOT A PUDDLE!!! Not only could he have drowned, but he also could have drank some water that had a horrible waterborne illness like giardia, and DIED.
I didnt learn?? Yeah, okay, thats why I walked like 3 blocks outta my way to avoid that house...
And PUH-lease. Next time he jumps in someone's yard?? When the hell would that happen again??? ESPECIALLY now that we know to avoid high snowdrifts by fences..
SharkBait..my GOD ... ::shudders:: NOT A PUDDLE!!! Not only could he have drowned, but he also could have drank some water that had a horrible waterborne illness like giardia, and DIED.
