[nagdu] Dogs Off Leash

[Dan Weiner]

Of f leash would be a great idea but in Carter's case I can't trust him off
leash outside except for the fenced in back yard.
The fence seems to be the key, so off leash in the house almost all the time
and in the back yard.
If there's a fence he seems to understand the limit but an open area would
be asking for trouble with this nutty puppy--smile

I wish our dogs were better at off leash recall, they don't get that way
unless you bust your butt and then still there are a lot of things that can
happen.

Cordially,

Dan and the Carter Dog

 

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Cindy Ray
Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2011 4:54 PM
To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Dogs Off Leash

I never let my dog off leash outside.
CL

On Aug 16, 2011, at 3:44 PM, GARY STEEVES wrote:

> Hi Wayne
> 
> You make some good points. All the places I take bogart off leash are
defined off leash areas be that parks or trails   that we hike on. The off
leash park we use the most is in a bit of a bowl of a field with 3 of the 4
sides being a short sharp hill. The bottom of the field is our sea walk. The
only danger I worry about here is bikes but bogart has also demonstrated his
wisdom in not venturing onto the paved pathways.  But being sure about
trafic safety for off leash adventures is very wise and goes with what I was
saying about using ones brain to assess the risks. There will always be a
risk but I cannot have my dog leashed at all times since he would never get
the exercise he requires. Therefore I identify safe areas for us to do this
in.
> 
> Gary
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Wayne Merritt <wcmerritt at gmail.com>
> Date: Tuesday, August 16, 2011 12:24 pm
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Dogs Off Leash
> To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> 
>> Letting your dog be a dog is all well and good, just don't lose your 
>> common sense while you do it. For instance, don't let your dog run 
>> free in a park, that just happens to be sitting by a moderately busy 
>> street. One of the things that they do at The Seeing eye during 
>> training is read a letter bya  former graduate. The graduate said 
>> that he knows the area, knows that there's no traffic where he lives, 
>> but in a moment when he assumed that things were fine and there was 
>> no traffic, his dog got out, ran toward the road, and there just 
>> happened to be a car coming. After you hear one of these letters once 
>> or twice, you begin to have seconds thoughts about letting the dog 
>> run free.
>> 
>> Wayne
>> 
>> On 8/16/11, Larry D. Keeler <lkeeler at comcast.net> wrote:
>>> I think those program folks don't want you "or them" to lose a
>> valuable dog!
>>> I think its great to let dogs be dogs once in awhile!
>>> Intelligence is always claimed but rarely proven!
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