[nagdu] Running without a fenced yard

[Debby Phillips]

Hi Tracy, I am glad you like the flexi leash. It did not work that well for me. I was always getting tangled up. Lol. I think it was a matter of klutz on my part. 

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> On Jan 19, 2015, at 7:01 AM, Tracy Carcione via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> There was a lot of discussion about dogs running free recently.  I didn't
> see any mention of the Flexi-leash, so I'll mention it.  When I lived in an
> apartment, I let my dog do some running on the Flexi-leash in a nearby
> un-fenced area.  It's not quite the same as running loose, but the dog can
> still enjoy herself at a distance while being under control.
> I still use the Flexi with Krokus in my fenced yard.  He is more interested
> in eating sticks and leaves than running around, and I want to have control
> over where he goes and how long he hangs out in one place.
> The Flexi isn't cheap, but it should last for years.
> Tracy
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Debby Phillips
> via nagdu
> Sent: Monday, January 12, 2015 6:30 PM
> To: Nimer Jaber; NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog
> Users; buddy at brannan.name; nagdu at nfbnet.org
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] guide dog and parents issue
> 
> I hate to tell you this, but there are dogs who probably never get to run
> and play freely.  And they are fine.  They get enough work with guiding to
> get exercise.  Sure, in an ideal world, it would be great for dogs to get to
> run and play off leash.  But it just DOESN'T happen always.  My first dog
> didn't get those opportunities, I lived in an apartment, no fenced yard, and
> so she did not get those opportunities.  My third dog rarely got those
> opportunities either, same reason.  By then I was a little looser with what
> my dogs could and couldn't do, but still I had no fenced yard, so only when
> I went to visit my parents who did have a fenced yard was she able to run
> and play.  Now that I'm married and a home owner things are different.  But
> truly dogs survive and do quite well, whether they get to run off-leash or
> not.  I think that what you just wrote could be dangerous.  It might lead to
> someone with a brand new dog to let that dog be off leash in an unsafe
> place, thinking that they are allowing the dog freedom.
> 
> Do I think it's great that dogs can be off-leash? Yes, but is it 
> a necessity? No.    Peace,    Debby and Neena
> 
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