It really depends on the dog. My neighbor with the lab takes him on walks off-leash all the time. He knows the command to get out of the street when a car is coming, but if he see's something like us for example he will freight train it right to us. So far (knocks on wood) when I have let Chip out the door to greet people in the driveway, or one of his cat buddies in our yard he stayed relatively close. He knows when I say "It's Tyler" (the cat) to go right towards her to say hello. When he is out without a leash its only for a few minutes, long enough for a greeting but not long enough to eye a squirrel and take off. |