Mine our only loose in my fenced backyard or the dog park. I just can't risk them running possibly in the street and getting hit or having a bigger dog that's loose grab them. (And I don't even want to think about them running away and not seeing them again.)
My two are unpredictable and you never know what might "spook" them. Like kids, sometimes they listen and sometimes they don't.
I also live in the city and not the country though.
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