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Originally Posted by yorkietalkjilly  In life it happens that when you are away in the hospital or just living daily life, dogs can get out on their own and begin to run. If they are not ever trusted enough to train them to stop outside off lead, many of them usually just run in total, wild excitement until they are gone and then they are totally at the mercy of whatever happens to them - big dog, cars, you name it. But I totally understand that not everyone wants to get into that level of training where your dog actually wants to stop when you tell it to outside. Takes a good bit of work and a time. Yes, you take a chance but some say you take just as big or bigger a chance by never training them what to do if they are ever out on their own off lead and you yell "stop!". Many an untrained dog would just keep running. |
Totally agree with this statement !
On the other hand even as well trained as my pups are with the addition of 2 new dogs close to our home who run free all the time, they are never on a leash and clearly are not as well trained as their owners would believe. I need to consider the consequences of what might happen if I take my babies outside our fenced in yard off leash. I must admit that little insolent a few weeks ago with Ruby really scared me... and before I will allow them off leash again, we need a refresher course. So, I'll be working with Ruby on her boundaries once again. Anyways I think that its always good to give them a refresher course as well as maybe introduce some new rules and commands just so that I know that they get it...
It is and has always has been my goal to keep them safe !!
