Comments on: Walking or Hiking Off Leash With Your Dog? http://ahimsadogtraining.com/blog/2008/11/03/off-leash-dog-hike/ News, Tips, and Information Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:49:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Grisha http://ahimsadogtraining.com/blog/2008/11/03/off-leash-dog-hike/comment-page-1/#comment-297 Grisha Thu, 06 Nov 2008 20:51:57 +0000 http://ahimsadogtraining.com/blog/?p=293#comment-297 Green Lake is relatively safe from off leash dogs, but every so often, it's terrible! Don't get me started on extendible leashes, which are off leash with the pleasant twist that the people don't think they need to pay as much attention. I was teaching a Fluency Field Trip at Green Lake last summer. We were up on the grassy area in Woodland park, right near the road. A dog ran up to us and his owner was far behind. She didn't even call him. I shouted out to ask her to call her dog and she said, "He wouldn't come if I did!" Can you imagine caring so little about your dog's life that you would be willing to risk walking near a busy road and other dogs and squirrels with no ability to call him back?! Green Lake is relatively safe from off leash dogs, but every so often, it’s terrible! Don’t get me started on extendible leashes, which are off leash with the pleasant twist that the people don’t think they need to pay as much attention.

I was teaching a Fluency Field Trip at Green Lake last summer. We were up on the grassy area in Woodland park, right near the road. A dog ran up to us and his owner was far behind. She didn’t even call him. I shouted out to ask her to call her dog and she said, “He wouldn’t come if I did!”

Can you imagine caring so little about your dog’s life that you would be willing to risk walking near a busy road and other dogs and squirrels with no ability to call him back?!

]]> By: Dog Lover http://ahimsadogtraining.com/blog/2008/11/03/off-leash-dog-hike/comment-page-1/#comment-296 Dog Lover Thu, 06 Nov 2008 20:31:49 +0000 http://ahimsadogtraining.com/blog/?p=293#comment-296 Very timely - today I was walking my dog around Green Lake and his dog/dog stuff was going so well (automatic "watch me" when he saw a dog), and then there was a Viszla OFF LEASH running around. As we got closer, I called out, "my dog is not friendly" and they looked at me like I was a pariah, when they were the ones totally breaking the law and being discourteous!!! I was so frustrated because here I was working hard to keep my dog under threshold and appropriate, and it was almost blown by their dog. Off leash at Green Lake - unbelievable. Very timely – today I was walking my dog around Green Lake and his dog/dog stuff was going so well (automatic “watch me” when he saw a dog), and then there was a Viszla OFF LEASH running around. As we got closer, I called out, “my dog is not friendly” and they looked at me like I was a pariah, when they were the ones totally breaking the law and being discourteous!!! I was so frustrated because here I was working hard to keep my dog under threshold and appropriate, and it was almost blown by their dog. Off leash at Green Lake – unbelievable.

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