No matter how well behaved your dog is, you should always keep it on a leash when you are in public. Besides the fact that it is the law, it keeps your dog safe. What if something happens to scare the dog and it takes off running? I have a recent example of that. I was walking a beagle in the park when we saw a cairn terrior. Being the friendly beagle that he is, he howled hello to the other dog. However, the other dog didn't think it was friendly and started running away. I hollered for the owners who weren't paying attention to their dog to go get it. If their dog had been on a leash, it would have stayed safely beside them and they would have realized what was going on. It was so easy for their dog to slip away from them since it was free.
Another time I was walking a small, harmless looking, rat terrior in her apartment complex. However, she is very dog aggressive. All of a sudden, a guy comes walking by with his pomeranian without a leash. The pomeranian got excited and wanted to come see us. I tried to stop the pup by hollering "no". However, the pom was coming up fast. The guy reassured me that she was friendly. He never thought that maybe my dog wasn't. I had to take swift action to ensure that the other dog wasn't nipped on the nose. I have had situations like this happen so many times.
Even if you have the best trained dog ever, please, don't assume that it is safe for them to be off leash. Besides, it's the law to keep our pets leashed at all times in public areas.
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