Unleash the Hounds!

Longdog · 02-08-2009, 07:57 PM

Does anybody ever let their dogs off-leash in an open dog play area? Just curious. I was on a hiking trail with Jed today, and I longed to take him off the leash so he could romp freely. But I knw from past experience that it was a bad idea.

Recently we were in a friend's backyard which is fully bordered by a thick hedge. Behind the hedge is a fence with one 10" gap, and Jed managed to find the gap, wiggle through, and make it through two other backyards until he found a golden lab sleeping soundly in a sunroom, who he was successfully able to disrupt.

We got him back, and he came back inside, where he celebrated his victory by eating half a chicken.

Dozer-Digger · 02-08-2009, 08:55 PM

I use to take the boys out to my uncle's ranch, and let them run free. They would chase rabbits until they could run no more.

They could run for a mile in either direction with nothing to bother. I haven't done it in a while, because I have to chase them down with my truck to catch them. Also, I can't let them run out in the pasture during rattle snake season.

We should do it again, before it warms up too much for the snakes.

tinaherb · 02-10-2009, 02:57 PM

I do sometimes. It depends on where I am.
I do take my gang for fun runs in my fields. No rattle snakes here in Norway.

EccentricGirl42 · 02-10-2009, 07:50 PM

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We got him back, and he came back inside, where he celebrated his victory by eating half a chicken.[/b]

Was he allowed to have that chicken or did he swipe it?

Longdog · 02-10-2009, 10:59 PM

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Was he allowed to have that chicken or did he swipe it?[/b]

Swiping. Definitely swiping.

EccentricGirl42 · 02-10-2009, 11:40 PM

Aww, I guess he was a bad boy, but I got a bit of a chuckle from the story.

ruby_doo (AUS) · 02-11-2009, 12:04 AM

we are very fortunate that our girls do actually recall....they frequently go for off leash runs around the property

bcc11 · 02-11-2009, 02:28 AM

Chloe used to love to go to the off-leash dog park. (It tuckers her out too much now -- she is a ripe old 13.5 years old.)

She actually did better off-leash than on. She always kept her eye on us and wouldn't let us get too far away before she would trot up to catch up with us. She was a rescue and I think she always has had a fear of abandonment. I may be projecting -- but we WERE her third family.

Colleen

Soundtrack · 02-11-2009, 09:41 AM

I frequently run mine off-leash, in areas that I deem safe.

However, we do a LOT of reinforcement of the recall, and I'm always alert for possible hazards so that I can call them back to me before it becomes an issue.

vonny · 02-11-2009, 05:15 PM

Mine are allowed to run free every day

Neither of the boys are hunters though when we had Precious she needed to be watched.

02-08-2009, 08:55 PM	#2 (permalink)
Dozer-Digger Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Colorado Posts: 511	I use to take the boys out to my uncle's ranch, and let them run free. They would chase rabbits until they could run no more. They could run for a mile in either direction with nothing to bother. I haven't done it in a while, because I have to chase them down with my truck to catch them. Also, I can't let them run out in the pasture during rattle snake season. We should do it again, before it warms up too much for the snakes. __________________ Darrell and the Boys. Dozer, Digger, & Dudley.

02-10-2009, 02:57 PM	#3 (permalink)
tinaherb Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Norway Posts: 484	I do sometimes. It depends on where I am. I do take my gang for fun runs in my fields. No rattle snakes here in Norway. __________________ tinaherb

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02-11-2009, 05:15 PM	#10 (permalink)
vonny Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 78	Mine are allowed to run free every day Neither of the boys are hunters though when we had Precious she needed to be watched. __________________ Owned by Rupey Doopey, Cuddley Dudley and Pretty Patience RIP Precious gone too soon.

02-08-2009, 07:57 PM	#1 (permalink)
Longdog Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Toronto Posts: 14	Does anybody ever let their dogs off-leash in an open dog play area? Just curious. I was on a hiking trail with Jed today, and I longed to take him off the leash so he could romp freely. But I knw from past experience that it was a bad idea. Recently we were in a friend's backyard which is fully bordered by a thick hedge. Behind the hedge is a fence with one 10" gap, and Jed managed to find the gap, wiggle through, and make it through two other backyards until he found a golden lab sleeping soundly in a sunroom, who he was successfully able to disrupt. We got him back, and he came back inside, where he celebrated his victory by eating half a chicken.

02-10-2009, 11:40 PM	#6 (permalink)
EccentricGirl42 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: WA Posts: 224	Aww, I guess he was a bad boy, but I got a bit of a chuckle from the story.

02-11-2009, 12:04 AM	#7 (permalink)
ruby_doo (AUS) Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 87	we are very fortunate that our girls do actually recall....they frequently go for off leash runs around the property

02-11-2009, 02:28 AM	#8 (permalink)
bcc11 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Redmond, WA Posts: 173	Chloe used to love to go to the off-leash dog park. (It tuckers her out too much now -- she is a ripe old 13.5 years old.) She actually did better off-leash than on. She always kept her eye on us and wouldn't let us get too far away before she would trot up to catch up with us. She was a rescue and I think she always has had a fear of abandonment. I may be projecting -- but we WERE her third family. Colleen

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