re: People who don't keep their dog on a leash when in a public place annoy me

We have a few neighbors that walk their golden retrievers without a leash- I’m impressed.
I tell my dog that’s the way it should be- he just lol’s

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What are your thoughts on a well trained dog going on a walk around the neighborhood without a leash?

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I have thoughts on this. I think people who walk their well trained dogs off leash have just never owned a dog that is aggressive towards other dogs. I don’t blame them and some of their dogs are extremely well behaved and I’m impressed, I used to be one of those people actually.

My dog though, he’s super calm and well behaved in every situation, little kids, babies, in a Home Depot etc... but he HATES other dogs and will attack them if they come up to him. He’s a rescue and I think the people who had him before us never showed him another dog until we got him at 2 yrs old. We did lots of training and socializing, he’s well behaved now but still will fight any dog he can. The trainers told us it’s probably anxiety as much as aggression, he never learned as a puppy how to interact with any other creatures than humans so his natural instinct is to show them he’s tough...

So while your dog might be friendly and well behaved so you let it run around your front yard with your kid, just know that if your kid runs up to my dog he will wag his tail, play and lick them in the face.

If your dog comes up then you better call Michael Vick because it is on and popping