(VICT) Re: Off-leash?
- From: Megatartix <megatartix@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: vi-clicker-trainers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 15:57:00 +0200
Sehila and all,
It's very normal to let animals run free here in=20
Italy. There are more restrictions in cities, of=20
course, but you can still meet the odd dog off=20
leash. I hate that, though. I would never let my=20
dogs off leash in Milan, although I used to do=20
that years ago, when it was safer, and only in=20
extremely controllable and controlled situations.
We have off leash areas (I wouldn't call them=20
"parks"), but my dogs always refused to set foot=20
in them, as they're very dirty. Moreover, since=20
humans can't get into the enclosures, I would be=20
scared to death to think that Pretty might meet=20
some nasty creature and have a fiht!
She isn't the aggressive type at all, but you never kow with dogs...
Cheers,
Ollie
At 15:40 11/09/2007, you wrote:
>Ollie, I believe you are right regarding animals accustoming themselves
>to various situations. Many in the states don't let their cats out, but
>I have always allowed mine to go out, although they must spend the night
>in the house for my peace of mind. I start when they are still kittens
>with ever increasing increments of freedom and teach them to come home
>to the calling of their name, treats, and usually an associated sound
>as well. With Rocky, it's a very high tinkling bell which will carry a
>long distance from my back porch.
>
>Sheila Styron, President
>Guide Dog Users, Inc.
>816-363-3172
>sheilastyron@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>-----Original Message-----
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>Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 2:10 AM
>To: vi-clicker-trainers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: (VICT) Re: Off-leash?
>
>
>Hello Sandy and list,
>Yes, I've always let my dogs play off leash. I've never had any bad
>experiences up to now (and on December 23 I'll celebrate forty years
>since I got my first guide dog).
>
>The best dog as far as recall goes was Nice, the first of my two
>GSD's, but then she was the best guide dog I've ever had anyway... The
>most difficult were Nittie (another GSD) and Pretty, but they
>improved with time. Pretty learned recall with C/T, and now she's
>really fantastic.
>
>We have a place at Lake Maggiore, where we spend parto f our summer
>holidays, and Pretty is really free to come and go whenever she
>wants. She goes out to call her other four-legged friends, and
>together they go swimming in a small stream that surrounds our back
>garden - which looks like a small peninsula -, and then she runs free
>in the woods on the other side ofthe stream. But whenever I call, she
>comes running, never mind where she is.
>It took acouple of years to get there, but now she's really reliable...
>I kow the place is safe though, and that nothing can happen to her
>and the other dogs, as it is a private area and it's enclosed. When we
>go to the mountains, in areas where dogs can be left of
>leash, I always let my dogs run freely. They never lose sight of me,
>and I don't have to worry.
>I suppose the more used they are to it, the less dangers they get
>themselves into.
>
>Hugs and wags,
>Ollie & Pretty
>
>
>
>
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