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Old 08-23-2012, 07:00 AM   #1
AblemTee

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Default I was one of THOSE people
sort of... I had Frankie off leash, and let her run across a neighbors lawn to get his dog.

I was doing some obedience work with Frankie a couple days ago. We were walking down the road, off leash, practicing heeling, sits, turns, backing, etc.
We get to the end of our road, I see a neighbors dog in the yard and said "Frankie, get 'em!" She went flying across the yard, stopped for a split second to say HI to our neighbor, who was watering his lawn, then went over to play with Molly, his dog, who she has played with before.
My neighbor was impressed how well she's doing, he didn't know she wasn't on a leash until I told her she could go.

Now, don't freak out.
First, I can walk the dogs for 45 minutes and see maybe one or two cars on our road, so traffic isn't an issue. We've been doing a ton of off-leash work and she's doing great..and I did have a leash with me, just in case.
Our neighbor knows, and likes, our dogs. He knew I was there and talked to me before I told her she could go to Molly, AND he did spray her with the hose...or maybe she walked into the water.

We talked for a few minutes while the dogs played. He thanked me for some salmon we gave him the night before. I explained to him that if he watered his lawn, he'd have to mow more often.
Then I leashed up Frankie and we walked home.

We get to our next-door-neighbors who are sitting on their swing with their little dog. They see me with Frankie (now, on leash) and take their dog inside.
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