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Originally Posted by kittygilchrist
I saw a great example tonight of controlling the dog:
owner is walking small white fluffy down the residential street passing by an unbuilt lot.
She has a retractable leash and is holding it in both hands, with most of it retracted, allowing the dog 6 feet of lead, enough for the dog to walk on the unbuilt lot. when they continue past the grass of a private residence, she shortens the lead to 4 feet and walks far enough from the grass that fluffy has to walk in the street with her.
Well done, neighbor!
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Good example. Why this has to be explained and illustrated to people who've lived this long, and should be smarter than a 5th grader, is beyond me. We were taught in 1962 as we walked home from school that we were not supposed to trespass on homeowners' yards and we were to stay on the sidewalk.
Somehow we just knew that if walking/playing on somebody else's yard was not allowed, leaving dog feces on it was far worse and far more unacceptable.