[QUOTE=OhioBuckeye;1718464]Or start a dog fight with a startled leashed dog and owner.

Just for the record, quotes have somehow got mixed up. I did not post all of what was shown as a quote by me in the previous post.

Covenants cannot overrule state law and the state does not require leash on private property.

Correct, they don't over-rule.................but they can and do enhance.

I would say it depends on the dog. We had two ShiZu's when we moved here in 2004. They had no interest in leaving our yard, except via the golf cart. We would let them out or walk out with them, they did their "thing" immediately, made a beeline for the door, we cleaned up after them, and we all went in the house. My neighbor across the yard in the back kept them a couple of times while we were gone. She would let Alex out, he would do his thing and head straight over to our back door wanting to be home. Tasha would go straight back to her.

The state does not require a leash on your OWN private property. The county specifies that the dog is not legally allowed to be on anyone ELSE's private property without a leash.

Funny how things change.
When I was a kid we used to put the cat out at night, and bring the dog in.
Reverse happened in the morning. Cat came in, and dog went out.
Dog used to bang the door knocker to come in for food, cat used to leave anything she caught overnight on the doorstep.
Life was so simple (as long as you watched where you stepped) in those pre pooper scooper days!