If you want your dog off leash, you must follow the rules!

If you're going to let your dog off leash, make sure of a couple things:

✅ It's an appropriate place to do so
✅ You have control of your dogs

Seems like an easy enough list, right?

But what if...

🚲 someone on a bicycle goes by?
🐕 someone walks their dog by?
🦨 a bird or other form of wildlife appears close by?
⚽️ someone is playing with a soccer ball or throwing a baseball?
🏃‍♀️ someone on a jog or walk crosses your path?
👪 a family with a baby stroller is coming your way?
🚗 a car is driving by near you?

Do you still have control of you dog?

Being a responsible pet owner means not only protecting your pet, but being a good member of your community and respecting the other people and animals in it.

Leashes are there to help you control your dog. If you are letting your dog off leash, you need to know that it is allowed where you are AND that you have absolute control and influence of your dogs while they are off leash.

✳ No one deserves to be bitten by an off leash dog.
✳ No one's pets, on a walk or otherwise, should be harassed or injured by an off leash dog.
✳ Unless you are hunting, your off leash dog should not be harassing or injuring wildlife.
✳ Your dog can easily get hit by a car if you have no off leash control.
✳ Even if your dog is friendly, they should not be approaching people or other dogs while they are off leash. (This is a good way for your dog to get hurt by another dog, and you will be at fault - not every dog likes other dogs, and that's why their owners keep them on a leash!)
✳ You need to have a reliable recall around high-levels of distractions with a long line before you ever consider going off leash.
✳ We e-collar train our dogs so we have a 1/2 mile invisible leash and influence at a distance if they don't hear or respond to verbal command.
✳ The keyword in all of this is TRAINING!

If you can't control your dog like that...that's ok! Just keep them on their leash :)