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attitudes on dogs off the leash in various cultures.
i had some time in spain recently and one thing i noticed, at least in
the town in was in, was that many more dogs were off the leash than you might find in a typical US town, or UK or North Europe. i'd take a guess that about half the dogs i saw were off leash. its not a proper study, just something i noticed. It may not be representative at all. I didn't see any problems happening, but might have just been lucky. the dogs seemed to happily follow their owners, even through more crowded areas. dog to dog interactions were easy going, must be less 'exciting' if it happens all the time. if dogs that were almost always on leash were let off leash all at once in a fairly busy town i imagine theyd go crazy (for a while), but if that's just the norm then perhaps the dogs get used to it, not overexcited at the prospect of freedom from the leash. Of course there's probably a hidden side i didn't see, some dogs must just get lost now and then, or run over, and i did see more dogs that you'd call 'mixed breeds' which may or may not hint at some of those dog to dog interactions being a little more 'productive' from the the dogs perspective! It's just an interesting thing to notice, anyone any other observations to share on dogs of the leash, attitudes in other countries etc |
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