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attitudes on dogs off the leash in various cultures.



 
 
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Old August 26th 04, 09:05 AM
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Default 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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