Off lead wherever it is safe, otherwise on lead.

off the lead how ever in bulit up areas & crowds slip leads

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They wouldnt like been on lead when kids are around sam wouldnt be able to round them up

Are you trying to say you're 70??

On lead untill i get to the woods, then 3 are ok offlead all the wile we are in the part wher no dogs are, wile my deaf dog stays on a flexie.

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Yeah i need dog to round me the kids up due to my old age

Off lead, when its safe, and on the lead on the street (halti preferred)- except the oldest dog who has to go on a lead now as she forgets which direction she is going (deaf, as well as slightly blind)

Mine pretty much walks off lead. We live in a rural area and she walks to heel with out the lead. when at fields, she runs. When in built up areas and near roads she is put on a standard lead, this is for safety and also because it is the law.

Im still training Toots re call and am still not totally confident that she will come back EVERY time she is getting good at it but still has the odd moment of selective hearing I take her off lead as much as possible but as soon as I see another dog she goes back on lead. We walk close to busy roads on part of our normal route which do not bother her but I wouldnt dream of leaving her off lead. When she stays with her carers she stays on a flexi lead at all times untill I am confident with her re call.
Cautionary tale I was driving home one night and was coming up to a pedestrian crossing - suddenly a boxer ran out into the road and was hit by the car coming in the opposite direction. Very luckily it was just near to a vets so I stopped and told my daughter to get out and run over and get a vet. I parked up and went over to the Lady who was walking the dog - she was screeming. What had happened was that her husband was jogging on the other side of the road and she had just let the dog off lead and it turned around and ran for her husband. The dog was in the gutter out cold. It was just after the vets had closed but my daughter went in and ran into all of the rooms shouting for help. There was a cleaner in there and luckily there was still a nurse there. She came straight over and the ladys husband carried the dog into the vets office. He was in severe shock so they gave him oxygen - the dog went so pale in colour. Luckily he was saved and because the dog had kind of run into the side of the car and not the other way around he didnt suffer any long term damage. I still think he only survived because he was on oxygen within a couple of minutes of the accident happening.