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Old November 14th, 2010, 09:22 AM
Longblades Longblades is offline
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That's great news.

I just wanted to comment on the flexi, or any leash, in the off-leash area. It's not a good idea for your dog to be leashed when the others aren't. For one, being on-leash changes most dogs body language. This can be very detrimental to doggy interactions. One can't display proper body language when leashed and the unleashed one can misinterpret the leashed one. It is a common cause of poor interaction even to the point of aggression.

The leash can injure the other dogs. I know of a broken leg caused to an off-leash dog by the trailing leash of another. Dangerous when they are playing and running.

For the above two reasons some dog parks will post that leashes are not allowed in the off leash area. Good Loki was able to be off after all but just in case you rethink his behaviour and comtemplate putting it on.

Yay Loki. You ZOOM.
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