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For high energy dogs I recommend taking them on a ride on leash next to a bicycle. Our 22 lbs mini poodle has a 1/3 of an acre fenced yard but he needs more exercise.
We go for a mile-long walk and I get tired - 77 year old geezer here. Then we go for a 2-3 mile ride and he isn't tired yet, but it is better than sitting at home.
Little Randy learned the routine in 5 minutes. The best way to prevent accidents like the dog jumping in front of the bike is using a short elastic leash and tie the leash to the rear end of the bike. This way he can fall behind a bit but he can't get ahead of the front tire.
With his short legs we can't ride faster than 9-10 mph at the most, but if I had a much larger dog we could do 15-18 mph on the E-bike. We live in a small town with not much traffic and low speed limits.
For protection we carry bear spray, a large heavy stick or a knife, usually only two items. We were nearly attacked by 3 loose Great Danes, but we held our own and no harm was done. Fortunately we don't have any pits in our close neighborhood.
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A friend lived in a rural area and one of her neighbors started hosting a Saturday horse event. People would bring their horses and dogs, and turn the dogs loose to roam while they did whatever they did in the arena
She pleaded with her neighbors to keep the dogs tied up as they were roaming around her property, digging in her garden, killing her cats, etc.
Her neighbor's response was to chill out, dogs roam around in the country, that's just the way it was.
So she made up one of those deer repellant concoctions that involved eggs and milk and I don't know what else, sitting in the sun for several days.
When Saturday came around, she loaded up her super soaker water gun and sprayed every dog she could get close enough to. Those dogs stunk to high heaven.
It didn't take too many more Saturdays. until people kept their dogs tied up.
A friend lived in a rural area and one of her neighbors started hosting a Saturday horse event. People would bring their horses and dogs, and turn the dogs loose to roam while they did whatever they did in the arena
She pleaded with her neighbors to keep the dogs tied up as they were roaming around her property, digging in her garden, killing her cats, etc.
Her neighbor's response was to chill out, dogs roam around in the country, that's just the way it was.
So she made up one of those deer repellant concoctions that involved eggs and milk and I don't know what else, sitting in the sun for several days.
When Saturday came around, she loaded up her super soaker water gun and sprayed every dog she could get close enough to. Those dogs stunk to high heaven.
It didn't take too many more Saturdays. until people kept their dogs tied up.
I would be telling the neighbor that dogs also die roaming the country, with coyotes, feral hogs, snakes, etc out there.
My town: Dogs must be leashed or under verbal command..........
I'm working on getting our dog to come back on command if off leash. The catch is, I need to let her off the leash to work on her training. An off-leash dog park won't work right now as she gets too excited by the other dogs and people.
The backyard doesn't cut it anymore. She needs a large fenced area without any distractions. These tend to be schools and some regular parks. I'll hit these early in the morning or when the weather is bad so nobody else is around. But, technically I am breaking the leash law as these places require dogs to be on a leash.
Yep, they live in our canyon in San Diego East County. In North Idaho it depends on whether the wolf pack in the Coeur d'Alene Mountains is active...
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