Originally Posted by Canis-Lupess
It is an extremely rare husky, 1 in 100 maybe, that can be called reliable off leash. My husband likes to say Muskwa is reliable, what he means is Muskwa comes eventually! Not neccesarily the first or even the hundredth time he's called, but eventually he comes!
I have several husky crosses I let off leash sometimes, only one of the purebreds is allowed loose(Earle). I have many more who are never off leash, except in our fenced yard(it's four acres, there's lots of room to run). Even the ones I let off-leash, it's always done with a little hesitation. A squirrel, a grouse, something only the husky can see--anything could potentially lead them astray. It's a calculated risk. I live in an area where the risk to a wandering dog is fairly minimal, in the summer months(when my dogs are free walked). The risk of wolf predation is extremely high in the winter. None of the dogs get off-leash from November to April. If I lived somewhere else, they'd never get loose except in a fenced dog park.
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