I don't believe we have any laws regarding ages to walk dogs, but I must say it would definitely be a good thing. I remember being about 7 or 8 years old once after the flood when we were living in apartments and we had to walk Perdy instead of just letting her into the backyard. Well I was a little kid, Perdy saw a squirrel... and TOOK OFF. I was so afraid to let go of the leash that she drug me across the pavement and I got scratched up pretty bad!!

But the worst thing of all was going back to the apartment to my mom and being afraid to tell her what had happened because I thought I would get in trouble because she ran off and I couldn't find her.

Perdy was a larger dog too though, about 100 pounds. She was a VERYYYYY well behaved dog and very obedient usually too, but I'm sure you all know how even the most well-behaved dogs will forget all training when they see a squirrel or cat outside..

So you know, I think having an age law to walk dogs, if not only by weight, would be an EXCELLENT idea. the "unthinkable" happened to me, but thankfully the only person who was hurt was myself. But what if a kid is walking an aggressive dog that gets loose and hurts someone or another animal because they weren't strong enough or couldn't control the dog??

I don't think its necessarily a problem of a kid having verbal control over the dog so much as PHYSICAL control over a dog. I'm sorry but even some grown men/women have a hard time controlling 100+ lb dogs when they want to do what THEY want to do, you know?