Originally posted by Lalania
So it's either face the potential 130.00 fine or keep my dog imprisoned at the end of a leash for eternity.
IMHO, there is nothing wrong with keeping a dog on leash. It is safer for the dogs, and others too. (Ask me sometime about the two times Bandit almost died while off-leash - very scary and neither time involved a car, or anyone else, or other dogs - he just got himself in some trouble he couldn't get out of) If there is an off-leash park in your area - a place where other dog owners *expect* to find other dogs off-leash, then it is fine, but I still feel any dog off-leash needs to respond perfectly to voice commands.

Just imagine how the other dog owner feels, she probably wasn't expecting to find dogs off-leash in that area where it is not legal. Personally, I would be quite upset.