Yep, I agree with most people on here. Unless it is specifically an off-leash dog park, anyone who has their dog off-leash there is in the wrong. I take my dogs out running in the prairie off-leash all the time ... but I go waaaayyyy out, where there is not another person for miles. I would NEVER let my dog off-leash where he was supposed to be leashed. It is irresponsible, blatant defiance of leash laws that make legislatures pass even stricter leash-laws, and give the anti-dog groups more ammunition. You are hurting ALL dog owners when you defy leash laws.

My dogs are very friendly, but I don't know how they would react if they were on a leash and two off-leash dogs came running up to them. They might take a chunk out of one of them, too, and they would be within their rights to do so, IMO. A dog on a leash is in the vulnerable position, in their eyes, and often view the other dogs as a threat to them and/or their owners.

I HATE it when dogs off-leash come up to my dogs when they are on-leash. I am obeying the law, the other person is breaking it. My dog is in a sit/stay by my side, on a leash, and here comes this out-of-control dog with unknown intentions bounding up full-speed. It's not fair, and it's not right.