Rarely are our dogs off leash outisde of our fence. If they are, first, it is one at a time (or 1 per person). Second, it is brief...walking out to pick up the trash can etc. Third, we are watching constantly and if anyone is coming up the road with or without,another dog, they are put on leash, or we have a hold of the collar.

We don't have too many dogs run loose around here, and if they do they have most likely jumped a fence or snapped a collar.

My friend, who lives outside city limits has a big problem with the neighbor's two dogs. They are often loose and always come to her house where they know they can get a good meal and a fresh bowl of water. More than they get from their owners At first she didn't mind too much, but then they got the 2nd dog and both were at her house more then at home...and o one would miss them for days at a time...
This summer, she finally had to call the dog warden becuase the dogs has been there so often and had dug up a lot of her plants. She streesed to the warden that the dogs were very friendly and not bad dogs, just had bad owners. The people were warned to get them licensed and keep them at home and so far it is a little better. Unfortunatly for the dogs, as it gets colder, they may have less of a chance to get a drink if they can't get free...their own water will no doubt be frozen