I don't like when people walk dogs off leash period.... no matter where (unless a fenced in area)
I totally agree, Kay. Its just ignorant, overconfident, and stupid to put your dog at risk like that. Its not hard to put a leash on your dog. When I was helping at an adoption day at Petsmart a few months ago, this man was walking thru the parking lot in front of us with a very excited lab puppy (no more than 8-10 weeks old)... the lab puppy was completely offleash! he didnt even have a collar on! the parking lot is also part of Target and a big grocery store, and there were cars everywhere, not to mention dozens of dogs and people. The puppy was tagging along way behind the man, stopped to sniff something, and was about 3 inches from getting hit by a big SUV! I got up with my friend Jen and we ripped the dumb owner a new one I swear I was about to take that poor puppy from him! the man told us his puppy "will learn to behave and stay with him this way!".. its insane. I think he was just trying to show off. What scared me was that one of the pups hind legs was totally shaved and he was limping on it - he mustve already gotten hit by a car, or something! We told the guy to go get the puppy a leash as they went into petsmart, the guy came back out with the puppy in tow, no leash. It was horrible, when the idiot was walking off his puppy ran into an open grocery store door, and the guy didnt even notice the puppy was gone until he crossed the street.. he then had to go into the grocery store and retrieve the puppy. sorry for my rant, but that also pisses me off beyond belief! I could go on and on and on.... theres also an idiot that used to be in our advanced obedience classes, he refused to keep a leash on his Aussie (the dog would also often decide to run away from him, and into the busy street a block over), until the instructors finally had to kick him out of class .

Tonya, I definately understand. Gonzo, who usually loves other dogs, hates it when offleash (and sometimes leashed) dogs aproach him when he's on his leash. Its something about the leaning forward posture because of the leash restraint.... in our obedience class, we arent allowed to let our dogs greet eachother while theyre leashed, because lots of dog fights happen that way.