Use a Leash For the Love of Your Pet

How many times have you seen a dog on a leash bounding on ahead while his poor owner is dragged helplessly behind?  The dog-walking-its-owner situation is a common one, and it arises from a failure to train the dog to follow proper leash behavior. 

The Need to Have Your dog on a Leash
You might think leaving your pet to roam free and fettered is acceptable.  After all, he's well trained, knows not to eat rubbish, and is always well behaved around others, right?

Wrong. 

A leash is not just an effective tool  for training your dog, but also a necessity for your dog throughout his lifetime.

Left alone without a leash, a dog can injure himself in your own yard or garden. If you allow him to bound about on the streets without a leash on him, he is exposed to the possibility of accidents.  Dogs have a nasty habit of eating garbage, and if your beloved pet has ingested even a tiny amount of rotting garbage from the neighborhood dumpster, he could fall seriously ill, with diarrhea being the least of his health problems.  If you live in the outskirts of town, with a lot of vegetation and trees around, you're likely sharing your surroundings with many small animals, insects and reptiles that can bite and injure your dog.

Then, there's the question  of your neighbors and the community. It's not civic sense to leave your dog free to roam about, trampling on others' flower beds, and soiling their property. 

And then there's the biggest and most serious danger of leaving your dog free without a leash.  With an unleashed dog, you have very little hope of control when he gets aggressive towards other people.  Remember, your dog is an animal, and its unrealistic to expect that you will be able to predict or control his behavior in every situation.  If you have your dog on a leash, you will be able to restrain him when he begins to get aggressive towards another person.  Without a leash, a dog can inflict serious