10-24-2012, 09:43 AM
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Originally posted by hawaiideborah
As far as I am concerned, the only way to keep other people, other animals and my own dogs safe is a secure fence that the dogs can not get over, under or around. If you have your dogs fenced everyone is safe....then the only problem is the barking[]
Well until your dog gets out or you take it for a walk. Proper training and socialization is the only solution. Plenty of secured dogs around here that are downright stupid, aggressive and dangerous. Fencing your dog in or tying it up are not an alternative to training and socialization, they are still dangerous and ignorant to how the world is. People walk by my house all the time, their dogs going bizerk on a leash, completely out of control. Then they ask me how it is that Hank is just lying in the yard off the leash and not barking at everything... Its because I trained and socialized him and he understands that they are not a threat. I have a lot more control of Hank off the leash then most do of their dogs on a leash or behind a fence, let alone off the leash or out. If you think a leash or fence is a substitution for training and socialization, you are wrong and an accident waiting to happen. You will be surprised to find that once your dog is trained and socialized, you wont need a leash or a fence. However that level of personal responsibility is missing from society, so we will continue to have dangerous dogs, on the leash, behind a fence or loose.
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