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Originally Posted by morgin
If you are going to take your dog out in public where it will be out of your control (which includes being too big for you to handle on its leash), then yes, dog owners should actively and continously train their dogs. Why shouldn't they have to? Dogs are living, breathing, intelligent and creative thinking and need to be taught what is good and bad behavior with constant reinforcement on a daily basis. If people don't like that requirement of being a dog owner, don't own a dog.
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I agree... its a really good idea for a dog owners to take a manditory training class.
To expand, a person should have a manditory class and should have to buy an licenese to attend the "off leash" parks. Fee would help to develop classes and maintain the parks.
As for off leash areas, unfortanetely there are numerous stories of dog fights at off leash areas. For those that visit the off leash areas on an regular basis its
very comman to see an "aggressive" dog....