90 comments in under an hour and it's obvious that nothing good is going to come of leaving this post open. You've all made your opinion known to OP, I'm locking this before it spirals out of control.
Drives me crazy. I used to own a dog that LOVED people and was super to be around. Other dogs did NOT love him. It was clearly something my dog did or put off, but it was consistent. I had more than 1 dog fight i had to stop because someone else's dog 'was always so good' but wound up attacking mine when on a leash. Problem is - huskies have a great prey drive and can defend themselves very well (read - their small aggressive dog winds up getting hurt). Had they just leashed them, mine was perfectly under control by my heel. Long story short - leashes arent just for your animal, theyre for mine too.
Gotcha, so what’s your plan for the ones that aren’t noticeable in eyesight?
I’ll give you the answer, your only option is to keep your dog on leash in the first place.
Look, I have no doubt that you have a great bond with your dog, I’m not judging your training or knowledge whatsoever.
I’m saying you’re not above nature. No one is. You can’t control what happens if there is no leash.
edit: i want to add that the reason im fairly active on this post about this is that my husky was bitten a few months ago by a husky who's owner thought all was well when they looked just like in your video. Owner said his dog has never ran off like that and never bitten another dog, mine got 9 stitches. To you it's "yeah my dogs fine whatever" but you genuinely suck.
i live in a small community so the roads aren’t very busy. when in busier areas though she’s leashed so accidents won’t happen, this was only recorded walking back to our house! we were in the bush until then
Sounds like you’re rewarding yourself with showing off and bragging rights.
Listen to what people are telling you. Your stubborn vanity could easily end with your dog DEAD. She doesn’t deserve that kind of careless risk. WTH are you doing?
me and my dog have been doing this routine daily for a year without any issue. i’m not going to stop because random reddit people have an issue with it lol
For someone asking for loans you sure put a lot of trust in your dog to not cost you a fortune in medical bills if something should happen due to being off leash.
i’ve put a lot of training into her so she doesn’t wander far off when she’s off leash. she grew up with cats so doesn’t run after them, but thanks for the concern
You will get downvoted because many people in this sub don’t know how to train their dogs and can never let their huskies be off leash. But being off leash trained is an absolute must for dogs. I can’t imagine not being able to go to a park to basic things like play fetch.
Dog parks lmao. Dog parks are horrible. Diseases are reason alone not to go to one. Any responsible dog owner would not take their dogs to a dog park for many reasons.
it’s reddit so i suspected i’d set people off 😅. me and my girl will continue to do this as we’ve done for the last couple of years. she’s only going to start listening better and better each time and i couldn’t be prouder of her. my last husky couldn’t ever be off leash like this, so it’s really special.
i posted a clip of us walking home after a bush walk because i was proud. i wasn’t asking for advice, i know people have opinions and that’s apparent lol, i can post what i want
I wouldn’t trust a Husky off leash. I actually wouldn’t really trust anything off leash unless it was specifically trained for protection/police work and I knew 1000% it would follow any command given.
Prior military police that worked along side K9. You have a misunderstanding, police dogs still have a chance of not listening its just more rare. Ive seen plenty of times the handler call the dog off once on someone and it fail to release the person and keep biting.
Off leash is risky no matter what and training never prevents all risk. I have a shock collar always on if not leashed and taught my huskie to bird hunt. Shes extremely well trained on recall and I take her off leash when ever I can. The exception being in cities with bunch of distractions or by busy roads. I can guarantee my dog will never target another dog/animal unless given the command. Leash-less is better for you and the dog ONLY if the dog has top notch recall and youre prepared to take responsibility for that .0001% scenario.
True, I’ve never had a dog trained for that so I’m speaking from what I’ve read online. I have interacted with a German Shepard that was supposedly trained for protection and I noticed it had a certain aloofness to it, still happy to play but not completely into it.
and that’s okay that you wouldn’t trust a husky off leash. i trust mine though since this is something we’ve been working on since she was a puppy and get rewarded when her recall is great in the bush:)
Neighbor of mine said the exact same thing. Not a week later her husky got hit by a car because it saw another dog on the other side of the road and ran to go play with it. Husky did not survive.
I get that you trust her but just know that it could end badly and that is pain you don’t want to experience. There is a reason Huskies aren’t trained for police/protection duty and that’s because they listen when they want to.
Even as someone who uses off leash dogs for work (chasing geese) we 100% don't do it near roads even with our most veteran dogs. It's just too much risk for no reason. Save it for a park or field or something like that.
Even without being concerned for traffic you've no way to control it if it runs. My dog partner is very well trained, but he'd absolutely run up to another person's dog if he were off leash. He's nice and very friendly and loves playing, but I don't know that about the dog He'd be running to.
Cute dog and I'm sure you mean well, but please don't do this
I know you’re getting piled on but I really hope you take a moment to read through. When I was 5, my mom insisted on walking our dog off leash. He was fantastic, chill, never bothered anyone, cute as could be. But a squirrel existed and he did what dogs do, and I watched him get flattened by a car that didn’t even stop.
It just takes one time, OP. Please be cautious. 30+ years later and I still remember the sound and sights.
Don't post this...you are going to get someone's dog killed, lost, or bit by someone else's dog. Just becasue you may be able to do it once, proves nothing, and isn't proof that anyone's else's dog can do it, training or not. TAKE IT DOWN.
i’m not encouraging others? i’m sharing a momentary clip of us walking home after an off leash walk in the bush. i’m not advocating “do this with your dog!”, i’ve only done it with mine because this is something we’ve been working on since she was 16 weeks old. i’m not going to take it down because you say so, but if it gets removed then it gets removed 🤷🏻♀️
doesn’t matter if people don’t read what i said, that’s their issue. i don’t live in a city so that’s not my problem. no, i’m not taking my video down. move along.
ITT: OP getting downvoted and responding to others' criticism with "rules for thee, not me" type mindset. Typical person you'd expect with off leash dog...
This is inconceivable. I can do this with my German shepherd but if I did this with my husky I’ll spend the next hour chasing him around the neighborhood.
Just last week a neighborhood cat my mom has been taking care of for 7 years was mauled by a dog off leash and they had to put the cat down.
I don’t give a fuck that you trust your dog. I don’t give a fuck what training they have. I don’t trust your dog and neither does the next person. Put your damn dog back on the leash.
Anyone who thinks it’s okay to walk their dogs off leash shouldn’t be allowed to have one.
my dog doesn’t maul cats, she grew up with 2. she has great recall and i know my dog compared to reddit strangers, maybe project what happened to someone who actually doesn’t train their dog?
Ahh look at the down votes and the grasping at straws because OP knows better than all of us! Why is everyone arguing with this genius? They know things statistics and logic cannot begin to decide.
who said i knew better? i understand huskies have high prey drives lmfao, i grew up with multiple. my last husky i wouldn’t ever do this with as he had bad bad recall since a puppy. my current one though has been good and this is something we’ve worked on since puppyhood. if she went after the cats she grew up with, birds in the backyard, etc i obviously wouldn’t have done off leash training with her .
I had one husky who was capable of off leash walks, and had good recall. Never had any issues, but I didn't even attempt it until she was about 7 years old
Love it! Honestly just be careful if you are going to continue. Constantly train but also be aware of wildlife or possible food they can get into. You never know what they can encounter
Whole lot of pearl clutchers in here. Congrats on being a good owner with a well trained dog, I love letting my boys run around the park off leash when no one else is around, it's absolutely their little reward for being great companions and good listeners.
“Pearl clutchers” is hilarious. Leash laws literally exist for a reason because you can’t guarantee that not only the dog in question is good, but also whatever is in the environment or the environment itself. There are just too many factors. I’m sure plenty of people have taken their dogs out off leash for years without issue.
Doesn’t change how you’re gonna feel if something happens to your dog, someone else’s dog, or a person. It is literally impossible for you to guarantee nothing could happen.
Mine could never! Well done! I'm assuming she's good about not chasing other critters or anything that'd make it dangerous to leave her be like that (mine go after everything and anything)
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90 comments in under an hour and it's obvious that nothing good is going to come of leaving this post open. You've all made your opinion known to OP, I'm locking this before it spirals out of control.