Originally Posted by
Alan@TreeFort
Thanks all for the info. What came up is basically was what I was expecting to hear, but it is good to now other people's thoughts on the issue.
As an FYI from a dog owner, my aussie/golden is 1 year and not at all ready to be taken off a leash, let alone off leash in the woods on an MTB trail. You are hearing it from a dog owner - I will not be taking her on the trail, at least not anytime soon. First walking on the lash well. Then running. Then sticking by me at the dog park. Then possibly running off leash. Then trail running. Then... well we'll see. But like many of us here - we are responsible enough to know when having a dog on the trail is allowable and when it is not. Any dog that has inconvenienced any of you, will not be a dog of mine.
Dog owners like you aren't the problem... your words here remind me of a friend's dog which is one of the few dogs I actually like, largely because she is so well trained.
If only there was some way of distinguishing the responsible owners from the irresponsible owners from a distance...