Originally Posted by
f4rrest
Another childhood experience: One of our newly adopted playful chasers was crushed by a pickup truck. I'd rather he'd been sprayed and learned not to chase.
But this is where it is down to the owner, you need to know your dog and understand how it'll react in different circumstances rather than leaving it until it's too late and always err on the side of caution.
Some people can walk down the side of the road with their dog dutifully next to them at their heels ... others, like our Labrador would run straight across the road to say hello to a dog on the opposite side and was totally oblivious to traffic so she never came off the lead anywhere there were likely to be cars.