We live on five acres, one side adjacent to a busy street--cars, trucks and an occasional pedestrian. When we are walking the yard Fozzy and Greta are off lead, unless we just returned from a walk and I am furthering the training. Off lead, when they start towards the road because of something exciting we have 100% recall. Not so for the otherside of our yard which is wooded...squirrels, rabbits and even an occasional wood chuck is so distracting and that catch and excitement is better than any treat we have found.
Our laws state that as long as you are in your yard and have control of your dog they can be off lead. Yesterday we had someone drive by, slow down and holler out there window "Those dogs should be on lead"
tore my heart out and made me angry.