Do you let your dog go out on his own?

Our dog Cassie is outside all the time but she cannot get out unless one the gates is left open. I remember getting a call once, a few months ago, from a lady who questioned me about whether we owned a dog named Cassie and when I said yes she replied, “Well you better come and get her, she’s right here...” When she gave us her address we realised that Cassie was two streets away. Thank goodness she was wearing an ID tag with our number on it! We have been extremely careful with her ever since!

I don't know if this is true with all dogs. But ours, would be left to roam our neighborhood early morning, since fronting us and at our sides are still vacant lots of the subdivision. They would really play by themselves, run here and there and do their peeing and defecating on those grasses. Then, they would surely comeback after they have played enough and would you believe, clang the gate so loud for us to let them in. I guess, it's because they know that they will soon be fed with their breads for breakfast and they don't want to miss it.

My Gissi will go put in the yard on his own yes but as it is all bricks he can not get out But when he goes to the Park he is with me My previous Dog used to escape where we lived and yes it used to scare me but he did always come back shortly after he escaped If your Dog does find a Girl he would come back once the mating is over but it could take a long time I hope you can figure something that he stops escaping

My dogs are my responsibility. I must ensure their safety at all times, so...I never leave gates open unless the dogs are secure and I have fencing wire buried underground for 1 metre or laying flat in front of the fence so they cannot dig their way out. Your dog will continue to leave unless you secure him which means tying him up when you need to have the gates open or repairing fences as required. He would not understand you yelling at him, lol. He is just being curious. My dog Lucy, still manages to escape if I leave the front and back doors open because she can open both screen doors - she comes in the back door and exits the front door and jumps the front fence! The back fences are 6 feet high. I live in the country so there is not much danger but still, I have to be aware and look after her. I can be fined if she is caught off the property.

I used to let my dog go out during night when he was young.Traffic is very less at night and i opened the gate at 12 o clock and let him go and he returned back at 2 o clock or so. I dont think you have to fear that your dog won't come back because they won't go far away from their home.My dog had never gone any far than 250 metre radius from my home. But now i dont do that because i fear that he could get hit by lorries or cars that go very fast at night. You should make your dog know that it should not go out even when gate is opened.My dog used to run away as soon as he sees the gate open but now he doesn't because i shouted at him when he ran out.With in a few days he realized that he shouldn't go.

I have two dogs; a male and a female. I keep them in my house because I don't want them to get sick. I'm afraid they might go around also since many of our neighborhood have this penchant to eat dogs and many of them too are fond of poisoning the dogs. I only take my dogs to the park where they can run and have fun.

My two dogs go out from the garden, cross the lane and roam about the woods, where they can chase things but they are highly trained and will come back when I call all the best urban

My dog is not allowed to go out by himself. We live in an apartment complex, so we do not have our own place for him to run. When we take him to my parents, he will get to run by himself though. He has gotten out a few times at both my place and my parents. I have yelled at him for doing it. He doesnt not come to me know just becasue of that. Dogs are like kids in that you have to punish them for them to learn what not to do.

I do let my shih tzu out to roam the yard. However,I have a fence where he can't get out. The only problem I have to worry about is him getting bitten by bugs or insects. So I try not to let him stay outside for any length of time. Maybe you should fix the hole in the yard so he can't get out and then have to go running around looking for him. I know if my dog got out though he wouldn't go to far. He is old (almost 13 years) and knows he couldn't find a better home to live in. LOL LOL LOL!

I don't blame you for not letting your dog out on his own. I don't own one right now because of the building I live in won't allow pets. But almost in every business there are a lot of posted fliers where many home owners can't find their dog. Unfortunate but people take the dogs that are roaming on their own. I read the other day in a discussion here where people are placing chips in their dogs. This helps in finding them later. I would continue to protect your dog as much as you can because some people find them irresistible and will not return them.

Hello Mermaidivy, I wouldn't worry about your dog finding a girlfriend but I'd worry about the accidents that might happen to him when he roams on streets by himself. He can be hit by a car, he can be bitten by other dogs, he can be stolen or he can stuck his head into a fence and suffocate himself. There are a lot of dangers for him out there, if you had lived in my country, I would have added the danger of being killed by mean people who doesn't like dogs. You should make sure there are not holes in the fence so that he won't just escape. And you should also make sure everybody who enters the gate doesn't allow him to sneak out the gate when it is opened.

i don't let my dog out on her own neither, she is a golden retriever and has run onto the road before when she has got out luckily there wasn't any traffic, although i have fences on 3 sides of my garden the 4th has a wall that she can jump so is insecure

i don't let my shih tzu maltese dog go out alone, i am scared someone might take her away from me. She can only stay at the yard for about 15-30 mins with someone to look after her, then she'll be inside home after roaming for 15-30 mins outside. but most of the days shes only inside our house playing her ball.

We let our dogs do whatever they want, but not beyond our gate. It's because they get annoyed when people touch them or they end up chasing those people or get into fights with other dogs... We once let one of our dog roam the neighborhood and it ended up chasing a person who is just on patrol... :/ He did not find himself a girlfriend during that time though...

We had to raise the height of the wall particularly for one of my pets who could have won the Olympic high jump competition! We now have just one who is a mild little thing and does not know the meaning of the word 'jump'. She is free to roam around in the compound. She is happy and so are we.