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Message: [QUOTE="Dream Jobbed 2.0, post: 2788480, member: 7159"] Yes absolutely leave your dog on leash in trails. My previous advise was for yards, trips to other people’s house, etc. Creates needless stress for everyone who is out there including the dog who is probably like “why am I not on a leash? Better run around like crazy!” If you want your dog to have a large area to explore go to a dog park. My dog is very good and comes when called and follows me around like, well, a puppy but I never let her off leash on trails. I’m [I]sure [/I]there would be no trouble but not worth the risk. If you want your dog to enjoy the hike and have a sense of freedom while on the leash, don’t pull or drag it around. Let it sniff around and everything THEN give it a treat and call it to come next to you. Dogs hate getting a good sniff interrupted. [/QUOTE]