Having your dog on a lease is better for everyone involved. It's very annoying how people anthropomorphize and refuse to take responsibility for their animals.

Having your dog on a lease is better for everyone involved. It's very annoying how people anthropomorphize and refuse to take responsibility for their animals. Guess what, your dog isn't a person and if it gets agitated and attacks someone, that's your fault. If it decides to chase a squirrel he sees across the street and gets hit by a passing car in the process, that's your fault. Barring all the worst case scenarios, consider that other people don't like your dog jumping up on them nor do they want it pissing and shitting on their property, which is what most dogs do if left to their own devices. Often people who won't leash their dogs claim that the animal is trained well enough to not need it, but this is rarely true. In reality, such dog owners usually just don't care about others and will readily blame anybody but themselves when their unleashed dog gets into trouble.