Growing up my parents taught me to behave in public without a leash and the dog was on one when he went out other than times when there were wide open areas for him to play in. I raised three boys and a Hungarian Vizsla the same way.
While I realize that there are people who have dogs who are better behaved in the mall than some people's kids, I felt it better to direct my resources at making children understand proper public behavior than my dog.
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