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Thank you all for your input. I expected to get a few different points of view and can easily say that I did. However you feel about raising your own children if you have a passion and conviction that your choice is the best for you then I think you will do better. If you choose to keep your child off the leash and yet controlled and you are willing to defend it the more power to you. If you choose otherwise then no one should have the right to criticise you if the child is being treated kindly otherwise.
I feel the input you've given me has been very helpful in me deciding how to yet use the leash if at all. I have so far used it in moderation. I am not at liberty to leave my child at home while shopping and I'm on a limited budget so have to compare prices carefully. There are times when I really do need certain items and it may not be a good time for my daughter. She may be tired or wound up. At those times I will probably resort to the leash only when I see she isn't able to control herself because of being tired or otherwise. I will use the leash when in the airports simply because I feel the risk is too great and my daughter would get to excited by the people and happenings to control herself yet. I think I will probably use the harness less but if anyone chooses to make a negative comment I will be more ready with a polite rebuke for sharing their unsolicited opinion.
Just as a note. My daughter likes to play puppy quite frequently and even "begs" for animal crackers in play. I play the game with her and she even "feeds" me sometimes. Perhaps that may seem strange to some. It's a fun time for the both of us. When my daughter was playing "puppy" in the store it was just an extension of our game.
Thank you all for the input.
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