Iām totally for training your dog to walk off lead in parks, fields ect. But I HATE when people do it on normal roads. I donāt see why Mrs May needs to do this with Reggie.. put a lead on him if youāre on normal residential streets? ANYTHING can spook even the best behaved dogs, a person/a car or a strange noise could set them off and have them dart across the road in front of a car or even make them react badly to a passer by. Itās also really unfair for those walking their own nervous dogs on a lead if you need to walk past them, in a field or park itās easier to make space and avoid an off lead dog but strolling down the street with a dog off lead makes it so much harder. And if anything happened to him off lead on a road most insurances wonāt pay out.