Do you leash your puppy for walk or just let them do business in the yard?

When we are in our yard my dogs aren't leashed, they know the boundaries and stay within them. Even if another dog is walking past on the street, we have taught them to go up on the steps and sit until the other dog passes

hello mermaidivy i know what you mean by taking the dog for a walk when that it is cold outside like that. and yes, Doughnut most of the time pee's in our yard, but she hates it when i just let her out back when it is cold weather in the fenced in yard. lol but i love to walk her when the weather is nice and warm outside, but we do not go far either when it is really hot outside, across the road maybe. lol at least when people take their dogs for walks like that the poo-poo from the dog ought to be out by their curb by the road so that whoever's yard that our dog poo-poo's in like that, they will not come outside of their house and step in anything. lol ewww. and i have seen folks around here walking their dogs like that, and they will have one of those pooper scooper's to pick up their dogs poop up with. ewww. do you have a pooper scooper for your dog? lol i do not have a neighborhood park closby that i could walk my dog to everyday without having to get in the car and drive her somewhere, by then, it would be too late! lol take care and have a beautiful afternoon.

Walking is very good for you and your dog. One of the hardest things for dogs is that they are bored. Dogs are working animals and they need jobs to do that interest them. They also need to use energy so that they don't get toxic from stored energy. So walk the poor thing.

I no longer leash him whenever we are only going out for a short time (like making him pee) since he no longer runaway the way he used to. But whenever we are going out for a distant walk, of course I would tie him. He's not well trained when it comes to obedience so there are time that he really runs off whenever he wants to. And he's a fast dog so it'll be a hard time catching up with him. LOL.

I walk my dog each time he has to do his business. I live in an apartment complex so I have to leash him. I have a porch that is inclosed but he plays there and he doesn't do his business there, eventhough I have tried to teach him, cause it would be great for him to go out there to do it when its raining. I walk him everytime cause he is in his crate all day when I'm at work.