my FIL walked his dog off the lead and one got sucked under the wheels of a lorry as it went by , and another ran out after a rabbit on to a road getting killed . Ive seen others walk their dog along side roads and i really fear for them .
Edit to add …i mean off lead , when at side road …
I always use a lead when walking the dogs. Well actually, they walk me. Sometimes it’s a run 
There’s lots of traffic but there’s an open field nearby and I let them off the lead when we arrive there. They run free. They are Obedient to my recall.
what breed is the Big dog Minx ? , its a lovely colour .and bushy coat
Hi Eliza, he’s a Belgian Shepherd. He’s extremely intelligent and obedient.
He is a working dog so he pulls me like anything when he’s on a lead.
But they can be trained, when we got Alf he pulled like mad, ten yrs of pulling to train out of him, he’s a 100 times better than when we first had him .
What did you do to ‘untrain’ him?
ah lovely dog ,mine pulls too always on the lead , but once in the fields let her have a longer lead , to follow scents , she works from side to side .
Followed this guys advice, takes lots of patience.
Thank you! I will check it out! It would make my walks so much better!
Here’s another one from today
Yes we trained ours they are very good on the lead, no pulling at all, used to go dog training not far from where we live but the guy stopped it, but there’s others if we needed to go if we get another puppy.
Thank you 
I don’t mind the pulling,It help’s going up hill
There’s no excuse for a pulling dog. I taught all my dogs to walk at heel with their head next to my knee, all it takes is a couple of walks. Once done they will walk like that even off leash until you release them.
You need a 2 metre lead with the loop end in the right hand and the excess in the left hand, tell the dog to heel and walk, as soon as the dog gets ahead of you release the left hand and immediately turn and walk 180’. The dog can’t see this because they are too far ahead so when the lead runs out they get a sudden stop and propelled in the opposite direction. You then repeat the heel instruction put the dog in its proper place and repeat, you might only get a few metres before reversing.
The dog soon gets the idea that it needs to be able to see you so it walks next to you. Never taken more than a couple of walks to train my dogs (working and gun dogs).
I think it is called the Koeller method.
This was on the Chatsworth estate.
The last time I walked there was a month ago (before my bad back set in)
My walk last evening took me through fields to the River Trent , A few on the opposite side were packing up to go.
The smell of food cooking drifted over from the Pub which is now up for sale ,owned by the city Council , they need to raise money to make ends meet after some bad deals lost them a lot of money .
After leaving the River we walked up a lane to a Village ,the hedgerow is now covered in Wild Hops , passing a Church on the way , I looked over , to look at the aged grave stones .
After having a glass of J2o we made our way back , this time along a hedgrow with Crab apples hanging in abundance.
The sun was setting and the sky took on a rich red colour .
Last walk today with Berry around the housing estate. Always walk on the lead and he’s so used to it that he doesn’t know what to do if i take the lead off.
Looks like a lovely scenic walk 
The buildings are pretty too!
Some info:
Barbon
Barbon is a village and civil parish in the South Lakeland district of Cumbria, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 263. The church is dedicated to St Bartholomew. The village is about 3 miles (4.8 km) north of Kirkby Lonsdale and 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Casterton. Barbon Beck flows through, and takes its name from, the village before flowing into the River Lune. The A683 road passes to the west of the village between Kirkby Lonsdale and Sedbergh. The village is a few miles outside the Yorkshire Dales National Park—but within a proposed extension that is under consultation and awaiting approval.
Casterton, Cumbria
Casterton is a small village and civil parish close to Kirkby Lonsdale on the River Lune in the south east corner of Cumbria, England.
The parish is bounded by Kirkby Lonsdale, Barbon, Dent, Leck and Burrow-with-Burrow, and lies just outside the western edge of the Yorkshire Dales National Park: much of the Easegill cave system, the longest explored natural cave system in the country, lies beneath it. The western boundary, towards Kirkby Lonsdale, is formed by the river and has one of the best preserved medieval bridges in the country, one of those known as Devil’s Bridge and a local landmark.
The largest buildings in the village are at Casterton School, a private girls’ school. The school was founded in 1820 by William Carus-Wilson as a school for servants and teachers. Carus-Wilson also founded the Clergy Daughters’ School three years later at Cowan Bridge, Burrow-with-Burrow. The two schools were amalgamated on the present site in 1833. The Brontë sisters attended the Clergy Daughters’ School on its original site and Lowood school in Jane Eyre is based on it.
