Jacob MorganYorkshire Canine Academy Brain

Reactive Dogs Deserve Off Leash Freedom #dogtraining #reactivedogs

21 Jul 2026 · 1 min

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Jacob Morgan argues that reactive dogs need off-leash freedom early on to develop better behavior and mental health. Without it, dogs can't fully explore, sniff, or run naturally, missing a vital outlet for their wellbeing.

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That means getting your dogs off lead as soon as we possibly can. Off-lead freedom is one of the things that really contributes to helping the journey of a reactive dog. It gives them a great outlet to go and explore, to sniff, to use their nose, to do the things that they enjoy doing. It helps provide them an outlet for running, using their body in the way that they're supposed to. It's just something that they don't get when they're at the end of a 5-foot, 10-foot, 15-foot long line. They're only moving within a certain circle around you at all times. They're not truly able to move their bodies in the way that they were intended to move them.