You still are responsible for controlling your dog. EVERY time a dog leaves its home or enclosed yard it needs to be on a leash. This is for the dog's safety and protection as well as the safety and protection of others. One of my neighbors had a dog he thought was good as gold and he never leashed her because he thought she was too smart and good to do wrong. One day he was trotting her around town, no leash, when she just took off on him with no warning. She was missing for days. Eventually he found her; what remained of her was a battered carcass on the road. That was the first and obviously last time she took off on him. He was heartbroken but it was his fault; she would not have been able to bolt if he had her properly restrained. I hate, destest, despise dogs; however, I believe you have the right to own a dog but you have to TAKE TOTAL RESPONSIBILITY for the dog. What the dog damages, is your responsibility, not the dog's. The dog *****? You clean it up. The dog steals someone's food? You reimburse the person the dog stole from. The dog wanders into a movie scene, you pay the fine. Your dog; your problem.