My personal preference is that my dog has to stay with me. If I stop, he stops. If I tell him “sniff,” he has permission to wander as far as the leash end, or more if I’m moving with him. That keeps me from being dragged sideways every time he sees a bush he wants to smell (a previous dog of mine did that) or having him mark everywhere (he doesn’t need to do that). He’s really good at this. He gets to sniff a lot, but not everywhere. If he’s done sniffing he comes back to me at my heel and waits. If I want him there sooner, I call him (I use “to me”) and he does that. He’s happy, I’m happy.
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