Boulder has some amazing trails for dogs. There is a "sight and sound" program that allows you to have your dog off leash on most of the trails if you watch a video and send them $15. It is supposed to be self regulated. You should only let your dog off leash if they meet the requirements which are incredibly high. Your dog needs to come to you anytime you call. And should not approach any person or dog without your permission (you're supposed to ask the other person if your dog may approach). Pickles is very good though especially compared to most dogs out there and he has his green sight and sound tag. So we let him run wild. Recall training really has paid off though and he comes whenever we call him, usually even when we don't use the special recall word but just call his name or say "let's go".
In the evenings, if we don't have anything planned, we've been taking him to new trails all throughout Boulder that we'd never even known were there. So far they have all been gorgeous. We like to stick to flat trails to keep the stress off his growth plates, so everywhere we've been we've found amazing views of the flatirons. Dry Creek is interesting because it's almost completely fenced in with pastures and prairie dog homes on either side. The fences must reduce the number of dogs chasing wildlife and livestock (forbidden activities for any dog under voice and sight control).
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