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the Peace in an Off-Leash World   It was a gorgeous fall evening
and Sarah was delighted to be home early enough to take her dog
Oscar on a nice walk before it got dark.  Oscar, a two-year-old
that was probably a mix of some kind of terrier and retriever,
wasn’t mean, but he wasn’t accustomed to other dogs. Sarah had
only had him a few months. She had taken him to a dog park once,
but Oscar had almost gotten into a fight with another dog. After
that, Sarah was afraid to let him be around other dogs.  He
wasn’t the best at walking on a leash, either, but she couldn’t
confine him to the house and yard. So when they walked, she
avoided parks and open spaces where people let their dogs run
off leash.  This evening Sarah and Oscar set off through the
neighborhood. They were about three blocks from home when Sarah
noticed up ahead that there was a chocolate Labrador retriever
off leash in a y