The laws pertaining to leashes and dogs aren't for YOU the owner but for the safety of others and also your dog since you don't seem to care for your dog enough to keep them leashed or let them in in designated fenced in areas.

Saying your dog is better trained (go to a K9 selection & training course sometime and then come back to this statement) and that it's for the 'donut fund' is doing nothing to help your cause.

Quote Originally Posted by mcantar18c View Post
Maybe at first glance... both situations are neglecting a law because nobody else is around.
Bytes example could result in serious bodily harm/death for the person breaking the law and possible unseen bystanders. I don't see how the OP was endangering anybody.
Slowing to a slow roll instead of a complete stop at a stop sign on a quiet rural road with nobody around is a better comparison.
You see someone's smaller dog or puppy who IS on a leash get mauled by a dog that was unleashed and you may change your tune. Especially if that someone is a smaller girl walking her precious little puppy.

You see someone's dog get hit by a car when it strays into a roadway because someone or something spooks it. You watch a teenage driver brought to tears because they couldn't avoid hitting the dog when they were doing everything else right.

You see someone swerve to miss a loose dog and do serious harm to themselves or someone else as a result or any of these things mentioned and you too may see more relevance in the laws pertaining to them.