Forum menu
[i]So I don't agree that off the lead automatically equates to not under control.[/i]
no-one has tried to argue that. The Law doesn't mention leads, it just says your dog has to be under control. My point was that a lead "ensures" that control, and puts non dog owners at ease, as they don't have to go through the whole "I wonder what that dog's like" nonsense that we all have to now. If you can be sure you're not going meet anyone else, then crack on.
no-one has tried to argue that. The Law doesn't mention leads, it just says your dog has to be under control. My point was that a lead "ensures" that control, and puts non dog owners at ease, as they don't have to go through the whole "I wonder what that dog's like" nonsense that we all have to now. If you can be sure you're not going meet anyone else, then crack on.
So are you now saying I don't need to put my dog on the lead at all times?
🙄
Horse poo tastes like soggy hobnobs
wheras dog poos tastes like shit 🙂
Ridin over the front wheel your mouth open isn't a good practise 🙁
Not much fun rounding up sheep with the dog on a lead thou 🙁
Horse poo tastes like soggy hobnobs
wheras dog poos tastes like shit
grim, grim, grim!
Even grimmer if you are referring to a specific type of soggy hobnobs from a boarding school experience!
Not much fun rounding up sheep with the dog on a lead thou
indeed. Pretty dangerous too if you are still on the quad/ATV at the time!
yeah f*** those ground nesting birds
Good try, but the breeding season hasn't started yet.
Amazing how should you take your dog to a trail centre ( no imho ) brings out the dog hating crazies 😯
For what its worth the reasonable in "reasonable apprehension" is what the court considers reasonable. Not what someone with a hatred/ fear of dogs ( some of you ! ) might think is reasonable. From a chat with my local copper the bar is pretty high.
Because there are degrees to this stuff aren't there?
If you can be sure that your dog won't disturb anything or anyone and you can pick up it's crap, why would I have a problem with that? As I said many posts ago, I don't care about your dog. Exersize it how you want
Can you be sure? That's the only issue here. Because time and again, I encounter dogs that aren't under control and owners that can't control their dogs. Time and again I tread in shit.
A lead will make you sure, and will make all the non dog owners you meet sure that the dog is under control. That's your responsibility, not mine or your dogs, yours. That it's under control.
that's it. Simples
[i]brings out the dog hating crazies [/i]
FWIW I like dogs, I think most folk do. What they don't like is the uncertainty of not knowing what that dog bounding towards them barking it's head is going to do, or the fact that it's ignoring the owner who's panting after it shouting it's name to no obvious effect.
Exersize
sorry what? (that sums up my regard to what you post from now on)
Amazing how should you take your dog to a trail centre ( no imho ) brings out the dog hating crazies
For what its worth the reasonable in "reasonable apprehension" is what the court considers reasonable. Not what someone with a hatred/ fear of dogs ( some of you ! ) might think is reasonable. From a chat with my local copper the bar is pretty high.
*virtual hand-shake