I’ve always tried to be courteous to other trail users when out walking my dogs and it’s generally been met with a similar level of courtesy from others, walkers or cyclists. However reading some of the macho b@*llocks on here about “kicking dogs” makes me want to train them to attack and eat any mountain biker we come across who doesn’t get out of our way…..
Rather than swapping “dogs” for “kids”, maybe we should try reversing “dogs” and “cyclists”, eg from TandemJeremy:
A cyclist has an absolute duty to control their bike at all times. This means that they should either be able to slow down or stop at command. If you don’t do this with your bikes you are committing an offense in law. If your bike races up to me or my dogs even to say hello / to play you are committing an offense and the cyclist could be put down.