Where do your dogs wee and poo? Don't they chew things? My dogs love going to shows. Though I have to admit, one time I came back to the horsebox and they were howling for me. Embarrassing!
What about 3 day events - you can't keep farming your dogs out to other people. Plus keeping a dog in all day is cruel, especially for dogs that are used to being active during the day. Definately shouldn't ban dogs from events but stewards do need to be more empowered to tackle spectators...
I thought extendable leads were banned? Haven't seen one at an event for ages, absolutely stunned that someone was using one at Burghley! Personally, I feel too guilty leaving the dogs behind. They hate being farmed out to strangers or shut up for too long. Life would be difficult if they...
If you polled top level event riders I would put good money on them saying NO to banning dogs. They bring their own dogs to events it's part of the lifestyle. BUT we should give stewards the power to ask people with over excited, aggressive or badly behaved dogs to leave.
I was at jump 15...