If other owners are talking to my lot, they can approach, if not, they are asked to walk on, which they do. If it’s onlead, my lot are taken away. We walk in a place renowned for friendly dogs/owners. It’s very rare to meet reactive dogs, it’s been this way since we had the first pair, bar one lab who was always loose and always went for Jake, so we avoided it like the plague. Often, we don’t meet other dogs at all. Met one yesterday the whole route, but sometimes meet others that we know. After 11 years of avoiding other people/dogs because of Zak, I’m very conscious of not allowing my dogs to annoy others.
Mine don’t jump up, they are remarkably well behaved. This dog yesterday was literally sniffing me, I’m probably covered in 3 different scents, it didn’t jump up, it was very polite. My 2 were in the brambles to the side and then ran past the dog’s family back to me.
. How bizarre to criticise someone for telling their dogs off for ‘saying hello’ to a stranger, with or without a dog.
Me? I categorically did not criticise. If you’re referring to my response to ycbm, I was talking about the dog owner telling her she should wear a sign.I don’t want strange dogs approaching me and sniffing me, friendly or not
But I didn’t criticise, which was the point. I give up.
A big sign saying ‘Dogs will be shot’
Or, a sign at either end:-
Or a sentry gun.
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he wanted to get one for each corner of the land
I absolutely agree with public rights of way, of pretty much all types, I think I've said before that my paternal grandfather was part of the mass trespass. We have no rights of way across our small parcel, but have total numpties using the ones on neighbours land, letting their dogs loose (that's before we get to those feeding our horses over the wall!) Our beef rearing neighbours had a bit of a do this summer, when out of control dogs ran the cattle with resulting lameness!No help to you YorksG but the best thing about downsizing… no one else can access our land.
Edited to wander even more off topic. I had a wonderful walk with the dogs yesterday, all on other people land via footpaths. They are such an incredibly brilliant resource that if you have ever lived in a country without you give daily thanks for.
Unless you are a landowner.
Could you electrify them?
The next part of the project is putting off sets on the wall side of the posts, with thin electric wire and a dedicated energiser, we're hoping thay puts them off enough.Could you electrify them?
Also maybe barbed wire positioned so as to
and they wouldn't even notice. So I call out 'Could you call your dog please?'. Again, small dog did not kick off, bless her, even though right outside the house is the worst flashpoint.
I would ask the Airbnb owner to leave a card for the clients with the Countryside Code and the specific etiquette around not trespassing on your yard in a very obvious place.
