I have two dogs currently, in the past have had 3 for quite long periods.
Mine all go through the Kennel Club bronze, silver, gold training. Doesn't make them perfect dogs, they're dogs but they come back when called, they don't fight other dogs, if we see a dog coming on a lead, ours go straight on their leads, they aren't allowed to run up to any person or any dog. I pick up the pooh and deposit in a council bin or bring it home and put it in my general rubbish bin.
So - I'm a very ordinary dog owner. In my 70 years I've had only 4 within sharing my home with dogs.
The anti dog brigade is growing. Is it because there are too many untrained, spoiled dogs these days? Too many dogs who can't walk on a lead, they're given a harness so they can pull even more and their handler has even less control. My Mary Whitehouse tendencies are taking over my Polyanna ones - is there a link with what seems to me to be a general increase in rude, ill considerate , self serving public behaviour.
Is it Brexit and the tory leadership making us all feel irritable?