Have just come off the beach fuming. I was already grumpy seeing so much dog poo on the path to the beach. Then had another dog owner throwing a ball for their off lead dog past our poor on lead dog who was getting more and more frustrated at not being able to run after it ( I don’t think the owner should have been throwing the ball all the time anyway; it was only a tiny dog and must have been running non stop for an hour). I can only walk easily on the firm sand by the outgoing tide but a group of four people were standing on it with their four large dogs. So we walked around them onto the deep sand that I struggle with to get out of their way. Blow me they started throwing a ball towards us and two of the large dogs kept chasing it and then ran towards our dog barking. They could see our dog spinning round. I shouted ‘away’ to their dogs and had the usual reply of ‘it’s ok they’re friendly’.I shouted to them that our dog had been attacked in the past. I started to walk on but then totally lost my temper, went up to them and pointed out that because of the attack my partner panics when dogs run towards us. One of them said that being on a beach we’d have to get used to it because there were dogs everywhere. To which I replied ‘ I do realise that; I actually live here’. Thankfully on leaving the beach a lady with two little dogs saw us and put her dogs on a lead straight away so she was subjected to me having a good old moan but thanked her profusely for being so nice. I know my dogs and I know which dogs to worry about. They were setters so not nasty dogs but they were big, in a pack and they were barking at us. Sorry for the rant. Still trying to calm down. I very rarely lose my temper but, when I do it makes me quite ill! And if I hear anyone else say ‘it’s okay he’s friendly’ I think my head will blow off. I try to be considerate towards other dogs, their owners and also people that don’t like dogs or are afraid of them which is why I get so annoyed.
Pigeon Lofts - any words of warning? Thank you
