My dog isn't brilliant with other dogs and I'd feel a lot safer knowing someone else's dog was ON its lead rather than end up chasing after my dog. My dog has been in "fights" before with other dogs who have been off their leads and my dog has always snapped first but because of that reason alone it was "my fault" according to the other owners...

But on the other hand shouldn't every dog have its free run somewhere safe?? If they organised maybe a dog walking track or a dog park that only dogs with good natures of course, were aloud to go into, then they needn't have this law.

Seems quite selfish, maybe they should tackle the problem of dog owners not being able to control their dogs properly first?

Plus, I take my dog to the children's play area sometimes during the spring and summer, it says not to but my dog only goes in there when he's done his business and I've put it in the bin. All the kids know him, all the kids love him and he doesn't cause any problems being the only dog in there I don't see the problem with that, just have a problem with some mindless owners, I believe all dog owners should be given written and practical exams before getting a dog because some just have no idea unfortunately.

And another thing, different dogs require different ammounts of exercise. My dog is a small terrier mix, about the size of a Westie, he's 14 yrs old and still acts like a puppy. He has one walk with me in the afternoon (around 4ish before his dinner) where we walk for up to 45 minutes, and my dad takes him out at night for about the same length of time. He has always had access to the garden when he needs to, but the upsetting thing was for us, was when we adopted him, he had no clue how to play with toys or have a tough and tumble with you, infact we got him some toys but he got scared by them and we thought not to push it with him. So, walking and running around was his playing, and you can't do that when he's on the lead so going somewhere open but safe from danger is the only option we've ever had for him.

Now he's only a little terrier and also getting on a bit, but then you have greyhounds and collies and all those dogs need crave an active life otherwise their health suffers, whereas soem dogs can go for an half an hour walk three times a day and that's all the exercise they could handle.

I'm done now