Summer must be here

Now there is the difference, owners are taught how to let their dogs exercise unlike so many dog owmers, plus as ever the thoughtless stupidity of a minority reflect badly on all dog owners.

I’m not nor ever have been a dog hater, the only reason we don’t have a dog ourselves now is simply when we lost our big, soft, amiable “Lady” we were looking to downsize from the family home, living in a much smaller bungalow is not the best place for a dog.

Assistance/service dogs have to have some down time, be it on the beach or in a park, and owners are taught how to let their dogs exercise off lead…

Bit unfair to all the ‘assistance/service dogs’ that on a daily basis mean that someone with a disability, no matter what their age, can lead some semblance of a normal life….

I said the majority of dogs, plus highly unlikely for assistance/service dogs to be running loose on a beach, I have a neighbour who trains guide dogs for the blind, another who helps out with a charity rehoming ex racing greyhounds, these guys do a damn good job and the dogs which pass through their hands are never a nuisance.

Kids are supposed to be ‘intelligent’ (a term I use advisedly) whereas most dogs are not usually regarded as being able to make decisions and be able to communicate and respond, etc. Whether they do or not doesn’t matter; we are older kids and therefore expect that our offspring will do as we would expect them to – most dogs just run around, chase their tails, etc. Now, what is that disease that comes from dog faeces that causes blindness and is one of the major reasons that dogs are banned from beaches all over Britain?

The beach at West Wittering is privately owned which is probably why they allow dogs on the beach (you know any other beaches which allow dogs on the beach between Easter and October?). We all know that dog owners are renowned for being ignorant of what their mutt is doing when squatting, most quite happy to ignore such little nasty piles and walk away from them without a second glance. An old work colleague was offered violence when she tried to get a dog walker to clear up after his hound – although I imagine the same might/would happen if you did the same to an ignorant parent.
Children won’t be banned from the beach, dogs usually are: you want different try getting your local MP behind it – and good luck with that!

:applause: Amazing– i have 2 children ,well teenagers now who i appreciated when they were younger were not everyones cup of tea so you try and keep them well behaved whilst having fun.Same with dogs BUT there does seem to be double standards on here regarding it’s ok for kids to be running around screaming being a nuisance but dogs oh my god —–i CLEAR UP more dog poo from other peoples dogs because i detest it BUT yes you and Silverfox sum it up–children should have their own areas to play in.

:dev2: And someone elses little darlings screaming –oh and peeing and pooing don’t annoy or are a nuisance either .One persons meat etc.

I guess your meat is dog meat…?

It was a school day. There were hardly any kids around because it was a school day, and those that were were toddlers. Say what you like about toddlers but they are hardly ever in the same league as a dog because everything is, generally, new and exciting to them – whereas a dog bounds around either under the command of its pack leader (its owner), not under control at all, or it is on a lead. And if dog peeing and pooing don’t annoy or are a nuisance to you then you, matey, are in a very small group of (I imagine) one.

Yes, other people’s little darlings can be really rotten, mean, loud and offensive, but on that day there were no kids about – hence why dogs were the nuisance.

Bit unfair to all the ‘assistance/service dogs’ that on a daily basis mean that someone with a disability, no matter what their age, can lead some semblance of a normal life….

But assistance dogs are not likely to be running around being a nuisance on the beach…

…your dog won’t

Bit unfair to all the ‘assistance/service dogs’ that on a daily basis mean that someone with a disability, no matter what their age, can lead some semblance of a normal life….

trumper

You can’t possibly compare dogs with children, if the sound of children having fun annoys you take yourself and your dog elsewhere.

Dogs should not be allowed to run loose in public spaces where children are playing or do play, between peeing and pooping everywhere, they can and do bite, or even a boisterous dog with no evil intent can hurt a child very easily, the majority of dogs serve as much practical purpose as a chocolate teapot, whereas any of those children has the potential to be a nurse or doctor, to fix your car or house, certainly in later life they will be the ones who provide services to you when you’re elderly, your dog won’t.

Before you say it I don’t dislike or hate dogs, just irresponsible owners who think their dog is more than it is.

On my local beach at weekends, it’s both!!!!!:mad::mad:

:dev2: And someone elses little darlings screaming –oh and peeing and pooing don’t annoy or are a nuisance either .One persons meat etc.

Uncontrolled as in they are having fun chasing each other barking and generally playing or uncontrolled as in attacking people.Don’t forget children run around chasing,screaming and being a nusience to those who don’t have them or want to hear /see others kids.

Being a nuisance, generally; I watched one cocking its leg on a groyne right next to a mother and her young child – not their dog since there was a man calling it, although he didn’t appear bothered that it might have pee’d on someone else’s towels, etc.
It was a school day so there wasn’t that many kids around.

…a cold larger…

A larger what?

Real ale is the drink of men, and Nigel F.

He also has the traditional leaders mistress (or two?) on the go – can that be blamed on the lager or the real ale?

Well Snafu, that’s killed the Summer off by saying it has arrived :p

Yeah? And I thought it was the weather…;o)

(At least they aren’t talking about Top Gear. Again)

Well Snafu, that’s killed the Summer off by saying it has arrived :p

Too much beer….

I used to have a six-pack – somewhere along the line it turned into a firkin…

Well………perhaps a little!!:stupid:

Sadly most of us are a tad chunkier these days LOL

Indeed!!;) – she’s 80 this year and still going strong but just a tad chunkier than in those days!

Actually I was influenced by the icecold larger filling the glass but even more so by sylvia sims nicely filling her army uniform ; )

Baz I can see you’ve been influenced by the famous scene at the end of “Ice Cold in Alex”!!;)

Oh yes you can.

Moggy

Lager (note that there is but one ‘r’) is a drink for callow youths and girlies.
Moggy

Just cos oi says Larger doesnt nececelery mean oi kant spel 😀
For a summer drink you cannot beat an ice cold good quality larger – not stuff like Fffffosters