Ditto here, for the past couple of weeks I've only seen one guy out that I see all year round with his dog, he's quite old and actually said how nice it was to see me walking the dogs before work (6am yawn) and that his neighbours dog was tied up in a garage all day I told him to report it. I just could'nt leave them without walking them, they love their walkies.
also when it's raining get free run of the canal

We like it when it's raining because we can go on the secure field near us and know there's no-one else there and the dogs can go off lead and have a good run for 10mins.

Errr....This isn't a Staffie bashing session, maybe I should have left out the breed. The dog was not a problem in the slightest, it was the couple who insisted on carrying on in my direction when they didn't want their dog mixing with other dogs that was the problem. FYI the couple were ordinary looking people. It's not what people look like that I walch for, it's their body language. If you had a dog that you didn't want to meet other dogs for whatever reason, and if you went to your left there was nobody about and to your right there were two people with two large dogs and a puppy all off lead, what would you do? It's the total lack of logic which escapes me!

I think you can subdivide all breeds the same way.
The only bit that will change is the dress code of group one.

And some responses shouldn’t be taken tooooo seriously!

I would agree with some but by no means all. Now take Border Collie Owners (the Gods of the dog world). Kind, generous, helpful and always dressed in modest style appropriate to their surroundings and the prevailing weather. Not for us the Dr Martin boots (Dubarry or Musto or shepherds boots preferred) and those without hair are inclined to be naturally gifted as such. Where a Border Collie leads others will follow (owners included).

But of course, ALL Border Collie owners are perfect!

If I had said it was a couple with a collie, would I have gotten these ridiculous comments?

Thanks for the reminder; how could I have forgotten? Border Collie owners also have a sense of humour (thank God)

Ok some Border collie owners dress code.
Wellies that have never seen mud, wax coats that still look new. They think Border Collies are born well behaved. Well they have seen them doing tricks on the TV and it can't be that hard,can it?

I can actually see one reason why they may have deliberately followed you....trying to 'desensitise' their dog to others. I will actually sometimes follow other people at a distance for this reason (because we go through days of not seeing any other dogs).

However, there is no way they should be putting the onus on you keeping your dog away from them nor shouting/screaming at you...so yes, they are still numpties