Oh and another one this morning - my dogs on the lead... lobbing her ball directly AT my dogs and not into the huge empty space either side!

TBF she could have dreadful aim, like me when I tried to throw my safestix into the lake and nearly concussed the fellow dog walker doing same next to me!

I do not think the English Womens Cricket team has anything to worry about!

That made me laugh!

I am one of the "be nice" owners but only have to say it when someone lets their dog race up to Teg and leap on him.

Oh no I totally agree, what I mean is round here it seems most of the dogs ARE ball obsessed who's owners are nowhere to be seen/don't call them off. I think we would be getting mugged 24/7 if Rupert was that way inclined..! He is a foody kind of boy though and at a distance they don't tend to spot the goodies in my hand

Milo is quite ball obsessed but we just never get one out where there are lots of other dogs locally. Further out there are some alright places for it but would just never get them back here

Rupert is completely and utterly food obsessed and had an offlead walk last week. He kept going up to people who had treats but all he'd do was follow them or sit at their feet (and then I'd call him away or go get him if he was hesitant) but it never even entered his head to jump up at them or snatch out of their hand which is what happened to me for a fair bit of the walk

Even so that walk was better than most of our local ones, was good for him to have a nice go offlead too. It makes me quite proud at times, whilst he is a chaser and I stick him on a lunge line most of the time he is very good in most other aspects

We managed to inherit another ball on a rope from someone who'd been walking along, and it had obviously been wedged in the tree from a mis-fire, and dislodged by a gust of wind bashing the innocent walker on the head - who gave it to us!

Would have hurt like hell as well since it was one of the tough ones!

Does it not bother you that your dog may get bitten if it invades an antisocial dog's space?

It's not about expecting dogs to be perfect, it's about expecting the owners to show some common sense, manners and consideration. If your dog is annoying someone then go and bloody well get it, don't just stand there and watch! Or even worse, don't just pretend it's not happening! An apology is always appreciated too. However, I usually just get dirty looks and comments about vicious dogs IF the owner even bothers to acknowledge that their dog is causing a problem.

I don't dare take my dog anywhere nice for a walk thanks to people who lack basic manners, common sense and consideration for others.