[clydebirder]

Originally Posted by Twitcheruth

Thanks Alan and Neil (call me Ruth,Neil).......I certainly will try to find out how the Swan is and let you know.

I love dogs but do get so annoyed with the owners who seem to think we all love their dogs and welcome being jumped at with muddy paws as "Fido is only playing!!"
I'll not get into a discussion about the mess left behind!!!!!

These kind of incidents are all too common and, it is indeed the dog owners to blame not the dogs. I have had several run ins with people who thought it was funny to see their dog chase birds around It's a real pleasure to see a responsible dog owner with a well trained dog, I often comment on it to them as we sometimes tend only to say something when it annoys us rather than praising people and dogs when they're being responsible.

you are right not to get in to that type of descussion, they often get messy

cheers, John