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Originally Posted by alanjns
That's terrible, I hope they pull through.
I get so angry with irresponsible dog owners, although you say this one is thought to be a stray. On my local reserves we have countless people walking dogs off the leash, despite clear signs asking them to keep them on the leash.
I'm sure we've all had birds scared off by dogs running about and barking, and not to mention jumping up at you when you are trying to watch birds. I've had a stand off with a snarling dog on more than one occasion, before the owner eventually pulls it away. Most annoying are the ones who don't even apologise, or make any kind of comment at all, but just call the dog and keep on going.
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Hi Alan, As a keen birdwatcher and dog owner, I can say that we;re not all that bad!! I would never take my dog to a Nature Reserve. Unfortunately the irresponsible minority give us all a bad name, as usual ( as with leaving dog's mess all over the place). We keenly monitor our dog's movements and he's not even allowed out in the garden at certain times - e;g when the ground feeding birds are around.