18/06/2026
I usually meet the most lovely people on my walks, but today was a rare exception. 😢
If you walk up - at speed - behind someone with a group of dogs off lead minding their own business and don’t make yourself known until they come over for a sniff hello - they will come up to you. Then telling me you are scared of dogs and they should be on leads when you’ve continued to walk at speed through them all does not GIVE ME TIME TO PUT 6 dogs on leads. (Sadly,as yet, there is no contraption that allows me to put six dogs on leads in under a second).
Then after walking away shout at me that they’ve made your shorts dirty - well perhaps you should stick to a treadmill at the gym.
I always try to be so aware of people
around me - especially those who are frightened of dogs- but I don’t have 360 degree vision and if you don’t give me a small heads up or a moment to put them on a lead then I’m afraid they will come over for, at worst, a hello.
Let’s share the countryside and not be t***s.
EDIT. Well that escalated quickly so I’ve turned off comments for now. Thanks for all your thoughts - it’s obviously a divisive subject. I just wanted to stress that we all need to communicate and then 99% of these issues will be avoided. I’ll go back to posting photos of my happy gang! Happy walking in the sunshine people x
