visitng houses with dogs - safety?

neilmcl

I hardly think owning a dog keeping it on your own "private" property is inflicting it on others. You have a choice, if there's a dog in someones yard that you're unsure of don't enter.

Morgan_Ree

welshbabe88 wrote: »

Yes thats what I plan to do - I was trying to get my facts straight first. Can sympathise with posties etc. If people want dogs thats fine - but don't inflict them on others.

I could understand if it was happening in a public place but come on!!!

Its your choice to enter the property which the dog will usually see as it's own territory
No-ones inflicting anything on you!

emmell

I wish people would keep out of my garden, I live on a main road and have large gates but people insist on leaving the gate open. I try my best to keep the dogs in till the postman has been, but that gets later all the time. My dogs wouldn't hurt anyone but if people keep insisting on leaving my gates open then my dogs are going to be seriously hurt.
I am sick to death of charity bags and pizza takeaway leaflets.
ML.

welshbabe88

neilmcl wrote: »

I hardly think owning a dog keeping it on your own "private" property is inflicting it on others. You have a choice, if there's a dog in someones yard that you're unsure of don't enter.

No if you see it in the yard thats fine - but often they just come bounding out of the house.

quote - I wish people would keep out of my garden, I live on a main road and have large gates but people insist on leaving the gate open.

I'd be quite happy not to enter anywhere if they just put a sign to say - no callers or somesuch.

Ruby_Moon

welshbabe88 wrote: »

Yes thats what I plan to do - I was trying to get my facts straight first. Can sympathise with posties etc. If people want dogs thats fine - but don't inflict them on others.

If you make a choice to enter someone else's property when there is no dire or legal need to do so and they have a dog then it is your lookout and they do not need to put a sign up asking you not to call.
Noone who lets their dog into the garden is "inflicting it on others" so I don't understand that statement.
It really is simple. Don't post rubbish through people's doors. If its important, then post it. If it isn't then don't bother with it. Most people throw posted leaflets etc away anyway.
There is only one reason why things get delivered to people via the hand delivery system and thats money. Either you want money by asking for a donation or you want goods for a sale or you want people to buy something.
Whatever it is understand that people are getting sick of it....dog or no dog.

welshbabe88

Ruby_Moon wrote: »

There is only one reason why things get delivered to people via the hand delivery system and thats money. Either you want money by asking for a donation or you want goods for a sale or you want people to buy something.

Well we just do it with a communty news item which is supposed to bring the communtiy together with items on achievments, birthday etc and whats happening in the village. Its not for gain or selling.
We fund its printing through community funds and can't then afford to post 200+ as well. We just try to be a bit community spirited and want people to know what is going on in their community.
We've got nothing against dog owners.

kaya

i long for the day when people who put so called free mail through my letterbox are prosecuted, spamming on the internet is illegal, so should spamming through my letterbox be, if i want a few badly printed pages of A4 or a pizza i will go and get one from the appropriate place

C_Mababejive

If,in the course of my work,i am savaged by a dog,i will institute legal proceedings for damages against the owner of that dog. I'm sure their public liability insurance/house will cover it.

I dont mind friendly dogs as im a doggy person but what i object to is people who open the front door and let their mangy cur leap all over me/snap/growl.

ChrisCobra

Get orf moi land!

minimadtrix

As a responsible dog owner, we've fenced in the front garden (as it was open) so if anyone we don't want coming to the door comes, they're pinned in!!!!

Only joking - I would suggest though, if you live in a rural village that provides newsletters to all villagers, you would know from the other villagers you deliver to if there was a savage dog. Its not like you live in a big town where you don't know the neighbours

WARNING SIGN for post - this is my opinion, please do not be offended, but we are living in a society now that means you have to apologise for everything you do and own