Right of way

Jeepers_Creepers

robatwork said:

Section62 said:

Nobody with any sense would try dealing with a barking dog by attempting to bite it.

Did I miss a post?

Nah - it was a Freudian by S62. :-)

wend33

The sensible option would be for the dog owners to create a fenced area away from the right of way

Slinky

Soot2006 said:

Even a friendly dog running up barking and jumping is likely to cause distress. This isn't permissible, even on private land, let alone on land with a right of way across it. So this neighbour needs to not let this happen.

Exactly. See the link I provided earlier - it's not just about public land. https://www.gov.uk/control-dog-public

Jenni_D

Dogs are territorial, and will instinctively want to protect their pack leader (the human). Training this out of them is not easy. My dogs are barkers (especially my older, smaller one - I have 2 Bichon Frise) and will approach delivery people and bark at them. Fortunately they're usually barking through a window or the garden gate ... but sometimes they escape out the front door and bark; luckily they look so cute and the delivery people are OK with them - they usually end up rolling over for a tummy rub. (The dogs, not the delivery people!) 😂

lookstraightahead

wend33 said:

The sensible option would be for the dog owners to create a fenced area away from the right of way

Trouble is they don't seem sensible, otherwise they would have done this already.