Policing the new 2m max lead/tether length
I have seen little evidence to show wardens embracing this rule. Personally as long as a dog tether confines it too its pitch that seems OK to me. I do feel that walking through the site dogs should be on a short lead. On the last site at St Davids dogs were being walked on leads significantly in excess of 2m (which I personally feel is longer than desirable walking though site). On the present site, at Gowerton, the warden was fussing a dog whilst sorting out an EHU problem. The dog was pegged just beyond the edge of the pitch hard stand on the narrow grass separation strip using about a 12 foot tether. I have seen wardens on other sites ignoring this.
I have no personal concerns as long as it does not affect me but wonder how well this rule will be accepted by both staff and members and whether it will be enforced.
Moderator Comment:
This discussion concerns dogs on club sites and should be in the dedicated thread so I'm closing it but please feel free to reopen the discussion in the sticky thread.
Many Thanks.
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They do not seem to act on the evidence of their own eyes however from the little that I have seen and, not surprisingly, like a couple this morning were the lady had extending leads ranging from 3 to 5 metres on the dogs under her 'control', many of the dog owners have not shown to have paid attention.
The one dog owner that did a use me was the lady with her lovely dog pegged just off the hardstand mid way along the length of the caravan . The dog was on a 12 foot leash and she repeatedly told the dog off when it wandered onto the asjacent pitch or onto the site roadway.
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Is this a breach of the "sticky" concerning Dogs and Touring....?
Is it a post about dogs on club sites.....?
That's a rhetorical question by the way...
Who is policing mis-posting on CT......?
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I would have thought policing the EXISTING 5mph rule around club sites would have been more important to club members given the number of children running or cycling around the club sites?
But then again I'm not at all anti-dog (obvious from my profile picture) and do think that as long as he's on our pitch that's fine and whilst we do use an extender lead, he goes nowhere near other pitches, people or animals. He's too interested in his tennis ball!
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It is about new rule acceptance Brue. As I said the dogs mentioned are no problem. Many folk have got used to using extending leads in extension and to using long tethers (I thought that tethers used to be 3m max but can't recall for sure). I suspect that as the dogs that I know the wardens have encountered on long leads or tethers have been a problem to nobody that the wardens are loathe to react in enforcing the rules. Not greatly surprising really. This post is definitely not a rant nor remotely anti dog..
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