Originally Posted by
rankin116
That's your opinion. If there aren't laws prohibiting dogs being somewhere, then I see no reason to expect others to give a **** how you feel about dogs. I may not like a person but if it's public property I can't expect that they won't be there just because I think they're a ******bag.
I wouldn't bring a dog with me that wasn't well trained, but I couldn't care less if people don't like dogs.
I don't expect people to not take dogs in case someone doesn't like them. I do expect dogs to be under a level of control as required by the law. If they aren't under control I will take whatever action is required to remove any danger from the dog based on my own assessment of the situation. I have been known to thump a dog that jumped up at me, and to grab a dog by its collar and drag it 100 yards back to where the owners (who weren't paying any attention at all to it) were standing chatting.
On a shared use path I expect to find people walking, cycling, walking dogs, small children, whatever else. The fact there aren't laws prohibiting something doesn't mean a free-for-all in being an a*se with an animal that isn't under control. The simple point is, if someone's dog endangers me then they are the one who is out of line. Shared means everybody gets to use the path - and that doesn't mean I'm expected to put up with someone else's dog jumping up at me.