fair point that this goes round and round. Not quite sure why I'm continuing to post but hey, passes the time.

Yes, Sandra from Shrewsbury asked a specific question triggered by a specific, tragic and unecessary incident and unsurprisingly different people have different views about it. I offered a short reply initially and only felt moved to continue the debate when it felt like a vocal few might be giving the impression that the majority felt that it would be best to ban dogs at Shrewsbury. I'd rather be vocal on the other side and give the impression that, yes, maybe people do have strong feelings about this, but not unanimously in favour of a total ban.

Dave's solution sounds almost reasonable to me. Can we also have a fenced in area for children, to keep them out of my way? And a separate one for all consumers of alcohol? Excellent, now that we're all nicely segregated I'm sure we'll have a lovely time.