The most misleading phrase in the English language: "the majority of responsible dog-owners..."

If I meet one in twenty dog-owners who could be described as a "responsible dog owner" I'd be doing unrealistically well. Let's face it. The vast majority of dog-owners let their dogs shit wherever they like. What's more, they have absolutely no control over their cur whatsoever. The number of times I've been pawed on the chest or saturated with infected canine saliva by some lunatic dog who is "just being friendly" is beyond recall. Dog owners have this daft mindset whereby everyone in the world who doesn't love their personal shitting noise-machine to bits is a bit of a tit. Well, to me, it's the other way round. If you really need the "company" of a smelly, slavering hound, well it's you who's, er, barking bloody mad, not me!