Fred, yes, I too was meaning hot sunny days. I wasn't having a go at you at all. With global warming it's treacherous these days. On cool days though, it's fine, always in shade just in case that sun gets out though, for even in winter it's hotter than it once was.

"..Some dogs have caused a nuisance at festivals by biting children, fighting in beer tents and in one case causing a miscarriage. Solution - stop dogs going to festivals, where many (as some dog owners have said) get confused, worried and as we know bite people. Or as I suggested, making a separate dog lovers area and charging accordingly)..."


I have lost two little 'souls' inbetween my living children. Whilst no-one can be absolutely sure what causes a miscarriage, I firmly believe that it happens for a reason, that reason being that nature took control of a situation that was never meant to be, for reasons beyond our knowledge.

Women are tough critters, so are healthy foetuses. We can put up with many things during pregnancy, as can our little unborn souls. However, if something is very wrong, then often, a sudden shock can hasten what may well have been due to happen anyway. Very often though, those that are left with unanswered questions as to why it happened, perhaps seek the wrong answers.

I have nothing but sympathy for any woman who has lost a child, be it before their child's birth or after. The pain, to us as women, is very similar, as is the grieving for the child we never got to hold. They are never forgotten.

I would very much hope that now, the constant, and for me at least, upsetting, inference that dogs can cause miscarriages, which is being perpetuated by one person, could be dropped.

With all due respect and sympathy to the lady concerned, way back in this thread.