Cynophobes my fat arse! Sounds like the best form of defence for the indefensible is attack, via castigating people who make perfectly justifiable criticisms of many dog owners. Let's see precisely what it is that we're criticising:

The sense of entitlement of bad owners ("Leave us alone; the rules don't apply to me; don't be such a wimp, he's only trying to be friendly, you must have a disease I've just made up called cynophobia, etc.)

The clear lack of control demonstrated by the vast majority of dog owners.

Dogshit everywhere.

The ownership, legal or otherwise, of vicious dogs that are fully capable of killing or injuring people.

The ease with which dogs can be acquired (all those extra dogs bought during the pandemic that were then cruelly discarded...)

The lack of regulation of dog ownership (any Tom, Dick or Harry can get a dog or multiple dogs without registration or licensing).

You may be a shining beacon and a great example to other dog owners, I know that such responsible people exist, all power to your elbow, etc. But, instead of accepting that you are part of a dog-owning community that's replete with bad apples who should be mortally embarrassing you and who you should be wanting to do something about, you attack their critics, even inventing a disease to characterise them. Wow. We know that any government that threatens the huge dog lobby with regulation, restrictions or the imposition of a costly (but justifiable) requirement to buy a licence would be toast. Shades of another lobby across the water!