The point is Dave that they were thrown out, before any harm was done.

It may be that that is not happening at folk festivals, and it should.

The decent dog owners who take reasonable care and the decent dogs should not be demonised.

Every festival should have security. If they are not professional "bouncers" then they are at least charged with security, and the reponsibiility to deal with security is theirs.

Reasonable care is what is needed. That standard is met, I suggest, by a "dogs on leads, and under control" rule.