"...How does a festival organiser distinguish between the responsible owner and the irresponsible owner when they book and how do you answer the point that once the damage is done it is too late barring the irresponsible dog owner?.."

Tell me, Dave, how does a festival organiser distinguish between the responsible human and the irresponsible human, when they book tickets and answer the point, that once the damage is done it is too late barring the irresponsible human beings?

I will give you Monica Seles, the then young Wimbledon Tennis Player, stabbed in the shoulder, during a match, by someone from the audience...

Or little Maddy, still missing, after just going on holiday with her Mum and Dad.

How do you know that every human being you allow through those gates is not going to harm either a child, or another adult, Dave?

Answer: You don't.

Paedeophiles cause far more risk to our children than dogs. Maybe you should take this up with festival organisers, because hell, they love to hang around places where children are...

And you know what..a family dog would take on a paedeophile any day. Anyone who tried to harm his 'pack' would be treated with the utmost suspicion and aggression, so there you go...

Most Dogs Protect, Dave.

Another way of thinking, for you.