they carry small plastic bags (often bio-degradeable) designed for the purpose So they either get the dog to shit in the small plastic bag or they were grovelling away in the mud to pick up the dogs' shit. Nice.

Fred this is not about dog knowledge, mine yours or anyone elses. It is about whether dogs should be allowed into festivals to crap on the grass, bark during the night and during performances, have dog fights and bite children. All of those things have been attested to in this thread.

I personally don't need to "know" about dogs to see their behaviour. My own experience of being bitten twice and sitting with my four year old daughter for the best part of a week whilst they had a series of anti-rabies injections (and worrying whether they had rabies or not and if the serum had arrived in time) told me most of what I need to know about dogs.

Two friends had a dog - they don't have it any longer because it bit their two year old child on the face and scarred her for life. Their own child Fred. Scarred for life. Nice, eh?

So when you have sat in a hospital for period of time with a screaming four year old having anti-rabies injections, and had a dog destroyed because it scarred your own two year old for life, come back and tell me you know all about dogs. Or perhaps your own experience doesn't extend that far?

Now back to dogs at festivals.

Be kind enough to say whether you think dogs should be allowed into venues and if not why not?