I must say that I agree with the sentiment that it does not mean you are somehow deprived if you don't like dogs. I don't mind dogs at all but I would never own one out of choice. They do nothing for me. What I do not like is the entitlement that some dog owners feel they have over us 'mere mortals'. It is not a right to allow your pooch to run up to children or vulnerable people and lick them. It is not a good excuse to laugh and say "oh, he's only being friendly". It is not acceptable to either leave heaps of dog shit on the playground or, worse in some cases, scoop up said shit in a bag and then leave it dangling on other peoples gates.

Before anyone says otherwise, I am sure that neither Jonh nor Bonzo are in this category but, sadly, many are and if I say it is wrong, I am branded a dog-hater or a whatever-is-is-ophobe. I am neither but, just like millions of others, I am not a cynophilist!