Dogs from a Distance NI

A campaign for mutual respect - for dog owners to respect fellow pedestrians, to be responsible citizens so we can co-inhabit our beautiful spaces!

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@Martina Good. Dogs don’t belong near our food that we eat.

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have already decided that now those who have always lived here and who just don’t like dogs are now an anathema!

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So, in the past week I have not only been told to get help, but I’ve been told to leave the country! And this is an example of exactly the attitude I am trying to challenge on this account. The idea that it’s socially unacceptable to dislike dogs. The idea that it’s my moral duty

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To let them jump all over me, the idea that if you’re scared of dogs you should leave the UK, despite being born here! I’m white too, you can’t even scapegoat me having some sort of Muslim religious problem. Not that I agree with the hate towards Muslims on this issue. But you

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@Traceybattleaxe @wi88821800 @jhallwood Should you be forced to cuddle one?

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@Traceybattleaxe @wi88821800 @jhallwood If I was fear yes maybe that’s a relevant point. But it’s not a psychological issue to not like dogs - for frig’s sake! Do you like cats? Rabbits? Should you go to a psychologist?

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@Traceybattleaxe @jhallwood You’re nice!

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@Traceybattleaxe @jhallwood I mean I have no affection for dogs yet I was born n here and am stuck here

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@Jeera_Nah @jhallwood Honestly many other countries have a common sense approach to dogs - that respects everyone.

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@PrestonChris @jhallwood Was your dog on a lead? Did you have it on an extendible lead that allowed the dog to get very close? Did the woman have any assurances your dog wouldn’t or couldn’t come up to her?

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@jhallwood @PeverellTom But it shouldn’t. We should respect everyone’s space. People who like dogs and people that don’t. Public places in general should keep dogs and strangers apart unless invited over. Consent before licking

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@jhallwood British and I’d have had the same response. Am I not British enough?

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@jhallwood Eh that’s a lot of what’s wrong with ‘British culture’ - the incessant need to take your dog EVERYWHERE - not everyone wants to have your dog slobbering and for those scared of dogs an enclosed place like a MOVING TRAIN is the widest type of place to encounter one. I’m white &

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@timmckane @thespikyclub @Hookademus @Adespoto3 It’s common courtesy to pull your dog in while passing even other pedestrians.

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@Dog_Deterrent79 @timmckane I am campaigning for everyone to respect each other’s space. No-one should have an unsolicited dog in their personal space.

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@ShamrockSoup @timmckane Not just to cyclists but to all fellow walkers. I keep raising this point to my council. There’s a need to respect everyone’s space and not everyone welcomes an unsolicited cuddle.

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@timmckane I hope you pull your dogs in for passing pedestrians though? No-one wants an unsolicited cuddle

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@mea_bc Love this - thank you! Very timely as I saw multiple off lead down near the foxy vans hassling other customers.

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Do you know Tom & Harriet*? (Not their real names, I don’t know them). T&H let their dog out on a long lead. T&H do this after being asked to pull their dog in due to passing another pedestrian. T&H expect the other pedestrian to go on grass rather than control their dog. T&H 1/2

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@mea_bc @ChiefConPSNI @PSNIMEADistrict @mea_bc @DannyDonnelly1 @ashebilly1 @DavidWClarke18 @johnstewartuup @aaron_skinner @andy_wilson1 @marccollins @peterjohnson 1/2