[gruntygiggles]

No laws, but I thought you could get in trouble for not putting your dog on a lead if asked to do so by a figure of authority???

I'll hold my hands up, I never have my dogs on a lead when we are in the fields. They are 4 dogs that all need a lot of exercise. Stig has his muzzle on 90% of the time we are out. It only comes off when I am in certain fields that give me enough of a view to be able to take it off so that when I throw a stick....he can bring it back as it's not fair to throw it for the others when he can't pick it up...plus he's the one that comes and drops it on my feet. That said, He follows my every move as anyone that knows him will tell you. If I even turn around, he runs to me, so he always comes when I see a dog in another field and want to put his muzzle back on.

Round here...there is 1 dog poo bin. It is hardly ever used, it's crazy. At last years AR, there was so much old poo around when we arrived, I went around and picked it all up as, having four dogs, people automatically assume it's us that don't pick up, so I pick up after others just to avoid being tarred with that brush.

I made the exception of picking up after Kaiser though, firstly because it was always done immediately anyway and secondly because I would have needed an IKEA bag and four large hands....lol