I really try not to generalize with this. When summiting Yeavering Bell one lovely summer Sunday morning a fellow pair of 'grey hairs' approached me with a Border Terrier puppy in tow. It was a joyous encounter with a very enthusiastic little dog....sweeeet!!
On the other hand I was once nipped on the ankle by a very noisy Alsation while fitting smoke alarms as part of my duties pre retirement...not good.
My way of thinking is that (as with children) nice ones can be a delight but ill behaved ones not so. Same goes for the owners really.
My main bugbear follows..!
Why do some owners think that allowing dogs to s... on verges is ok and not pick up?
At the end of a long Cheviot walk a few weeks ago I found the grass verge was much less hard on the joints...you know how it is!
Swerving to narrowly miss heap after heap of the foul stuff I was forced eventually back onto tarmac. The stretch of road was very near the car parking area so not even remote. Sheep s... is different somehow.
To me it's the same sort of thinking as litter left on the hills.
Anyway I digress.....! Dogs....little terriers yay....big slobbering mastiffs nay!