To the guy who thinks 10 mph is slow, have a think, around people and dogs that is too fast. . I would suggest that cyclists consider the dogs point of view when it comes to large bright lycra clad objects hurlting towards them at high speed, strangely when cyclists see my two rottweilers they slow down and give me plenty of time to get the dogs under control and pass me very carefully.
Where ever you walk dogs there is a potential for problems, I walk my dogs in a privately owned 57 acre field and I still have to deal with trespassers who are quite surpised that they have two big dogs barking at them. We all have to make slight modifications to what we do to accomodate other people thats life, pedestrians cars cyclists and dog walkers all seem to hate each other according to the internet but in the real world most poeple are ok, many are considerate and we can all co-exist. There are always some who are too insecure to modify their behavior in any way that can be a car driver who is too impatient to wait for a safe overtaking point, or a cyclist rushing down a towpath running over dogs and hopping up onto pavements to skip red lights. Either way being a prick like the guy moaning about dogs and their owners does not do anyone any favours.
