- Nov 24, 2017
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- Camping , caravanning, campervaning for 10 years
As the owners of two dogs ourselves my wife and I are very aware that travelling with them and F Ting carries responsibilities beyond looking after ourselves. We take great care ensuring that our beasts, Alfie and Louie are ALWAYS tethered either to the van, ourselves or a ground anchor, we carry poop bags in seemingly every pocket to clear up accidents on a campsite and exercise them off the sites/ keep them off beaches etc and yet we are finding that in France the rule of tethering dogs/ not going on beaches at this time of year where the signs are very clear is simply ignored by French dog owners. Twice in the last week I have had to stand between a maurauding dog and our own whilst the owner of the untethered dog seems oblivious to the situation and infact when I point out in my limited French " Keep your dog on a lead please" its almost as though I am in the wrong! God forbid that one of these such dogs should attack either me the wife or my dogs but of course I am sure it will be easier for the Frenchman to explain to the Gendarmerie how it wasn't his fault etc etc etc. In Brittany we watched as dozens of locals take dogs on a clearly marked NO DOGS beach but we chose not to again for the same reason as above. The biggest shame here is when walking through Towns, villages or the countryside the amount of dog waste which it seems the French are happy to just leave with no thought of the impression it leaves ( no pun intended). Have dog = pick up warm poo! No ifs or buts!