Not posted before but I am soooo angry so I'm spleen venting on here.

I've lived in the same house for twenty years and the people up the road run a nursery/pet centre, they have Labradors that they use for picking up. Horrible nasty short legged creatures, not to mention badly trained. The road I live in is a busy country road, with no pavement and is dangerous at the best of times.  But these dogs (3) rush out growling everytime I walk by. I've been nipped 3 times, my x neighbour was knocked off her feet, they chase blikes and non dog walking people.
Obviously over 20 years it's not the same dogs, they have bred a few and kept one or two. Months have gone by without incident but it always starts up again and I'm fed up with it. The other day a car swerved to avoid them and narrowly missed me, I told them if it  happened again I'd make it  official and it just has. With one of my dogs it's not a  prob quite as much as she's bomb proof and they must sense it and back off but my 2 young ones panic and it's a really dangerous road, I could loose them.
No one else complains they just don't walk down here anymore but I live  here , and I'm sick of having to drive up the road before I walk the dogs. I guess the main question is why have I left it so long? but I hate complaining, especially about dog related things:rolleyes: Plus apart of me thinks it will change nowt and there the sort of people who will phone the nspcc, the rspca and every other organisation  just to pay me back

At the very least Contact the Dog warden and ask them to have a word.  They have a legal obligation to keep them under control.

what a horrible situation to be in.. and I agree with Brainless... BUT.. have I read this wrong, or is my interpretation off the mark..  you say they use the Labs for "picking up"   I would have assumed that these are highly trained Labs.. it takes immense training over a couple of years to train Labs as 'picker uppers"  , but in the same sentence you say they are untrained... As I said.. maybe its just me reading it wrong... can you explain a little more?

>you say they use the Labs for "picking up"

What exactly do they pick up? I've never heard the expression before.

Nor me

Shot game. You know, dead game birds and rabbits.

Dawn R.

Picking up.. is the term giving to sending dogs out for the retrieval of shot game

Oh right.

Yes they use them for picking up but  they are not properly trained, out here in the fens shooting  a few pheasants on flat fields, with no hedges, trees etc and  sending your dog to fetch dosn't take  much training. Loads of people use untrained dogs round here, that would not be allowed on an organised shoot.
I actually don't know if they do use the dogs, only that they shoot and take the dogs:rolleyes:
I've decided to report it, I've had enough. Someone got run over and killed walking their dogs a few months back and that was without any help from loose dogs.

I guess the main question is why have I left it so long? but I hate complaining
lol..oh you did make me laugh! There's not complaining and not complaining! lol! You stay calm and quiet for 20 years! You softie!

well they may pick up phesants but I bet they don't pick up after themselves!

Forget complaining but round here the dogs if they are openly deliberately  left to roam one day they would quietly vanish.  I've heard of several  dogs within the community here being quiely rehomed.