There's an etiquette for dog parks. Everyone who visits should know it | Paul Daley

Submitted by Paul Daley on Wed, 11/10/2017 - 12:40pm

Shared urban spaces, especially where designated off lead at certain times, implies a mutual responsibility for dog people and non-canine types

Sometimes my children reckon I love my dogs more than I love them. This is not true. Generally. Though it just might be on days when Number Two Daughter blows out the 4G – again – watching YouTube duck videos or Number One Son decides on a career as a food deliverer, clocks up hundreds of dollars in toll fees on my account, sideswipes the car ... then goes overseas.

Children test your patience in ways that dogs don’t.

In Canberra my dogs rollicked about the big, wooded hills near my home