Letter to the Editor | ‘Self-righteous’ dog owners are disrespectful

Writer: Leana Rauch.

I’m a regular visitor to Hermanus. My grandparents bought a house here years ago and I’ve been holidaying here with my family since before I could walk. More recently my parents relocated to Hermanus and my mother is a member of the Hermanus Botanical Society.

On the morning of 17 January my mother and I were on our way back along the footpath from Boekenhoutbos in the Fernkloof Nature Reserve when we encountered a man and a woman with their three dogs coming towards us – a ridgeback, a spaniel and another large dog. None of the dogs were on a leash and as we came closer they growled and barked at us. When we told them that dogs were not allowed on the path they pleaded innocence and said they had not been aware of this.

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