Give the old fart a leathering Jenn Its called responsible dog ownership, a rare commodity nowdays, the local morons used to have a staff(poor breed that attracts many fools) that escaped everytime they opened the door and attacked the nearest dog(which they revelled in), this happened several times to other folk, until it happened when i walked past with my 11 year old lurcher, which didn't take kindly to being attacked, i felt sorry for the dog and told the owner exactly what would happen next time it escaped, and not to the dog......... Some folk dont deserve livestock